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Town and Village Renewal Scheme
From Department of Rural and Community Development
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The Town and Village Renewal Scheme was first introduced in 2016. It is managed on behalf of the Department by the local authorities, and the programme is funded under Project Ireland 2040. The Scheme is targeted at towns and villages with a population of 10,000 or less and all projects funded under the Scheme must be completed within a 12 to 18 month period.
Since the launch of the Town and Village Renewal Scheme in 2016, over €177 million of funding has been approved for almost 1,800 projects across Ireland.
The Town and Village Scheme is one of a series of national and local support measures designed to rejuvenate small rural towns and villages throughout Ireland, under the Department of Rural & Community Development’s Rural Development Investment Programme
The Department of Rural and Community Development, through the Our Rural Future , Town Centre First and Our Living Islands policies, recognises the importance of creating and maintaining vibrant rural towns and villages, and we will continue to achieve this by delivering a wide range of strategic interventions and investments throughout the country.
The 2023 Town and Village Renewal Scheme is designed to support the revitalisation of rural Ireland through a renewed focus on town centre economic and social vibrancy and regeneration in line with the Town Centre First policy.
The Town and Village Renewal Scheme 2023 is now closed.
On 29 April 2024 funding of €20.4m was announced for 82 successful projects under the 2023 scheme. List of the approved projects can be found below.
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The 2024 Town and Village Renewal Scheme is scheduled to launch in October 2024.
In recognition of the urgent need to transform and regenerate town centres a new measure to immediately acquire derelict or vacant buildings, with the intention of using these projects for town regeneration purposes in line with the aims of TVRS, the BAM was introduced in 2022.
The BAM is being retained under the 2023 Scheme and this year the measure will allow Local Authorities to apply to purchase up to 3 buildings up to a total grant amount of €500,000 per LA.
The Measure outline can be found here .
The Building Acquisition Measure for 2023 is now closed.
Project Development Measure
The Project Development Measure (up to €50,000) will support Development costs for strategic large scale projects that may be subsequently progressed with funding from the Town & Village Renewal Scheme e.g. detailed design, preparation for the planning and/or procurement, appropriate assessment etc.
Previously funded under Town and Village Renewal Scheme
If you have any questions about the Town and Village Renewal Scheme please contact townandvillage@drcd.gov.ie