Perth & Kinross Council

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: 

Perth & Kinross Council has voted against plans to introduce a short-term let control area in the region.

Community groups in Perth and Kinross will get a chance to bid for a share of £300,000 funding from the Community Investment Fund when it opens for applications next week. The Community Investment Fund was set up in 2018/19 to support community-led projects and since then, more than £2.4

Councillors will be asked to approve the distribution of funding totalling £400,000 to be used for local community projects across Perth and Kinross through the Community Investment Fund (CIF) and Participatory Budgeting. The money will continue to empower communities to make important decisio

An innovative pilot scheme that supports people living in shared ownership properties to carry out essential maintenance and repairs has delivered successful results, a Perth & Kinross Council report says. The Missing Shares Scheme, launched in 2021, aims to make it easier for people who live in

A progress report on Perth & Kinross Council's five-year Local Housing Strategy (LHS) will be given to councillors at a meeting on Wednesday 19th June.