East Renfrewshire Council

East Renfrewshire residents are being urged to take part in a budget consultation to help shape the council's future priorities for 2022/23. With Covid-19 having highlighted how future priorities might change, East Renfrewshire Council said digital connectivity is now even more important to ena

East Renfrewshire Council marked yesterday's Scottish Housing Day with a visit to the latest council house development site on Barrhead's Balgraystone Road.

Tenants have started moving into brand new council houses in the Maidenhill area of Newton Mearns as construction on the first phase of the development is completed.

A number of companies are operating across East Renfrewshire to install measures to help make homes more energy efficient at reduced or no cost through the availability of funding or grants. Improvement measures can include installing new boilers, putting in wall and floor insulation, and more.

Plans submitted by Dickie & Moore Homes to knock down a riding school in Newton Mearns to build 17 flats have been rejected. The plans received 40 objections which claimed the scheme would be out of character with the surrounding area.

East Renfrewshire Council has frozen council tax rates for 2021/22 as it set an outline budget for the year. The council has benefitted from a 0.45% increase in the like for like grant settlement and additional funding for a council tax freeze from the Scottish Government, as well as the use of &pou

Tributes have been paid to former East Renfrewshire councillor Kenny Hay, who passed away suddenly on Tuesday. Mr Hay served as a Labour councillor for Barrhead, Liboside and Uplawmoor from 2012 to 2017.

Councillors in East Renfrewshire have called for parity between councils and housing associations when it comes to the funding provided by the Scottish Government for the supply of affordable housing.

East Renfrewshire Council’s housebuilding project has continued in Barrhead with the progression of work at its Balgraystone Road development.

Construction work on a development of 316 new homes at Taylor Wimpey West Scotland's new development in Barrhead will start within the next few weeks following the acquisition of land at the site.

East Renfrewshire Council has become an accredited Living Wage employer. The council's Living Wage commitment will see everyone working at the local authority receive the Living Wage rate of £9.50 per hour from April 2021. This rate is higher than the statutory minimum for over 25s of &po

East Renfrewshire Council has assisted Barrhead-based charity, the Include Me 2 Club, in securing a £4,000 donation from CCG (Scotland) Ltd. As part of the council’s community benefits, suppliers who win any major contract must commit to supporting local causes through community enhancem

East Renfrewshire Council is set to review the approach taken in tackling homelessness in an attempt to adopt the Scottish Government's recommendation for a shift to a rapid rehousing approach. The Homelessness and Rough Sleepers Action Group was set up to produce solutions to end homelessness and r

Construction work on 39 new council houses in the Maidenhill area of Newton Mearns is now under way. Built by Taylor Wimpey West Scotland, the new affordable homes will be the first new houses for East Renfrewshire Council to be built in Newton Mearns in a generation.

Taylor Wimpey West Scotland and Barrhead Housing Association have confirmed that construction work on 12 new affordable homes for social rent, which are located off Neilston Road in Neilston, are now almost complete and just over half the new tenants have now moved into their new home.