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29th April 2009, 04:43 PM
Gonetopot - thanks for your advice.
The office space is attached to public access areas used by visitors (e.g. a library). Other parts of the property are rented out to tenants and are not used by staff and are not open to public access. I am not clear how much of the necessary H&S related modifications affect the non-public access/ non-office part of the building.
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29th April 2009, 06:42 PM
How about talking to your friendly conservation officer at the local council?
As for a heritage body not being able to afford the upkeep of its historic building what are they doing owning it in the first place. As a charity they be eligible for lottery grants but they like anybody else should pay for such advice not asking for it on a bulletin board.
Peter
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29th April 2009, 07:40 PM
Peter,
I was merely interested in the possibilities that are out there, not a draft grant proposal or assessment.
I am pretty sure it won't ruin your or anybody else's economic future by asking for a few pointers.
Thank you for your advice anyway.
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30th April 2009, 01:20 PM
Contact your conservation officer. In some cases, if it can be justified to preserve the special interest of the listed building, conservation officers can reduce the need for change to make a building comply with some elements of buildings regulations or other legislation.
Many councils also run small grant programmes to aid community facilities. The conservation officer may be aware of this. Changes to increase public access to a building may come under the remit of some of these grants - if your council area has any.
If any works are necessary simply for maintenance of a building it is highly unlikely any outside organisation would fund these.
