Publications

Councils are legally required to carry out a comprehensive assessment of housing need and demand, including housing conditions, and to produce a local housing strategy to tackle the challenges in...

Guidance for owners of empty properties. Information on VAT exemptions for renovating empty properties, merchants' discounts, and advice on general maintenance, repairs and renovations, letting and selling.

The main focus of the housing site prospectus is sites allocated for housing, though some mixed allocations have been included. The sites are divided up into four different categories, from...

Privacy notices for allotments.

View duty of candour annual report.

All social landlords in Scotland are required to report their performance yearly to the Scottish Housing Regulator. You can view the council's landlord performance on the Regulator’s website, including current...

View housing privacy notices.

Strategic Housing Investment Plans (SHIPs) are part of the Local Housing Strategy (LHS) process and set out the key development priorities in each local authority to inform Scottish Government housing...

From 27th June 2018 Peterhead, Fraserburgh, Banff and Buckie Jobcentres go live with Universal Credit Full Service (UCFS). The postcodes affected are: AB41 8 AB42 AB43 AB44 AB45 1 AB45...