There are two issues that the Licensing Committee want public views on: Whether or not there should be a Land Train in Largs in 2021 - they will be looking at this single proposal at their meeting on Wednesday 18 August 2021. If you have a view about that, see "How to contact us" below [...]
£50m for the UK's Grassroot Football Pitches in 2022 Funding is to be made available to enable the delivery of more football pitches and facilities in UK communities. The UK Government has announced an additional £50 million investment in football pitches to help support the wave of interest in the sport inspired by EURO 2020 [...]
It is essential that any action taken on flooding is informed by the best available data. From 21 December 2020 we have been consulting with the public on the work carried out to update the flood risk management strategies and plans. This forms part of a national consultation on the current state of knowledge of flood [...]
We are looking for your input into the latest stage of the exciting development at Lochshore. This is the site of the former Glengarnock Steelworks and covers around 250 hectares, including Kilbirnie Loch. In 2017 we carried out a consultation which led to the vision of the site as a parkland destination with a focus on [...]
Carnegie UK have published Rethinking Scotland: Action required to include more voices in policy-making in Scotland. They asked for people’s views on what needs to happen and who needs to act to put some of Scotland’s big ideas into practice. Their recommendations include: Address power imbalances in the policy-making process Co-produce principles to transform who is involved in policy-making Develop an infrastructure [...]
All residents in Scotland under the age of 22 will be eligible for free bus travel from 31 January 2022. The Scottish Government has confirmed the timetable for the roll out of the scheme, delivered in partnership with the Improvement Service, the National Entitlement Card Programme Office and Young Scot. Approximately 930,000 young people will join the third of Scotland’s population who [...]
The UK Government have launched the Community Ownership Fund. This is available to community and voluntary organisations to support sustainable community ownership of assets, amenities and facilities which are at risk of being lost. You can find out more information here. You may also be interested in the webinars taking place this week, on Tuesday 20th [...]
The process of developing the latest Local Housing Strategy, for the period 2022-2027 is underway, and we want you to be involved. The Local Housing Strategy is supported by a Housing Needs & Demand Assessment which is available online for review and feedback between 9 July 2021 and 13 August 2021. For more information pleas click here. After [...]