West Dunbartonshire Council

Balloch and Haldane residents are enjoying a new state-of-the-art digital learning centre and improved facilities following a £100,000 refurbishment of the area’s library. The library was officially re-opened following the makeover which has improved the interior and exterior, and also seen the n

The regeneration of Clydebank’s Queens Quay has taken a major step forward as councillors unanimously agreed the purchase of land on which almost 200 social houses will be built. At a meeting of West Dunbartonshire Council’s housing and communities committee last week, elected members approved a

Councillors Lawrence O’Neill and David McBride An official sod cutting ceremony has been held at a site in Clydebank where 40 new homes for social rent will be built.

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.

Residents are being invited to bid in the second round of West Dunbartonshire Council’s Community Budgeting to transform their local area. Up to £25,000 of capital funding is available in each of the 17 Your Community areas, with community groups and organisations invited to bid for up to £10,00

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.

Councillors due to discuss future plans to reduce the number of homeless people in West Dunbartonshire are to hear of an 18 per cent reduction in homeless presentations in the region in the last three years. A report set to be presented to West Dunbartonshire Council’s housing and communities comm

Council leader Martin Rooney West Dunbartonshire Council has approved a plan to reject all savings options and use cash reserves to plug the gap caused by reduced Scottish Government funding.

(from left) Peter Barry, strategic lead for housing; Councillor David McBride, convener of housing; housing manager John Kerr and tenant Liam Cavan West Dunbartonshire Council has unveiled an ambitious housing masterplan which will see 1000 new homes developed for rent in the area over the next five

Ambitious plans to use water from the River Clyde to heat homes and businesses in Clydebank have moved forward after West Dunbartonshire Council agreed the next step in securing funding for a £12 million high-tech heating system. The development would see water extracted from the River Clyde throug

Councillor David McBride West Dunbartonshire Council has published a report to update tenants and customers on its housing performance.

Craig Sanderson, Link Group chief executive, (left) and Councillor David McBride, West Dunbartonshire Council's convener of housing and communities Link Group Ltd has begun the £3.4 million construction of 30 new homes for social rent which will be completed by August 2017.

West Dunbartonshire Council will today discuss proposals to refresh its empty homes strategy in a bid to tackle the housing shortage in the area. There are more than 400 empty private properties in West Dunbartonshire, according to council tax records, and more than 3,900 applicants on the council's

Councillor David McBride West Dunbartonshire Council is consulting local residents for their views on how the council allocates its homes.

Stephen McCabe Progress has been made on the principle of sharing services across East Dunbartonshire, Inverclyde and West Dunbartonshire Councils.