West Dunbartonshire Council

Residents are being encouraged to have their say on the future of housing in West Dunbartonshire. West Dunbartonshire Council’s new five-year Local Housing Strategy and investment plan is currently being developed, and residents have the chance to shape it by submitting their comments and ideas.

Homeowners across most of Central Scotland are being encouraged to make alterations to their homes to ensure it continues to meet future needs, as Inverclyde, West Dunbartonshire and Clackmannanshire join 12 other local authorities in supporting the Scottish Government’s Help to Adapt scheme. Help

Councillor David McBride West Dunbartonshire Council has defended its record after figures revealed that nearly 4000 people in the area are waiting for a council house.

West Dunbartonshire Council has urged residents to report rogue tradesmen after a rise in the number of fly-tipping incidents related to home improvement works. A significant amount of illegally dumped waste has been discovered in a number of areas across the region, including paving slabs and old g

Cube Housing Association has submitted plan to West Dunbartonshire Council for a block of nine new flats on currently vacant land in Alexandria. The plans, if approved, would see nine two-bedroom flats go up on vacant land at the corner of Miller Road and Carrochan Road, which was the site of a pub

The finished park set up for the opening ceremony Katherine Place Play Park in West Dunbartonshire has reopened to the public following a £10,000 refurbishment by Cordale Housing Association’s Community Environmental Fund.

The results of an annual telephone survey have revealed a continued increased in residents’ satisfaction with West Dunbartonshire Council in 2015. The survey of 1,200 randomly selected residents was conducted by independent researchers on a range of key issues and service areas and shows that 87 p

West Dunbartonshire has become the first council in Scotland to be awarded ‘Exemplary’ status for its support of employees who are also carers.

A new civic heart will be created at the former John Brown’s shipyard in Clydebank, after plans to redevelop the site were given the go ahead by councillors. The centrepiece of the development – which will include housing, retail and leisure outlets, and a health quarter – will be the refurbis

Over 1,000 new homes could be built at Queens Quay in Clydebank if West Dunbartonshire Council approves a masterplan for the site this week. Detailed proposals have been put forward to planners outlining the vision for transforming the former John Brown’s shipyard, which has lain derelict for year

St Andrew’s High Councillors have paved the way for the former St Andrew’s High and Braidfield High school sites in Clydebank to be regenerated with new homes.

Councillors in West Dunbartonshire have agreed to a four per cent increase in rent for council tenants to help fund £114 million worth of improvements for tenants. The rent rise is nearly 50 per cent lower than planned when West Dunbartonshire Council agreed its rent strategy in 2012 to fund the up

The number of new affordable homes planned to be developed under a partnership between West Dunbartonshire Council and Wheatley Group is to be increased by over 60 per cent. Less than two years into the 10-year partnership, which initially set out to create 323 new properties over the decade, the pr

Councillors in West Dunbartonshire will be asked to consider writing off historical debts from former council tenants at a meeting next week. Members of West Dunbartonshire Council’s housing and communities committee will decide on Wednesday 3 February whether to agree the removal of arrears total

Voluntary groups are being reminded they can still get interest-free cash from West Dunbartonshire Council for community regeneration projects. The new Community Loans Fund was launched in September 2015, offering interest-free capital loans of up to £10,000 to neighbourhood organisations in the ar