Historic Structures Fund
Historic Structures Fund 2025
The core aims of the Historic Structures Fund (HSF) are to enable large-scale conservation works where the historic structure is considered especially significant and in need of urgent repair, encourage the regeneration and reuse of historic structures, support employment in the conservation and construction sectors, and build resilience in our historic structures to enable them to withstand the effects of climate change.
Available Funding
For 2025, The Historic Structures Fund will offer grants from €50,000 up to €200,000 and focus on larger enhancement, refurbishment or reuse projects involving heritage structures, where:
- A clear community or public benefit has been demonstrated, or
- A clear residential benefit has been demonstrated (such projects must be advanced through the planning process as necessary)
Owners of protected structures seeking funding for smaller scale works, or where there is no community or public benefit, are advised to apply to the Built Heritage Investment Scheme (BHIS).
Who Can Apply?
The Historic Structures Fund provides capital funding for works to qualifying structures which include the following:
- Protected Structures: Structures in the Record of Protected Structures (RPS) of each Local Authority;
- Structures eligible for or proposed for inclusion in the RPS but not yet formally approved for inclusion. Such structures must meet the criteria for inclusion in the RPS by the Local Authority, i.e. must be of special interest from an architectural, historical, archaeological, artistic, cultural, scientific, social or technical point of view;
- Structures or works within Architectural Conservation Areas (ACAs), or within the amenity of a National Monument, where exceptional circumstances apply.
How To Apply
The final date for receipt of applications for the 2025 scheme is 4pm Friday 17th January, 2025.
To submit your application and for any queries, please email planning@leitrimcoco.ie
Please see the Application Form A, the associated checklist and the Guidance Circular below:
Please note that late applications and/or incomplete applications will not be accepted.