The Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF) is a flagship element of Project Ireland 2040. Under the stewardship of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, the Fund was established to support more compact and sustainable development, through the regeneration and rejuvenation of Ireland’s five cities and other large towns, in line with the objectives of the National Planning Framework (NPF) and National Development Plan (NDP).
This will enable a greater proportion of residential and mixed-use development to be delivered within the existing built-up footprints of our cities and towns and to ensure that more parts of our urban areas can become attractive and vibrant places in which people choose to live and work, as well as to invest and to visit.
A 2 billion euro fund, it does this by part-funding regeneration and rejuvenation projects in Ireland’s five cities and other large towns. Currently there is a URDF supported project in every local authority area across the country.
To date there have been three Calls for proposals under the URDF with more than 1.8 billion euro provisionally allocated. Calls 1 and 2 are supporting 132 proposals, comprising of more than 400 individual projects whilst Call 3 is supporting the tackling of long term vacant and derelict properties through a €150m revolving fund.
Details on all 132 successful regeneration proposals, comprising of more than 400 individual projects, are available to view on an interactive GIS Map through the following link:
URDF Project Tracker (external site)