Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme (CARS)

This scheme is available to provide financial assistance for Conservation Area based regeneration and conservation initiatives undertaken by Local and National Park Authorities, community groups and other 3^rd sector organisations experienced in delivering multi-funded projects.

Assistance is either through support to establish a Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme (CARS) or through support for a Heritage Lottery funded Townscape Heritage Initiative (THI).

The Scheme will fund:

• A repairs programme for priority projects.
• A small grants scheme (such as to homeowners or retailers).
• Community engagement through providing training opportunities in traditional skills and through education programmes.
• Training opportunities for traditional craftsmen (up to 5% of the award – this element will be delivered in partnership with Historic Scotland).
• Public realm conservation and restoration (up to 20% of the award).
• Administration costs including the appointment of a dedicated project officer (normally up to 10% of the award).

CARS Round 5 is aligned with Scottish Government’s Economic and Regeneration Strategies and, in order to be successful for funding, applicants will need to show how their projects meet the overarching ambitions of these strategies.  Copies of these documents can be downloaded from the following links: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2011/09/13091128/0 and http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2011/12/09110320/0.

Funding

Since 2005, there have been four CARS application rounds and the successful applicants are listed below.   In January 2012, a further £10m of funding was approved for a fifth CARS round to run over a 5-year period from 1^st April 2013 to 31^st March 2018.   


Our application form can be downloaded below and this also contains the guidance notes which provide more details about how the CARS programme operates and what our priorities are for funding.  
CARS Application 2012

Please return completed forms and any supporting information by 31^st August 2012 either by e-mail to hs.grants@scotland.gsi.gov.uk or by post to:

Historic Scotland
Investment Team (Rm 2.6)
Longmore House
Salisbury Place
EDINBURGH
EH9 1SH

Alternatively, applications can be completed and submitted on-line by clicking on the following link.
CARS Online Application 2012

Decisions on outline bids will be made after the closing date of 31^st August 2012 and will be communicated to applicants by 31^st January 2013.

Further Information

If you have any questions in regards to CARS, please contact us in writing at the address above or on:
Tel: 0131 668 8815
Email: hs.grants@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

Round 1 (2007 - 2012)

Local Authority	Conservation Area	Grant Awarded
Aberdeenshire	Banff	£156,250
Aberdeenshire	Peterhead	£650,000
Argyll and Bute	Campbeltown	£382,500
Dumfries & Galloway	Whithorn	£370,000
East Ayrshire	Kilmarnock	£811,170
Edinburgh	Leith	£468,285
Falkirk	Bo’ness	£300,000
Fife	Dunfermline	£850,000
Highland	Wick	£1,500,000
Loch Lomond & Trossachs National Park	Killin	£62,500
North Lanarkshire	Kilsyth	£325,000
South Lanarkshire	Leadhills	£400,000
Western Isles	Stornoway	£300,000
	Total	£6,575,705

Local Authority	Conservation Area	Grant Awarded
Aberdeen	The Green	£350,000
Angus	Brechin	£370,750
East Ayrshire	Kilmarnock - John Finnie/Bank Street	£253,980
Fife	Dysart	£395,000
Midlothian	Dalkeith	£318,406
Perth & Kinross	Coupar Angus	£192,000
	Total	£1,880,136

Round 3 (2009 - 2014)

Local Authority	Conservation Area	Grant Awarded
East Ayrshire	Cumnock	£888,050
East Lothian	Haddington	£836,000
Fife	Kirkcaldy	£495,917
Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park	Callander	£250,000
North Lanarkshire	Cumbernauld Village	£375,000
Orkney Islands	Stromness	£857,583
Perth & Kinross	Blair Atholl	£306,574
Renfrewshire	Paisley	£738,800
Scottish Borders	Kelso	£307,500
	Total	£5,055,424

Local Authority	Conservation Area	Grant Awarded
Aberdeenshire	Portsoy	£500,000
Argyll and Bute	Rothesay	£499,933
Fife	Anstruther	£500,000
Highland	Dingwall	£420,000
North Ayrshire	Irvine	£500,000
South Ayrshire	Ayr	£498,244
Moray	Keith	£355,500
	Total	£3,273,677