South Ayrshire Council

South Ayrshire Council and its partners are likely to deliver 176 new affordable homes this year - exceeding the target set in October last year by 41 homes.

South Ayrshire Council has won a top award at Chartered Institute of Housing's (CIH) Scotland Housing Awards 2024.

South Ayrshire Council's 'Your Choice Lettings and Property Management' has been shortlisted in the 'Excellence in the Private Rented Sector' category at the CIH Housing Awards 2024. Established in 2021, the Your Choice Lettings and Property Management service matches private landlords and tenants.

Councillor Bob Pollock is to take on the role of depute leader of South Ayrshire Council as part of several changes to its cabinet.  Councillor Hugh Hunter will be responsible for the Portfolio for Health and Social Care, while Councillor William Grant will assume the Portfolio for Education.

Plans to transform Ayr's former Hourstons building and the Arran Mall into a 'Living Well Village' have reached the planning submission stage. LMA Architects is seeking listed building consent to partially demolish the building in Alloway Street - but retain its historic facade.

South Ayrshire Council has launched an online survey to determine the housing needs of people living in rural communities across the region. The survey will ask rural households to describe their current housing circumstances, any housing needs that they have and future housing aspirations.

South Ayrshire Council has agreed a budget for 2024/25 which focuses on generating income and protecting its vital services. In an effort to make sure South Ayrshire is an attractive destination to live, work and visit, and for residents to take pride in living in the region, the council proposed a

South Ayrshire Council has decided to demolish the remaining tower block at Riverside Place in Ayr and build new housing on the site. Following the demolition of two of the three tower blocks that formerly stood on Riverside Place, work is underway to build 75 new, one and two-bedroom homes on the s

West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA) has announced the completion of its final six-unit development at Greenan Phase 4 in South Ayrshire, providing high demand family homes for social rent to the community.

South Ayrshire Council has taken the decision to increase rents by 4.5% each year for the next three years. The increase, which will be effective from 21 March 2024 means tenants will see an average increase of less than £3.70 per week over the coming year.

South Ayrshire Council has appointed a new director of housing, operations and development and confirmed its new depute chief executive. Following a recruitment and selection process, councillors appointed Kevin Braidwood to the high-profile director role.

South Ayrshire Council is working with partners to deliver approximately 861 affordable homes across South Ayrshire by 2029.

South Ayrshire Council manages its money well and some services are improving, but the pace of change has been too slow, a new report from the Accounts Commission has concluded.

Work has started to build 75 new homes in the heart of Ayr. The South Ayrshire Council project will see affordable flats built at Riverside Place in the town on land which was previously the site of two tower blocks.

New housing at Mainholm in Ayr is on schedule with 21 two-bedroom bungalows already complete. The £36.6 million housing project led by South Ayrshire Council will see a total of 160 homes built on the site.