Perth & Kinross Council

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Perth and Kinross residents are being urged to be part of the Big Place conversation before 31 August and complete the big place consultation survey. Perth and Kinross Council has undertaken an extensive engagement in 2023 with over 100 community events taking place, a mixture of drop-in and awarene

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Community groups and organisations who would like to offer support to residents in their local area over the winter months are being invited to attend workshops to help them develop their applications to Perth and Kinross Council’s Warm Welcome Fund (formerly known as the Cost-of-Living Commu

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A £3 million development of 18 new flats for affordable social rent has been completed on the site of the former Fairfield Community Centre in Perth. The two-bedroom flats will provide additional, much-needed social housing for tenants in the city.

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Homelessness among families in Perth and Kinross saw a rise of 32% in 2022/23 from the previous year, and 70% when compared with the 2020/21 data, as revealed by the council's Communities Annual Performance Report 2022/23. Despite this increase, these figures remain below pre-pandemic levels, accord

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Perth and Kinross Council will be asked to approve the distribution of funding totalling £600,000 to be used for local projects across Perth and Kinross through the Community Investment Fund (CIF) and Local Action Partnerships (LAPs). In March 2023, it was agreed that a further £400,000

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A leaner senior leadership structure is an important milestone in ensuring that Perth and Kinross Council services are able to meet the needs of the individuals, families and communities they serve, councillors will be told next week. Chief executive Thomas Glen will ask councillors on the Finance a

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Councillors will be asked to approve a consultation on whether controls on short-term lets should be introduced in some areas of Perthshire where there is pressure on the availability of affordable housing. The consultation would ask whether Short-Term Let Control Areas should be introduced in Highl

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The Big Place Conversation will continue across Kinross-shire, Glenfarg, Almond and Earn, and Strathearn and Strathallan, providing an opportunity for residents to give their views over future development and land use in their communities. Fossoway Future, led by Fossoway Community Council and Commu

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Caledonia Housing Association (CHA) has named a new Perth development after the son of the previous landowner. The Crieff Road development of high-quality affordable homes will be known as Steven’s Place in memory of the son of Carol and David (Dave) Scott, a former councillor for Perth and Ki

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Perth and Kinross Council agreed to be one of the lowest percentage increases for council tax in Scotland, as part of a budget focused on supporting residents in need, economic recovery and investing in local communities.

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