Dumfries & Galloway Council

Early intervention and prevention services are helping improve outcomes for children, families and vulnerable households across Dumfries and Galloway, while work continues to address significant national pressures facing social work services, Dumfries and Galloway Council’s Social Work Service

Plans to create more affordable homes, help prevent homelessness and bring empty properties back into use across Dumfries and Galloway are set to be considered by councillors next month.

Councillors have approved updated plans to guide the delivery of affordable housing across Dumfries and Galloway, helping to support communities, tackle housing need and drive economic growth. At its meeting on 9 June, the council’s Economy and Infrastructure Committee agreed the latest Strate

The Borderlands Partnership Board has approved £620,247 of Scottish Government investment through the Borderlands Inclusive Growth Deal for a community-led housing development in Kelloholm.

Residents in Lochside are being invited to attend the latest public information event about plans for land previously occupied by Maxwelltown High School.

Residents in Lochside are being encouraged to have their say on regeneration plans for land previously occupied by a former high school. Wheatley Homes South and Dumfries and Galloway Council are hosting an information event next week (Wednesday, 15 April) on its proposals to develop the site of the

A new £900,000 fund to support housing regeneration, improve property conditions and help deliver affordable homes across Dumfries and Galloway has been approved by councillors. The Economy and Infrastructure Committee agreed the Dumfries and Galloway Housing Regeneration Fund at its meeting o

A new report by Dumfries and Galloway Council has highlighted solid progress with housing and across other key services.

Dumfries and Galloway Council has approved its budget for the 2026/27 financial year, agreeing an 8.5% rise in Council Tax alongside a package of savings and investment measures. The budget was agreed at a full council meeting on Thursday 26 February, following consideration of detailed three-year p

Dumfries and Galloway Council has published three research reports that offer insight into population challenges and inform action to sustain local communities. Funded by the Scottish Government through its Addressing Depopulation Action Plan and Fund, the research was carried out by the council in

Dumfries and Galloway Council has outlined an ambitious and strategic programme to tackle long-term empty homes across the region, as councillors prepare to consider the new Empty Homes Plan 2026–2031. The plan builds on commitments made through the Local Housing Strategy and the Housing Emerg

Efforts to regenerate nine towns in the south of Scotland have taken a major step forward with the publication of proposals developed by volunteer-led teams.

A campaign has been launched to encourage people to make their home in Dumfries and Galloway in response to a population decline that has seen numbers fall from 148,000 to 145,000 in recent years. Latest figures reveal a complex demographic picture. Like many rural areas, the region’s populati

A new community group helping shape the largest regeneration project in Dumfries and Galloway’s history has held its inaugural meeting.

The £68.6 million Whitesands Project in Dumfries, combining major flood defences with significant public realm improvements, is set to start in Spring next year after receiving approval by Dumfries and Galloway Council.