Perth & Kinross Council

Community groups in four areas of Perth and Kinross with high levels of deprivation have the chance to bid for a share of funding worth £100,000 to tackle poverty. Perth & Kinross Council has agreed to focus participatory budgeting on four localities that face significant challenges and ha

For an increase of just £11.70 a month, council taxes could raise more than £10 million to protect vital frontline services in Perth and Kinross, such as health and social care, support for children with additional needs, and tackling poverty. At next week’s Council meeting, Perth

Work is set to begin on a project that will transform a permanent Gypsy/Traveller site near Perth. The £6.5 million project will replace all of the chalets at the Double Dykes site at Ruthvenfield with brand-new energy-efficient accommodation for residents. Major improvement works will also be

Affordable housing could be delivered on the site of the former Drummond Arms Hotel in Crieff if Perth & Kinross Council takes ownership of the building, it has been revealed. Perth & Kinross Council’s Finance and Resources Committee is set to consider a proposal to transfer the buildi

Councillors will be asked to endorse a new “social contract” committing Perth and Kinross Council to working alongside the Anti-Poverty Task Force in eradicating poverty this week. Despite being a relatively affluent area, Perth and Kinross has around 30,000 people living below the pover

Perth & Kinross Council leader Councillor Grant Laing met Stuart Maxwell, the National Trust for Scotland’s regional director for Edinburgh & East, in Dunkeld to mark the transfer of 20 National Trust for Scotland homes to the local authority. They were joined by the council&rsquo

Campaigners, organisations and charities across Scotland are coming together to take part in this year’s Challenge Poverty Week with today's theme focusing on housing.

A new plan to get as many Perth and Kinross Council tenants as possible involved in their housing services is set to be approved. The Tenant and Resident Participation (TRP) Strategy for 2024-27 has been produced in partnership with council tenants and Housing staff and aims to make it as easy as po

Perth & Kinross Council’s Housing Service is set to publish its Annual Assurance Statement, confirming to tenants that it is meeting national regulations and requirements. The Housing Service is responsible for delivering high-quality services for all tenants and other customers. The counc

Perth & Kinross Council will work to deliver over 1,000 new affordable houses across the area over the next five years, under a plan to be considered by Councillors. The Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) for 2025/26 – 2029/30 sets out the investment priorities of the council and its

Conservation charity the National Trust for Scotland is in discussions with Perth and Kinross Council about new arrangements for the management of 20 homes that it owns in Dunkeld. The National Trust for Scotland, the conservation charity which cares for and shares Scotland’s heritage, has bee

Perth and Kinross Council have approved plans for 38 new affordable homes to be built in Rattray in partnership with Hillcrest Housing Association.

“Partnership work is about relationships, it's knowing people, it's understanding each of us have roles and responsibilities but keeping in mind what we're all trying to achieve at the end of the day and that's the outcomes for people that live in our communities to allow them to thrive and su

Balfour Beatty has been awarded a £27 million contract to deliver the Comrie flood protection scheme in Scotland, on behalf of Perth & Kinross Council. Awarded through the SCAPE Civil Engineering Framework, a rapid access framework designed to drive collaboration, efficiency, time and cost

Perth and Kinross Council’s Common Good Fund committees met on Monday 26th August and made awards to local community organisations. The following organisations were awarded funding: