Dumfries & Galloway Council

A Housing Prospectus has been launched to outline the unique development opportunities in the South of Scotland, some of the key sites and the partners who stand ready to help bring forward developments.

A masterplan aimed at delivering Dumfries and Galloway’s largest ever regeneration project was approved last week by the local authority’s Economy and Infrastructure Committee.

More homes are needed to tackle recruitment challenges in health and social care, schools, policing, forestry and farming throughout the south of Scotland, according to new research.

Dumfries and Galloway Council met as a Full Council on Thursday 27 February to agree its budget and set the Council Tax level for financial year 2025/26. Councillors voted to increase Council Tax in an effort to protect frontline services and deliver planned projects. Earlier this month, it was

Dumfries and Galloway Council is inviting submissions for its Call for Sites and Ideas as part of the development of the region’s third Local Development Plan (LDP3).

Dumfries and Galloway Council is inviting submissions for its Call for Sites and Ideas as part of the development of the region’s third Local Development Plan (LDP3).

Dumfries and Galloway Council is preparing a new Local Housing Strategy that will set out how the council and its partners will deliver housing and housing services over the next five years.

One of the largest regeneration proposals for Dumfries and Galloway has heard from more than 1300 people living and working in the area.

Construction is complete on the first phase of the transformation of Midsteeple Quarter in Dumfries. The first residents have started moving into the flats created at the community-owned High Street building now known as The Standard.

Dumfries & Galloway Council has launched its budget consultation for 2025/26. The consultation runs for more than five weeks until midday Friday 6 December.

Dumfries and Galloway Council is launching a new initiative to address the region’s ongoing population decline and build on the strengths of its vibrant communities.

A new South of Scotland Housing Action Plan has been launched to help tackle the urgent need for more homes and more choice of homes in the region. The Action Plan includes ten tangible actions to be carried out over the next two years, with the aim of attracting more people to work and live here, a

Dumfries & Galloway Council has agreed to establish two new net zero targets – one for the council and one for the Dumfries and Galloway region.

Dumfries and Galloway Council met as a full council this week to agree its budget and set the council tax level for financial year 2024/25. Elected members voted to freeze council tax for the financial year 2024/25 while protecting frontline services.

The leader of Dumfries & Galloway Council has praised a massive £22.9 million new-build development – the largest new affordable housing project ever seen in the region. Wheatley Homes South, part of Wheatley Group, is building 89 affordable homes on the site of the former Curries Ya