Preparing a subsidy application

Application form

The application form asks you to enter information about you and about the monument for which you want to request a subsidy, among other things. You can authorise another person to request the subsidy on your behalf. The application form (PDF document) will be available on this website soon.

Written statement from the executive council of the public body

A form will soon be available on this website that you can ask the executive council of your local public body to fill in. On this form, the executive council provides a statement regarding four aspects that are relevant to your eligibility for the subsidy:
 
1.    The building for which you are requesting a subsidy is a monument or a protected monument. In that context, the executive council indicates which category the monument is classed in: 
Category 1:    protected monuments situated within a protected townscape
Category 2:     other monuments situated within a protected townscape
Category 3:    other protected monuments
Category 4:    other monuments

2.    The subsidy applicant is a private owner of the monument or protected monument.

3.    The monument or protected monument serves a residential purpose.

4.    The required permits and permissions have been granted to carry out the activities for which the subsidy is being requested. This refers to e.g. a mandatory building permit or monument permit.

Current structural survey report

A structural survey report is a report based on an survey carried out by a relevant expert person or authority that offers insight into the constructional defects of the monument and, insofar as possible, the causes of those defects. The structural survey report contains current overview photos and detailed photos that offer a clear impression of the monument and its constructional defects, accompanied by an explanation. The structural survey report serves (in part) to substantiate the proposed preservation work and the estimated costs. For that reason, the survey report must be sufficiently recent. In tangible terms, this means that it cannot be more than about two years old at the time of the application. 

Description of the work

A description of the intended preservation work must be provided, as well as the associated use of materials and how they will be shaped and processed.

Itemised estimate of the preservation costs

In order to provide an estimate of the costs, a required model will be available on this website soon.  
In this model, a list of the quantities and costs of labour, material and equipment is provided for each separate activity. The overhead and indirect costs must also be entered. The model calculates the totals for you. The estimate is submitted as an Excel file (not PDF). The Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands uses the model to assess the costs eligible for subsidy and states in that model which costs are and are not eligible for subsidy. 
 

Meticulous substantiation of the application is important. Only projects that have been well prepared and substantiated and for which the necessary permits and permissions have already been obtained will be eligible for subsidy. Applications that are incomplete or cannot be assessed properly will be excluded from consideration by the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands. Exclusion from consideration will only happen after the applicant has been given an opportunity to provide supplementary information for the application, but has failed to do so, or has not provided sufficient supplementary information.  

Read the full text of the scheme and the accompanying explanatory notes (in Dutch).