Economic Development
Page last updated: 29/03/2023
- Council and democracy
- Council tax
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Housing
- Council housing
- Empty homes
- Housing options and help for homeless people
- Maintaining standards of repair for private rented properties
- Registering as a private landlord
- Rent Deposit Guarantee Scheme
- Tenancy deposit schemes
- Houses in multiple occupation (HMO)
- Social Sector Size Criteria (Bedroom Tax)
- Advice and grant support for private homeowners
- Maintaining your home
- Private Landlords Expressions of Interest
- Short term lets
- Property Acquisition (Buy Back)
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Schools
- Primary schools
- Secondary schools
- School term and holiday dates
- Early learning and childcare
- School meals
- Support for Learners
- Financial support for education
- Employment of children
- School places
- P7 Transitions to Secondary
- Hire school facilities
- Education Authority
- Dumfries Learning Town
- The Bridge
- Home Education
- Parent Councils
- Parental Involvement and Engagement (PIE)
- Education Authority Annual Plan
- Public performances by children
- Instrumental Music Tuition
- Youth Music Initiative
- South West Education Improvement Collaborative
- Educational Psychology Service
- Online School Payments
- Devolved School Management Scheme
- Learning Assistant Allocation Process
- Partnership and School Management Arrangements
- SAC Stretch Aims
- Duty of Candour Report 2024
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Bins and recycling
- Non-recyclable waste
- Recycling
- Food waste recycling
- Bulky waste
- Recycling centres and recycling points
- Garden waste
- Commercial bulky waste
- Commercial waste
- Check your bin collection days
- Apply for assisted bin collections
- Book a recycling centre visit
- Book a bulky waste collection
- Get a replacement bin or sack
- Roads, transport and parking
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Planning and building
- Planning and Building Update
- Planning Permission
- Local Development Plan
- Building standards
- Local Place Plans
- Street or property names and numbers
- The George Hotel, Stranraer
- Dumfries Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme (CARS)
- Stranraer Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme (CARS)
- Contaminated Land
- Vacant and Derelict Land
- Planning and Building Standards Documents
- Lochside Regeneration
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Benefits and financial supports
- Cost-of-Living Support
- Apply for benefits and financial supports
- Benefit fraud
- Benefits enquiry form
- Change in address or circumstances for benefits
- Overpayment of benefits
- Reviewing a benefit decision
- Changes to benefits and information on additional support available
- Benefit Advice for people aged 60 and over
- Birth, marriage and death
- Business
- Community safety
- Jobs and training
- Leisure
- Libraries
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Care and support
- Access to free period products
- Support for Ukraine
- Request help with social care
- Local care services
- Support for children and families
- How to report a concern about an adult at risk of harm
- Social Work offices
- Tackling domestic abuse
- Sensory Support Team
- Our Promise - Dumfries and Galloway
- Justice Social Work