Angus Council

Plans are being progressed to convert what was once Monifieth Public School into 20 council homes.

The process of offering permanent or temporary housing to people who had to leave their homes in Brechin because of the Storm Babet floods will start today.

Angus Council is being sued for £500,000 after a tenant claimed his mouldy home left him with “serious health issues”. Hamish Isard said the local authority is in breach of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 which “requires that the house is wind and water tight and in

Angus Council has appointed Kathryn Lindsay as its new chief executive officer. Currently the council's director of children, families and justice and chief social work officer, Ms Lindsay's promotion follows the retiral announcement of Margo Williamson.

Angus Council has said it was "absolutely overwhelmed" by all the kind offers of accommodation it had received to help those displaced by flooding due to Storm Babet.

A new Community Development Conference which aims to inform, inspire, and support the community groups of Angus who have aspirations to deliver community-led projects will take place this month  This free event is a celebration of a successful Community Development Programme of Support. Co

Arbroath’s £12 million flood protection scheme was officially declared open by Máiri McAllan MSP, cabinet secretary for transport, net zero and just transition, at a ceremony at St Vigeans yesterday.

Margo Williamson has announced her retirement as chief executive of Angus Council. Margo has worked for Angus Council since 2013, initially as strategic director of people before becoming the first female chief executive in Angus in 2017.

A Dundee sheriff has granted decree of absolvitor to the former partner of a man who sought a five-figure sum from her on the basis that he had given it to her to allow her grandmother to buy her council house, in which he had expected to eventually live with her.

The Angus Place Prosperity Programme is now live. Funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and the Scottish Government Place-Based Fund, the programme is aimed at supporting communities in taking ownership or redeveloping land or buildings. It can also help to deliver community-led projects.

Postgraduate students from the University of Dundee are helping to shape the development of rural ’20-minute neighbourhoods’ (20MNs) throughout Angus.

A care home has been fined £20,000 for health and safety failings which led to the death of a vulnerable 90-year-old man.

Angus Council has confirmed that £200,000 additional funding is now available through the Angus HeatWell (Round 2) Scheme.

Angus councillors will be asked to consider a range of measures proposed by the council when they meet on Thursday. These include budget proposals which seek to meet a significant funding gap, while supporting those most in need and keeping costs to residents as low as possible.

The Beech Hill House in Forfar will be the new home for residents of The Gables Residential Care Home for Adults, Angus Council has revealed.  The decision follows a lengthy options appraisal process and consultation with Gables residents, their families and other stakeholders.