Perth & Kinross Council

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.

Plans to invest in Pitlochry High School to create a new community campus and create more affordable housing in the town have been given the green light by councillors in Perth and Kinross. The proposals, made following the Pitlochry Locality Asset Review, will see £8.7m invested in the school

Scotland’s Towns Partnership (STP) is joining forces with Perth & Kinross Council to host a major event to help drive a better future for Scotland’s communities. Delegates from across the country will gather at Perth Concert Hall for the 2024 Scotland’s Towns Conference (STC24)

Hundreds of homes will benefit from external and internal insulation work over the next year thanks to almost £2 million of funding secured by Perth & Kinross Council. The £1,938,834 from the Scottish Government’s Home Energy Efficiency Programmes for Scotland - Area Based Sche

Qualifying households in Perth and Kinross have saved an average of £2,100 on their bills over the last 12 months thanks to an energy efficiency scheme. Over 150 local properties have benefited from the ECO4 Flex scheme, which saw £3,130,000 of funding secured for energy efficiency work

An innovative housing and employability scheme for young people has delivered brand new social housing for affordable rent in Perth city centre. Perth and Kinross Council and youth homelessness charity Rock Trust this week unveiled four newly refurbished one-bed flats for young people under EveryYou

Local community-led projects aimed at revitalising homes and improving rural transport links will be taken forward by Perth and Kinross Council and partners, following a winning bid for Innovate UK Pathfinder Places funding. The £150,000 funding provided follows a successful Phase 1 Pathfinder

Perth and Kinross Council is hosting two workshops in May to provide householders and landlords with advice about retrofitting energy saving measures and connecting them with qualified contractors.

A project that transformed a former pub site in Perth into social housing has been recognised at a UK awards ceremony.

Perth and Kinross Council’s scheme to buy back former council homes for affordable housing has resulted in the purchase of 49 new properties in the last year, against a target of 30. The new properties bought in 2023/24 are a valuable addition to the council’s social housing stock, provi

Free buses, business boosts and cost of living support topped the agenda when Perth and Kinross Council agreed a three-year budget yesterday. Despite a challenging financial situation, councillors were able to agree a balanced budget for each of the next three years which protected vital services an