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Since 2016, communities within East Ayrshire have been transformed thanks to significant investment in new affordable homes and an extensive programme that has improved our existing housing stock.

Kilmarnock Town Centre will start the new year with a new look, after a date of 11 January 2021 was set for the start of a project which will transform the bottom end of  King Street, opening up space beside Kilmarnock Water to create an exciting new outdoor area for public use.

Sports facilities at the Barony Campus have been named McPhee Park in recognition of Alex McPhee, East Ayrshire Council’s Depute Chief Executive and Chief Financial Officer who is set to retire this week.

With covid restrictions and worries about social distancing, many people are understandably avoiding their high streets just now. But what about the retailers?  We all know that it’s been the local shops who stood by us during lockdown, going the extra mile with deliveries and carry out services and doing their best to help when stocks ran low in bigger supermarkets. 

A public consultation is being held on a new housing development proposed for Bellevue Gardens, Kilmarnock.

A new online reporting system that will help communities pinpoint flytipping is currently being developed by East Ayrshire Council.

New Cumnock Primary School has been chosen from thousands of hopefuls to represent Scotland in Blue Peter’s Christmas choir.