Updated to 18 February 2026 (Act No. 1 of 2026 and S.I. No. 54 of 2026)
All effects below are reflected in the most recent Revised Act.
Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015
No. 33 of 2015
Contents
Commencement
| Section | Commencement/Effective Date Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
|
Commencement Information |
|---|---|---|
| Ss. 1-33 | 1 September 2015 | Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 364 of 2015), art. 2 |
| S. 34 | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(3) | |
| Ss. 35-37 | 1 September 2015 | Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 364 of 2015), art. 2 |
Amendments and other effects
| How Affected | Affecting Provision | Affecting Provision Commencement/Effective Date
Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
|
Commencement Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Act included in collectively cited Planning and Development Acts 2000 to | s. 1(2) | 1 September 2015 | Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 364 of 2015), art. 2 |
| S. 2 amended | Planning and Development Act 2024 (34/2024), ss. 1(3), 631, schedule 7, ref. no. 44 | 31 December 2025 | S.I. No. 633 of 2025, art. 3(3), sch. part 3 item 12(a) |
| Part 2 (ss. 3-26) functions transferred and references construed (Mayor of Limerick) | 7/2024, ss. 1(3), 10, & sch. 1 part 2 | 16 May 2024 | Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. No. 207 of 2024), art. 2(b) |
| S. 3 definitions “regeneration land”, "residential land" substituted | Planning and Development Act 2024 (34/2024), ss. 1(3), 631, schedule 7, ref. no. 44 | 31 December 2025 | S.I. No. 633 of 2025, art. 3(3), sch. part 3 item 12(b), (c) |
| S. 3 definition “Board” inserted | Planning and Development Act 2024 (34/2024), ss. 1(3), 631, schedule 7, ref. no. 44 | 18 June 2025 | Planning and Development Act 2024 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2025 (S.I. No. 256 of 2025), art. 3(3), schedule, part 3, item 2 |
| S. 3 definition "core strategy" inserted | Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2025 (9/2025) ss. 1(4), 33(1) | 31 December 2025 | S.I. No. 634 of 2025, art. 2(a) |
| S. 3 definitions “housing strategy”, "local area plan" inserted | Planning and Development Act 2024 (34/2024), ss. 1(3), 631, schedule 7, ref. no. 44 | 31 December 2025 | S.I. No. 633 of 2025, art. 3(3), sch. part 3 item 12(d) |
| S. 3 definitions "functional area", "habitable house", "land", "planning authority", "structure", "unauthorised development", "unauthorised use" inserted | Planning and Development Act 2024 (34/2024), ss. 1(3), 631, schedule 7, ref. no. 44 | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(3) | |
| S. 3 definition "prescribe" deleted | Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (16/2018), ss. 1(3), 65(a) | 19 July 2018 | Commenced on enactment. |
| Ss. 3-26 reference to time period construed | 30/2000, s. 251A(1)(d) as inserted by 2/2020, s. 9 | 29 March 2020 | Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 (Part 3) (Commencement) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 100 of 2020), art. 2 |
| S. 5(1)(a)(iii) substituted | Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (16/2018), ss. 1(3), 63 | 19 July 2018 | Commenced on enactment. |
| S. 5(1)(b)(ii) amended | Planning and Development Act 2024 (34/2024), ss. 1(3), 631, schedule 7, ref. no. 44 | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(3) | |
| S. 6(5)(b) amended | Planning and Development Act 2024 (34/2024), ss. 1(3), 631, schedule 7, ref. no. 44 | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(3) | |
| S. 6(6) amended | Planning and Development Act 2024 (34/2024), ss. 1(3), 631, schedule 7, ref. no. 44 | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(3) | |
| S. 8(d) amended | Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (16/2018), ss. 1(3), 65(b) | 19 July 2018 | Commenced on enactment. |
| S. 9(2) amended | Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (16/2018), ss. 1(3), 65(c)(i) | 19 July 2018 | Commenced on enactment. |
| S. 9(3) amended | Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (16/2018), ss. 1(3), 65(c)(ii) | 19 July 2018 | Commenced on enactment. |
| S. 16 substituted | Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (16/2018), ss. 1(3), 64 | 19 July 2018 | Commenced on enactment. |
| S. 18(2)(a) substituted | Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (16/2018), ss. 1(3), 65(d) | 19 July 2018 | Commenced on enactment. |
| S. 24 amended | Planning and Development Act 2024 (34/2024), ss. 1(3), 631, schedule 7, ref. no. 44 | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(3) | |
| S. 25 substituted | Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (16/2018), ss. 1(3), 65(e) | 19 July 2018 | Commenced on enactment. |
SIs made under the Act
| Section | SIs made under the Act |
|---|---|
| S. 11(1) | Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 (Section 11) Order 2018 (S.I. No. 374 of 2018) |