Argyll And Bute Council

Argyll and Bute Council’s Housing Services team has had five nominations shortlisted in Shelter’s 2022 Empty Homes Awards. The annual awards celebrate the impactful and transformative work undertaken across Scotland to bring back many of the country’s 43,000 long-term empty homes.

A public hearing is to take place into plans for 24 new homes in Garelochhead after the number of objections to the proposal passed 100.

Mull and Iona Community Trust (MICT) has handed over the keys to another long-term rental property. Pennyghael Schoolhouse was purchased in 2021 with funding from the Scottish Land Fund, Argyll & Bute Council and Ecology Building Society, to ensure it remained a permanent home in perpetuity.

Argyll and Bute Council has been awarded funding from the Scottish Government to help people who are in rent arrears as a result of Covid-19. The Tenant Grant Fund is aimed at providing assistance to people living in social and private housing who have fallen behind with their rent between 23 March

Argyll and Bute’s Local Housing Strategy (LHS), outlining the council’s vision and investment priorities for the area’s housing sector, has been submitted to the Scottish Government for ministerial approval. The five-year strategy sets out the joint approach the council and its par

Argyll and Bute Council has approved a new housing strategy that sets out plans to build more than 1,000 affordable homes over the next five years.

Supporting tenancies, making houses more homely and providing immediate help in emergencies were just some of the real benefits that Argyll and Bute Council's Rapid Rehousing Transition Plan (RRTP) funding offered people in vulnerable situations in 2020/21. Councillor Robin Currie, policy lead for e

More vulnerable people have been able to remain independently in their homes throughout Argyll and Bute and much-needed improvements have been made to existing private housing stock, thanks to the council-managed Private Sector Housing Grant (PSHG).

Argyll and Bute Council is looking for a buyer for the former Bridge of Orchy Primary School and Schoolhouse.

Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) has just confirmed that it will be building four new homes for affordable rent in Tarbert. The new homes will be located next to the Association’s existing development at Oakhill.

Argyll and Bute Council has detailed the progression of the Campbeltown Flood Protection Scheme. The council said that developing a flood protection scheme for Campbeltown will not only cut down on flood risk, but also deliver financial and economic benefits for homeowners and businesses by avoiding

Argyll and Bute Council has received an additional £2.3 million from the Scottish Government’s Energy Efficient Scotland: Area Based Scheme Programme to help reduce fuel poverty in the area. The grant will be used by Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA), in partnership with Argyll

Argyll and Bute Council and Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) have welcomed the investment of £1.23 million from the UK Government’s Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund Demonstrator (SHDFD) project. ACHA will manage and deliver the project with support from SSE Energy Solutions

Argyll and Bute Council has set a budget that freezes Council Tax in 2021/22 and invests millions in helping local people, businesses and the area as a whole to move on from the impact of COVID-19. The council has announced it will invest £6.8 million into Argyll and Bute's economy and infrast

Taylor Wimpey West Scotland is preparing to host an online public consultation event before it submits a planning application for a new development at Helensburgh Gold Club.