South Lanarkshire Council

New council homes on Fernhill Road The scale of an already ambitious programme of new build council housing in South Lanarkshire has been dramatically increased with a new ambition to complete 1000 extra homes by 2022.

‘Living well and enjoying life’ was the main focus for a second sheltered tenants’ conference which was recently held by South Lanarkshire Council at the Holiday Inn, East Kilbride. Around 200 tenants from across South Lanarkshire came along and enjoyed the day.

South Lanarkshire Council has unveiled plans to double its house building programme to 1,000 new homes as it joined two other local authorities in Scotland to yesterday announce a voluntarily freeze of the basic rate of Council Tax. Inverclyde and Renfrewshire councils also confirmed that they would

A joint economic action plan between eight councils is aiming to deliver 110,000 new homes around the Glasgow City Region. The move, the first of its kind in Scotland, will see the authorities pursue a common economic strategy between now and the year 2035.

Roy Overend (centre) is presented with his award by Councillor Judy Hamilton of Fife Council and STV meteorologist and presenter Sean Batty A council manager has been recognised at a national awards ceremony for his work to help make a Gypsy/Traveller site in South Lanarkshire one of the best of its

Taylor Wimpey West Scotland has secured detailed planning consent from South Lanarkshire Council for 486 new homes in East Kilbride. The 61 acre site on land off Shields Road at Benthall Farm is allocated for housing in the South Lanarkshire Local Development Plan, and will allow Taylor Wimpey West

Planning permission has been approved for almost 200 houses to be built on the former Hoover site in Cambuslang. Hoover opened the factory in Cambuslang in 1946, where it operated until its closure in 2005. The buildings were demolished in 2008, at which point the site was cleared and regraded.

Scotland’s Housing Network appointed two new Board members when the organisation held its annual seminar and AGM last week. The well-attended event included excellent key note presentations from both Dr Neil Hamlet and Professor Douglas Robertson. Neil spoke about Health and Homelessness giving th

Council tenants in South Lanarkshire are being invited to give their views on rent levels for 2017/18 via a survey and a series of meetings. The local authority said the decision is “hugely important, given the current economic situation, and the pressures on tenants and the council through the UK

A new anti-cold caller initiative is being piloted at a sheltered housing complex in South Lanarkshire. South Lanarkshire Council’s Consumer and Trading Standards is trialling a 'cold calling control area' at Bosfield Place, East Mains, Kilbride.

Work on a 2016 Local Development Plan for South Lanarkshire will now get underway after the scheme gained approval by the local authority. As part of the agreement, South Lanarkshire Council’s planning committee approved a consultation and engagement exercise to assist in the preparation of the se

Council tenants in South Lanarkshire have taken the opportunity to give their views on the rent level options for the next financial year. Tenants attended local events, got involved in a scrutiny panel, completed an online questionnaire and attended a ‘Question Time’ event to conclude discussio

Housing refurbishment firm Lovell has been appointed by South Lanarkshire Council to carry out £2.1 million of improvement work to transform a multi-storey block of flats in Cambuslang. Work is set to begin early in 2016 on the 40-week programme for Kyle Court, off Main Street in the town centre, w

Two properties which were recovered using the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 have been sold to South Lanarkshire Council for use as social housing. The homes in Hamilton were seized from the Civil Recovery Unit (CRU) after John Thomson admitted that he had acquired it as a result of unlawful conduct, sp

Council tenants in South Lanarkshire will save a total of more than £370,000 on fuel bills thanks to improvements done to their homes. Upgrading works carried out under South Lanarkshire Council’s HomeHappening programme has, over the past decade, seen all of the local authority’s eligible hous