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The Latest Breaking News from Perth and Kinross Council

Development in Auchterarder will stop after councillors refuse A9 junction

Plans for a single - rather than dual - sliproad were refused after Perth and Kinross Council said it was not what was agreed with developers

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Perth and Kinross Council leader stands by senior councillor after tweet backlash

SNP representative John Rebbeck "deeply regrets" liking a tweet featuring an "abhorrent and repulsive" image of a woman being abused by a man

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Highland Spring reacts to suggestion public purse paid for its flood defences

At a recent PKC meeting a councillor questioned if taxpayers' money was being used for the benefit of the private company at Blackford

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Plans to extend controversial quarry near Blairgowrie are unanimously refused

Laird Aggregates Ltd applied to Perth and Kinross Council to expand Marlee Quarry at Essendy by almost 30 hectares in order to extract 1.1 million tonnes of sand and gravel

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Developers appeal Perth and Kinross Council direction to provide environmental assessment for housing scheme

Miller Homes has asked Scottish ministers to overrule a request from the local authority to supply an EIA to assure staff its plans to form new homes on land north of Davies Park will not have a significant impact on the environment

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Scottish Tories 'should be protected as minority group', says councillor

A Perth and Kinross councillor has said abuse against Scottish Tories “should be publicly condemned”.

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Perth and Kinross Council officially declares climate emergency as environmental action plan is agreed

Councillors approved PKC's Climate Action Annual Report for 2023/24 at a meeting on Wednesday, November 9

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Perthshire Conservative councillor apologises after suggesting Scottish Tories be recognised as “ethnic and minority group”

Cllr Crawford Reid made the comment as Perth and Kinross Council met to approve two separate motions to tackle anti-Semitism and Islamophobia

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Perth and Kinross Council looks set to commit to tackling anti-Semitism and Islamophobia

Councillors will this week be asked to take a "first step" in challenging racist behaviour in a "targeted and effective manner"

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Public vote result sees new museum in Perth named...Perth Museum

More than 450 people, including school pupils, took part in the consultation for the Perth City Hall revamp, which will open in 2024 becoming the new home of the Stone of Destiny

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New museum in Perth to be named 'Perth Museum' after public vote

THE name of a new museum in Perth has been announced as “Perth Museum” after a public vote concluded.

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Perth flood victims call for planning and development to be paused

Flood Action Group Perth wants the Craigie Burn Flood Study completed and recommendations carried out before any more building can continue

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Perth and Kinross Council seeks residents' views on spending priorities in light of multi-million pound funding gap

The council has launched an online survey backed by a series of public engagement sessions

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Cross Tay Link Road construction methods amended to reduce carbon footprint following local backlash

Perth and Kinross Council says contractor BAM Nuttall (BAM) has undertaken “detailed design development and changes to construction methodologies” and claims to have reduced the carbon output by over 35,000 tonnes

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Green light given to build ‘game changing’ £830,000 community hub in Kinloch Rannoch

Rannoch Community Trust has been granted planning permission to develop the project in a former outdoors centre and school

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Amputee shares the misery of trying to go outside his Perth home

Double amputee Kenny Frisken needs a proper wheelchair access put in to his home rented from Perth and Kinross Council.

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Perth and Kinross schools could close as teachers set to be balloted for strike action

Scotland's leading teaching union the EIS has issued Perth and Kinross Council with formal notice it will open the statutory ballot on October 12

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Perth and Kinross Council faces £30 million funding shortfall due to Covid, Brexit and the global energy crisis

The council's Medium-Term Financial Plan 2023–29 saw the most pessimistic prediction at a whopping £42.1 million reduction

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Perth and Kinross short-term lets licences among the most expensive in Scotland

The new short-term lets licensing scheme is being introduced this weekend

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Perth and Kinross Council will issue warm homes packs to vulnerable residents this winter

The warm home packs could include the likes of hot water bottles, flasks, blankets and slow cookers

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Perth and Kinross grit bins will soon have QR codes to make reporting them easier

The council has 1600 grit bins and it is hoped the codes will make it easier to identify which bins are empty

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Safety fears raised over forest track plan in west Perthshire

Those living along the Glascorrie road were shocked to discover that Perth and Kinross Council planners had approved the creation of a road to facilitate timber harvesting

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Perth family move out after being flooded for third time in two years

Residents in the Croft Park area of Perth call for action after recent storm water submerged gardens and came into homes.

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Scots family flooded for the third time in two years hit out at Perth Council

Samantha and Richard Lamond, both 39, and their two children have been living in temporary accommodation since the ground floor of their home in Croft Park was wrecked by floodwater and sewage.

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Perth and Kinross councillors hold special meeting to pay tribute to the Queen

All other council meetings have been postponed until after the Queen's funeral on Monday, September 19

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