Stirling Council

(from left) Fiona Hainey (team leader property management design and projects), John MacMillan (service manager, integrated facilities management) Cllr Violet Weir, and Gavin Kennedy (project officer) Eight new properties for Stirling Council tenants have been completed as part of a new housing deve

(from left) Fiona Hainey (team leader property management design and projects), Cllr Violet Weir, John MacMillan (service manager, integrated facilities management) and Thomas O’Brien (site agent) Stirling Council has started work to build housing on the former Riverside swimming pool site.

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.

Stirling Council has agreed a plan to provide over 400 more affordable homes over the next five years. Members of the local authority’s environment & housing committee approved the submission of the Strategic Housing Investment Plan for 2017/18 to 2021/22 to the Scottish Government.

Allyson Allison with an earlier award A Forth Valley empty homes officer who has led efforts to bring empty homes back to use as affordable housing has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award.

(from left) New tenants Amelia, Christopher and Jillian Lowry; Alan Hutton (Strathblane Community Council); Baillie Violet Weir; Mrs Anne Ryan; housing minister Kevin Stewart MSP; Mr Robert Ryan; Margaret Vass (Rural Stirling Housing Association); Mrs Elizabeth Mckerrell and Mrs Kathleen Crawford Ru

More than 400 new homes will be built in the Raploch district of Stirling in a bid to accelerate ongoing work to tackle disadvantage and deprivation in the area, the local authority has revealed. Stirling Council has approved the Raploch Regeneration Initiative, a partnership with housebuilder Rober

The Stirling City Commission A major programme of investment for Stirling is moving into its next phase following approval at a Special Council meeting this week.

Allyson Allison An empty homes officer from Forth Valley has become the first from Scotland to pick up a prestigious UK-wide award.

Stirling Council has encouraged local private landlords and agents to register for an upcoming Open Day and Conference. The annual event – which provides an opportunity for landlords and agents to meet key players in the private rented sector in Stirling, gather information and seek advice – wil

Stirling Council has detailed plans to deliver an ambitious and far-reaching strategy for regeneration and commit £500,000 worth of spending to tackle poverty and promote growth across the area. The council’s community planning and regeneration committee agreed this week to recommend the establis

Plans to build 600 homes between Bridge of Allan and Causewayhead have been refused by Stirling Council. Proposals submitted by Graham’s The Family Dairy, which included plans for 600 homes and a new primary school at Airthrey Kerse, were rejected by councillors by 12 votes to eight (with two abst

Stirling Council renewed its commitment to building new homes in 2016/17 at its budget meeting last week. The local authority will be investing over £9 million this year, as part of a programme of new house building which began in 2010/11 and will provide 210 new houses in the area.

Stirling’s first street clinic offering housing and homelessness advice is setting up home today on Port Street. Experts from charity Shelter Scotland will be on hand from 10am-3pm to offer help and advice on a range of housing issues, including rent and mortgage arrears, fuel poverty, money and d

Five new properties for Stirling Council tenants have been completed as part of a new housing development in Cambusbarron. The three two-bedroom terraced houses and two two-bedroom flats form part of a new housing development at the former Polmaise Farm in the village that also includes 12 flats to