South Ayrshire Council News

South Ayrshire Council is urging people across South Ayrshire to become environmental angels by reducing the amount of waste they generate this Christmas.

An exciting outline planning application for new housing in Troon has been given the go-ahead by South Ayrshire Council's Regulatory Panel.

South Ayrshire Council's Trading Standards Service has issued a warning to consumers about buying essential motorcycle safety equipment online.

Members of South Ayrshire Council's Regulatory Panel have granted planning permission for a propsed new community hospital facility that will be built on land at Bridgefield in Girvan.

A bicycle clinic was held at the Walker Hall, in Troon where 20 cyclists got their bikes checked out for free and got valuable advice from cycling experts on safe cycling, bike security and cycling in general.

A special Review Group to explore the options for Marr College and secondary school provision in the Troon area has been approved by members of South Ayrshire Council's Leadership Panel.

Carrick Academy has received a grant of £300,000 after being accepted by the Government as a School of Ambition, the first school in South Ayrshire to join the Scottish Government's Schools of Ambition programme.

Progress is being made with South Ayrshire Council's fundamental review of its school estate that is being carried out working in partnership with the communities that the schools serve.

South Ayrshire Council's Education, Culture and Lifelong Learning (ECCL) department has received praise for their Standards and Quality Report for the 2006/07 academic year.

A special open day was held at Muirhead Activity Centre in Troon for parents and children who may wish to use the new Out of School Care Club facilities that will be introduced in January 2008.

At 30 November 2007 South Ayrshire Council has a Council Tax collection rate of 66.37% that exceeds their previously set target of 66.35%.

A new community facility to renew the neighbourhood and regenerate the community in Wallacetoun and Newton, in Ayr is being supported by South Ayrshire Council.

Troon Allotment Society is to rent a piece of land at Fullarton Woods in Troon from South Ayrshire Council, so that greenfingered locals can tend and grow vegetables and plants on an allotment.

Staff from South Ayrshire Council will be digging deep into their pockets on Friday 14 December 2007 to support Sightsavers International, an organisation that helps people to combat blindness.

South Ayrshire Council annually reviews charges for using their golf facilities and the charges for 2008 have now been set.

Jean Wilson and Jessie Nelson, two longstanding members of the South Ayrshire Children's Panel have retired.

Three Community Councils have been given funding for civic pride projects by members of South Ayrshire Council's Provost's Panel.

Members of South Ayrshire Council's Provost's Panel have approved funding, from the Old Dailly George Todd Memorial Hall fund, for two projects in Dailly.

South Ayrshire Council's Provost's Panel has approved requests for financial assistance from a number of local and national groups who are either voluntary organizations or provide arts or culture related activities.

An exciting project at the John Pollock Centre in Ayr, is being run to help people to learn English as their second language.

'Christmas has come early for us' that's the message from delighted residents of Gordon Terrace and Riverside Walk after they got together with the South Ayrshire Community Safety Partnership.

A group of young people gave up their Sunday and travelled from all over South Ayrshire to take part in an event in the Walker Halls in Troon to celebrate the achievements of young people.