Perth & Kinross Council

Donations for people affected by the devastating fire in Perth are pouring into The Salvation Army after the church and charity assumed a recovery role from Perth & Kinross Council and The Salutation Hotel. The Salvation Army’s headquarters in South Street is just a few hundred yards from

A chihuahua was rescued from a building destroyed by fire in Perth last month – after surviving for nearly two weeks in the damaged tenement. The puppy called Vilo, which means “to live” or “to thrive and flourish” in Slovakian, was feared killed in the Scott Street fir

A group of residents displaced by the fire in Perth city centre in the early hours of Saturday 14 June have been able to return to their homes. The fire destroyed 41 Scott Street and ongoing demolition work means it is unsafe for residents and businesses nearby to return to their homes and premises.

A special event to help residents affected by the blaze at Scott Street in Perth city centre will take place at Perth and Kinross Council headquarters tomorrow. Running from 1pm to 7pm, the drop-in session will allow residents directly or indirectly impacted by the blaze and subsequent road and buil

An entire residential building in Perth city centre needs to be immediately demolished in the aftermath of a fatal fire, engineers have said. Emergency services were alerted to the blaze in the early hours of Saturday, June 14, when patrolling officers spotted flames engulfing the four-storey reside

A man has tragically died and an eight-year-old girl is among several people injured following a devastating flat fire in the early hours of Saturday, June 14, in Perth city centre. Emergency services were alerted to the blaze at around 1.50am, when patrolling officers spotted flames engulfing a fou

Over 260 new affordable homes for rent were added to the housing stock in Perth and Kinross in 2024/25, a report to councillors has said. Members of the Housing and Social Wellbeing Committee will be told that 243 new houses for affordable social rent were delivered in Perth and Kinross, along with

Perth and Kinross Council has extended its funding to the energy charity SCARF for the financial year 2025/26. In addition to the ongoing free home energy advice service available to all homes, a new initiative aims to target properties with poor energy performance to combat fuel poverty and reduce

Twenty newly built council homes for affordable social rent have been handed over at the new Kinloch Gardens development, adjacent to Glenalmond Road in Rattray. The Rattray project is part of Perth & Kinross Council’s ongoing multi-million-pound new build housing programme, which has seen

Perth & Kinross Council has reached two key milestones in the process of preparing the Local Development Plan 3.

Perth & Kinross Council has completed an £800,000 streetscape improvement project in Perth, in response to concerns from residents. People living in Pullar Terrace contacted the council about a number of issues that were affecting the street. The land is owned by the Council’s Housin

Five newly built council homes for affordable social rent have been handed over in Methven.

Perth & Kinross Council has disputed findings from a Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) report that found "serious failings" in both of the local authority’s Gypsy/Traveller sites. The Regulator said it took action to investigate after concerns were raised by residents of both sites. The res

Work on the £27 million flood protection scheme at Comrie is underway. 

The first of 20 new replacement chalets arrived at Double Dykes permanent Gypsy/Traveller site this week, a significant milestone in the £6.5 million refurbishment of the site.