West Dunbartonshire Council

The winning Kippen Dairy team with Kevin Stewart MSP, minister for local government and housing (centre) West Dunbartonshire Council has won two coveted awards at a Scottish Government event celebrating excellence in planning.

West Dunbartonshire Council has set out its ambitious vision for the next five years to deliver high quality services with the emphasis on improving the lives of residents and reducing inequality. Led by priorities identified by local people, the Strategic Plan outlines the future direction for the

Satisfaction among West Dunbartonshire Council tenants is increasing, according to the latest Scottish Social Housing Charter Performance Report. The council’s fourth such report was published last week and it reveals that more tenants are happy with most areas of the council’s housing service w

Plans have been submitted for a new energy centre at Queens Quay which developers say could make Clydebank become the “greenest town in Scotland”. The proposed facility for the District Heat Network will form part of the first phase of development at the £250 million regeneration project on the

West Dunbartonshire Council is set to remove external window panels on 11 high-rise blocks in Clydebank as the post-Grenfell review of Scotland’s buildings continues to raise questions over the use of cladding in use across the country. The council commissioned an external expert to conduct compre

The Scottish Government has given its approval to plans for new homes in Clydebank after meeting with West Dunbartonshire Council over the plans. The proposals will see 40 new units completed in Singer Street by early 2018 with another 345 targeted for build in the next five years.

West Dunbartonshire Council has been named the Best Public Sector Employer in the UK in the 2017 UK Top Employers for Working Families Awards. The council won the prestigious national award for its flexible and family-friendly policies at a special awards ceremony in London.

Balloch and Haldane residents are enjoying a new state-of-the-art digital learning centre and improved facilities following a £100,000 refurbishment of the area’s library. The library was officially re-opened following the makeover which has improved the interior and exterior, and also seen the n

The regeneration of Clydebank’s Queens Quay has taken a major step forward as councillors unanimously agreed the purchase of land on which almost 200 social houses will be built. At a meeting of West Dunbartonshire Council’s housing and communities committee last week, elected members approved a

Councillors Lawrence O’Neill and David McBride An official sod cutting ceremony has been held at a site in Clydebank where 40 new homes for social rent will be built.

Eleven more local authorities in Scotland have set their respective budgets for the upcoming year, four of which have opted for a voluntary freeze in Council Tax. Aberdeen City Council set its 2017/18 budget and outlined plans for the next phase of its transformation programme.

Residents are being invited to bid in the second round of West Dunbartonshire Council’s Community Budgeting to transform their local area. Up to £25,000 of capital funding is available in each of the 17 Your Community areas, with community groups and organisations invited to bid for up to £10,00

A joint economic action plan between eight councils is aiming to deliver 110,000 new homes around the Glasgow City Region. The move, the first of its kind in Scotland, will see the authorities pursue a common economic strategy between now and the year 2035.

Councillors due to discuss future plans to reduce the number of homeless people in West Dunbartonshire are to hear of an 18 per cent reduction in homeless presentations in the region in the last three years. A report set to be presented to West Dunbartonshire Council’s housing and communities comm

Council leader Martin Rooney West Dunbartonshire Council has approved a plan to reject all savings options and use cash reserves to plug the gap caused by reduced Scottish Government funding.