Town and Village Renewal Scheme 2025 - Now Open
Leitrim County Council is now inviting Expressions of Interest for the Town and Village Renewal Scheme 2025.
The Town and Village Renewal Scheme is designed to support the revitalisation of rural Ireland by focusing on stimulating town centre economic and social regeneration. Projects should support sustainable employment creation, town centre resilience and regeneration, enhancing our streetscapes, and bringing vacant and derelict buildings and lands back into use as community multi-purpose spaces through refurbishment and renovation.
The minimum grant available is €50,000 with a maximum grant available of €500,000.
Full Details on the scheme is available from the Scheme Outline. Download the TVRS Scheme Outline 2025
Town and Village Renewal Scheme 2025 Measures
Main Scheme
The 2025 TVRS ‘Main Scheme’ is designed to support the revitalisation and resilience of rural Ireland through an ongoing focus on town centre regeneration and enhancing economic and social vibrancy in line with the Town Centre First policy. Funding of €50,000 - €500,000 available. The maximum grant funding is 95% to a maximum of €500,000. Closing date for submission is Friday 6th June 2025.
Project Development Measure
The purpose of this measure is to establish a pipeline of significant, well developed projects which could subsequently be quickly and efficiently progressed to construction stage, subject to the availability of further funding. The PDM application should include the development costs e.g. detailed design, preparation for the planning and/or procurement, appropriate assessments etc. in respect of future strategic medium to large scale projects. The maximum grant funding is 95% to a maximum of €50,000. Closing date for submission is Friday 6th June 2025.
Main Scheme and Project Development Measure - Download Expression of Interest Form
Building Land Acquisition Measure
In a further effort to transform and regenerate town centres, the Building or Land Acquisition Measure (B/LAM) is being made available in 2025 to allow local authorities to purchase derelict or vacant buildings and/or land within eligible towns or villages for redevelopment into multi-purpose community spaces. The Building Land Acquisition Measure is strictly only available for application and drawdown in 2025. 100% of the purchase cost will be funded up to the maximum limit per local authority of €500,000.
Community Groups are invited to submit proposals for vacant buildings or land under this measure by submitting the Expression of Interest Form to funding@leitrimcoco.ie. Closing date of submission is Wednesday 16th April 2025.
Building Land Acquistion Meausure - Download the BLAM Expression of Interest Form
Leitrim County Council reserves the right not to proceed with this Scheme in the event that the EOIs received do not identify potential quality projects with sustainable, achievable and definitive end uses.
Evaluation of Projects
The selection of projects under the Town and Village Renewal Scheme and the Building Land Acquisition Measure for 2025 will be by means of a competitive process. Successful projects will be submitted to the Department of Rural and Community Development for consideration of funding. Please note that funding is not guaranteed.
Main Scheme (Funding Level €50,000 - €300,000) The local authority can submit a maximum of 3 applications.
Main Scheme (Funding Level €300,000 - €500,000) The local authority can submit a maximum of 1 application.
Project Development Measure - The local authority can submit a maximum of 2 applications.
Building Land Acquisition Measure - The local authority can submit up to 3 applications. €500,000 total limit per local authority.
For further information on the Town and Village Renewal Scheme please email funding@leitrimcoco.ie or call 071 96 20005 Ext 496/661