Get involved in shaping Perth and Kinross

Perth & Kinross Council and its partner organisation make decisions that affect our communities. That's why we want your thoughts and input to help with those decisions. Find all the opportunities to get involved here, and also the actions that are informed by your responses. Keep up to date with new engagement activity by subscribing to our mailing list and by following us on Facebook  or Twitter. Check out our climate change engagement activities page.











What else is happening?

Below are some of the other activities currently being run. Have your say here to help shape our future

Sale of Wellmeadow House, Gas Brae, Blairgowrie, PH10 6AY

Perth and Kinross Council propose to sell Wellmeadow House, Gas Brae, Blairgowrie, PH10 6AY to Strathmore Centre for Youth Development (SCYD) a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation. The plan below shows the location of Wellmeadow House and the extent of the area proposed to be sold. The area is coloured red on the plan and extends to 0.059 acres. SCYD have leased Wellmeadow House from the Council since 2013....

Closes 10 October 2023

Primary Care GP Premises Patient Survey

Perth and Kinross Health and Social Care Partnership is keen to hear patients’ views about their GP premises. This survey is for residents of Perth & Kinross. Your responses will give us a better understanding of how patients view their local GP practice or health centre and help us to understand what patients think about how we should be planning for the future of service provision in local communities.

Closes 15 October 2023

Big Place Conversation

What is the Big Place Conversation? The Big Place Conversation aims to find out from you what is good in your town, village or neighbourhood and what could be improved, and what it might need in the future. This will help produce the next Local Development Plan, Mobility Strategy and could also help your community develop its own Local Place Plan or Community Action Plan. The information that is gathered will also help inform other Council departments as to what is needed in...

Closes 15 October 2023

South Kinross Flood Scheme

Kinross has experienced a history of flooding from the South Queich, the Gelly Burn and the Clash Burn. The most recent significant flood events occurred in January 1993, December 2006 and February and August 2020. It is estimated that approximately 194 homes and businesses are currently at risk of flooding. In order to address this, we engaged consulting engineers, RPS, to develop proposals for a flood protection scheme in the area. We are now ready to consult...

Closes 20 October 2023

Forthcoming activities

Unpaid Work Orders

Unpaid work orders are put in place when someone who has committed a crime is sentenced to carry out work in the community. As part of its response to Scotland’s Community Justice strategy, Perth & Kinross Council’s Justice Services are seeking the views of the public to understand their awareness of what people on unpaid work do, whether they think it works, and what other community jobs could be undertaken.

Recently closed activities

Here you can find some of the activities that have been run over the last year. Take a look at what's been happening and find out how your feedback has helped to make a difference.

“Planning a Better Future Together” - Perth and Kinross Health and Social Care Partnership

This consultation will help the Perth and Kinross Health and Social Care Partnership understand current and future health and social care needs of the local population, in order to shape how health and social care services will be provided over the next 3 years.

Dreachd Phlana Gàidhlig 2023-28 / Draft Gaelic Language Plan 2023-28

Under the Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005, Perth & Kinross Council has a statutory obligation to support Gaelic through the development of a Gaelic Language Plan to help ensure that Gaelic continues to thrive. This is the Council’s third plan, setting out the next phase of work to promote Gaelic and increase its learning and use in Perth and Kinross. Àrd-shealladh Fo Achd na Gàidhlig (Alba) 2005, tha dleastanas reachdail air Comhairle Pheairt is Cheann...

Review of Scheme of Establishment of Community Councils

The Scheme of Establishment sets out the rules and guidance for the establishment and running of community councils in Perth and Kinross. We are undertaking a periodic review of the Scheme to ensure it is fit for purpose in 2024. This consultation is open to anyone with an interest.

We Asked, You Said, We Did

Here are some of the issues we have consulted on and their outcomes. See all outcomes

We asked

For the public to comment on the proposal for a lease to be granted to Taste Talk Limited for the commercial property at 2 North Port, Perth.  

You said

There were no responses received.  

We did

Taste Talk Ltd have not progressed to enter into a lease of the property.  

We asked

To help us prepare a new Management Plan for Black Spout Wood, we asked local residents and visitors how often they used the woods, what they liked to do while they were there, what they liked and disliked about the woods at present and how we might make improvements.  

You said

We received 98 responses to the consultation. Most respondents were local residents and visited the woods on foot. Many were dog walkers. We received lots of positive feedback about the site and the way it is now. There was also useful feedback about providing information to help get around the site, the paths, and the management of the site more generally.

We did

All the feedback received will help us to put together a new Management Plan to take us forward to 2028.  In due course, those of you who asked to be kept informed will be consulted again once we've put together a draft Management Plan. 

At the time of this initial consultation the Pitlochry & Moulin Community Council was in abeyance.  It's hoped that we can engage with the new Community Council so as to review the draft Management Plan once it's ready.

We asked

To help us prepare a new Management Plan for Rumbling Bridge, we asked local residents and visitors how often they used the woods, what they liked to do while they were there, what they liked and disliked about the woods at present and how we might make improvements.  

You said

We received 128 responses to the consultation. Most respondents were local residents and visited the woods on foot.  We received lots of positive feedback about the gorge but there are clearly aspects which could be better. There was useful feedback covering a number of issues including several responses relating to access to and accessibility within the site.                    

We did

All the feedback received will help us to put together a new Management Plan to take us forward to 2028.  In due course, those of you who asked to be kept informed will be consulted again once we've put together a draft Management Plan.

We asked

We asked the residents of Cavendish Avenue, Gray Street and the surrounding area about:

  • the risk of flooding in  the area
  • the findings of the flood study
  • other actions to raise awareness and improve community flood resilience

You said

Comments were received regarding:

  • the maintenance and further provision of road drains;
  • provision of sandbags, emergency response and clean up assistance
  • low-cost / temporary mitigations

We did

A Question and Answer (Q&A) Report was produced and uploaded to the hub in May 2023. The flood study has been finalised and the findings will now be reported to the next Climate Change & Sustainability Committee on 31 May 2023.

We asked

For input from the local community and other residents of Perth with regard to the proposed grant of the servitude rights over the Servitude Areas at Low Road.

You said

We received a large response concerned about flooding issues in this location.  Responses were individually acknowledged. 

We did

The Council have decided that in light of the anticipated Planning Application being made by Craigie Hill Golf Club for the redevelopment of the golf course, it would be premature for a decision to be made on the proposal to grant servitude rights at Low Road at this time.  The Common Good Committee will therefore not be asked to make a decision on the granting of servitude rights at Low Road at this time.

The servitude application will only be considered once the outcome of the planning process is known, if appropriate.