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Councillors approve 103 new homes in Blairgowrie with 71 per cent affordable housing

Councillors supported the new affordable housing but some raised concern they were not being integrated into the wider development

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Perth and Kinross Council still has questions about the Deposit Return Scheme

A councillor has claimed that had PKC's 2016 offer to pilot the scheme been accepted, it would have been "workable" and "ready to go" by now

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Tayside Contracts to be reviewed after projected £3.2 million financial deficit announced

Perth and Kinross Council agreed to give £1.1 million from its reserves to the shared service - which also encompasses Dundee and Angus - to pay its share of the shortfall

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Concern over major discrepancy between Perth and Kinross Council and pupil bullying figures

A survey of primary pupils showed 42 per cent had experienced bullying in 2021/22 yet PKC's records showed only 0.3 per cent had been bullied that year

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Perth Leisure Pool and Dewars Centre decision will be made tonight

Live Active Leisure's board of directors will meet at 5pm to decide the way forward in the face of significant pressures

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Perth and Kinross Council offices at Pullar House could be mothballed from April 2024

The total cost to the public purse for running the Kinnoull Street building in 2022/23 was £3.1 million

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Councillors approve route for world cycling event in Perth and Kinross

Depute Provost Andrew Parrott said hosting the Gran Fondo Road Race, as is part of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) World Cycling Championships, would put the county on the world stage

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Perth Leisure Pool and Dewars Centre could close due to high energy costs

Live Active Leisure's board of directors will meet this month to decide how best to tackle "significant" financial challenges

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Blairgowrie Recreation Centre plans back on track but Perth pool plans paused due to rising costs

Perth and Kinross Council's SNP administration has pledged to fund the new facility and have it built "as soon as possible"

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Council tax in Perth and Kinross to increase by 3.9 per cent

The council tax increase is understood to be currently the lowest approved in mainland Scotland

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Perth and Kinross Council agrees to stop buying Chinese surveillance cameras after security risk warning

The local authority was made aware of issues around the Hikvision tech via a security briefing

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Two multi-million pound Perth and Kinross Council building projects under threat due to budget constraints

Council chiefs are recommending councillors press pause on the approved and long-awaited Blairgowrie Recreation Centre as costs soar by £9.3 million to £36 million

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Blairgowrie Recreation Centre and PH20 projects in doubt

Council chiefs have recommended councillors pause both projects as construction costs soar to £36 million and £110 million

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Around 200 potential job losses at Perth and Kinross Council

The scale of the financial challenge facing PKC means councillors will have difficult choices to make when setting the council's budget on Wednesday

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Dismay over ruling study not needed for new housing in Kinross despite concerns over sewage entering Loch Leven

The Scottish Government has overruled a council direction to developers they complete an Environmental Impact Assessment for a proposed 160-home development on land north of Davies Park

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Councillors vote to close Perth Harbour as commercial port but would support "viable and serious offer" to lease

Perth and Kinross Council would support a "viable and serious offer" to lease the harbour if one came forward during the lengthy closure process

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Perth and Kinross generated 117,692 tonnes of general waste from 2020 to 2022

Perth and Kinross Council is seeking to improve its recycling rates and will introduce separate paper/card and plastic/metal/carton collections in 2023

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Developer working with Scottish Water to resolve drainage issue at Perth park

Concern was raised about how safe it was for children when raw sewage is reported to be regularly overflowing from a drain

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Councillors approve installation of £2.4 million Gypsy/Traveller site on Perth outskirts

The site - managed by PKC - will accommodate up to 10 caravans and provide showers, toilets, a kitchen, an office and bins

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Perth and Kinross councillors vote to increase tenants' rent by 2.2 per cent

The rise was the lowest of three options put forward and the one most favoured by tenants who took part in a survey

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Perth and Kinross Council to save thousands of pounds by slashing number of flags flown outside headquarters

The number flown will go from 27 down to just three following complaints about their poor condition

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Pole in the middle of new pathway laid by Perth and Kinross Council

A new walkway at Gourdie Hill between Grange and Errol in Perthshire has a telegraph pole smack in the middle of the path leading to bemusement and complaints from concerned residents.

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Struggling Perth and Kinross residents urged to seek support and advice from council to keep homes warm

Over the past year PKC has committed over £5 million to help local people through the cost of living crisis

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Celebrations planned for 25th anniversary of Perth’s twinning with Polish city Bydgoszcz

Perth and Kinross councillors this week agreed to begin plans for a weekend of events in June

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Work under way to install 41 new EV chargers in Perth

Perth and Kinross Council is seeking to improve EV charging infrastructure right across the region

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