South Ayrshire Council

Residents from a newly completed housing development at Lochside in Ayr were proud to show off their new homes as part of celebrations to mark the finish of the £10 million project. The development, South Ayrshire Council's largest affordable housing project to date, sees a total of 102 council hou

Major improvements have been made at South Ayrshire Council over the last two years since a critical audit voiced concerns about significant weaknesses in its management, the Accounts Commission has said. A new report by the watchdog charts how the local authority has responded to a Commission asses

Councillors in South Ayrshire have agreed to make cuts to a number of non-essential services in order to balance the books in light of the “harsh finance settlement” from the Scottish Government. South Ayrshire Council took the decision to protect essential or ‘life and limb’ services as it

South Ayrshire Council has agreed a further £1.6 million budget savings for 2016/17-2018/19 after seeking community views on specific proposals earlier in the year. The decision by councillors means that almost £11m of savings have now been identified for this three-year period, with a number of d

South Ayrshire Council is asking the public what they think about housing with a view to updating its Local Housing Strategy. The strategy, which will direct the council's housing policy for the next five years, influences all types of housing including council housing, private lets, owner-occupied

Work on a £6 million affordable housing project in South Ayrshire is on target to finish in May 2016, the local authority has announced. Councillors were on site at the Lochside housing development to get an update on the project. Work is on schedule and has been progressing at a steady pace to ens

Fanchea Kelly Housing and care provider Blackwood has secured new housing support contracts with South Ayrshire Council.

L to R – Hanover board member Derek Fothergrill, chief executive Helen Murdoch and John Scott MSP John Scott MSP helped cut the first sod at a new development which will provide 28 high quality amenity and general needs homes for rent in Ayr.