There has been significant interest in the Traditional Farm Buildings Scheme to date, with over 150 applications currently being processed by the Heritage Council.
The scheme remains open for applications until 5pm on 24 April. There is much competition for the grant, with up to 80 projects likely to receive funding this year.
The grant is only available to farmers taking part in an eligible eco scheme, along with those in ACRES, European Innovation Partnership calls one, two and three, those in the hen harrier and pearl mussel projects and the Burren programme.
Farmers in the Organic Farming Scheme are also eligible.
Buildings
Eligible traditional farm buildings are those which were built before 1960 and were used for agriculture.
The building must have been built using traditional methods and be built from materials from the time, such as timber, brick, stone, earth, slate or thatch.
On this week’s buildings feature, Martin Merrick outlines the main associated works which are grant eligible.
These include, but are not limited to, the following:
For a full breakdown of eligible items and to find out how much grant aid is available, click here.
