Argyll And Bute Council

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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.

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Michael Russell MSP cuts the ribbon to open ACHA’s homes in Dunoon with new tenants Sammy Ritchie and Carol Black Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) has just completed five new family homes at Victoria Park, Dunoon.

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A document which sets out Argyll and Bute Council’s shared vision and investment priorities for the area’s housing sector over the next five years has been submitted to the Scottish Government for ministerial approval. The Local Housing Strategy was developed in partnership with the Scottish Gov

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Plans have been approved to build a new social housing development in Oban. The application for six two-storey houses east of Hayfield brings the number of units on that site to 18, all of which are affordable - significantly more than the 25 per cent which is required in the council’s local devel

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Frances Snee, empty homes adviser at Shelter Scotland, visits Argyll to see the successful completion of an empty home renovation. I was lucky enough to go on a day trip across the water to Dunoon the other week. I’d been invited by Argyll and Bute’s Empty Homes Officer Kelly Ferns. Kelly was in

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Link Group Ltd’s new development at Dunbeg, Oban has been officially opened by Argyll and Bute Council’s policy lead for strategic housing, Gaelic, community and culture, Councillor Robin Currie. The £3.5 million construction of 25 homes for social rent commenced in February 2015, using £1.6m

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Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) has completed 10 new homes in Connel near Oban. The development provides a mixture of family homes for rent and will be named after the late Harry Powell, who passed away this year and was a stalwart of the local community, giving over 50 years voluntary s

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with Connel bridge in the background, the site for 10 new homes in Connel Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) will move ahead with a project to build a third phase of affordable homes in a village near Oban after Argyll and Bute Council confirmed planning approval.

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Progress was made towards a new Argyll and Bute housing development yesterday. Councillors have approved a planning application for a new bonded warehouse, the first step in a distillery and residential housing development, at Polphail village, Portavadie, as well as a masterplan which will guide th

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People across Argyll and Bute are being invited to have their say on the future of housing in the area via an online survey. Argyll and Bute Council is inviting feedback on the proposed vision, priorities and actions that have been developed for the local housing strategy.

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