East Renfrewshire

Two public exhibitions are to be held to give people the chance to have their say on the plans being put forward for the new Eastwood leisure centre.

East Renfrewshire Council has helped local causes secure almost £8000 and created work placements and new jobs with the contractor delivering the Aurs Road City Deal project.

Network Rail has delivered a £1.3 million investment of platform works at Giffnock and Pollokshaws West stations.

East Renfrewshire Council has given consent to Cala Homes (West) to create 346 new homes in Barrhead. Designed to suit a wide range of owners, the new residential-led development will be constructed on land allocated for housing by the local authority adjacent to Balgraystone Road and Springfield Ro

Councillors have given the green light to almost 40 homes on the outskirts of Barrhead despite planners’ recommending the development should be refused. Briar Homes wants to develop land at Lyoncross Farm, off Aurs Road, promoting the “natural extension of Barrhead” and providing a

Major works on Thornliebank Road bridge will begin early next month as part of a project to electrify the East Kilbride to Glasgow railway corridor.

Construction work to transform Aurs Road between Barrhead and Newton Mearns is underway with the road now closed for 12 months until December 2024.

Plans to deliver a new Eastwood Park Leisure Centre have taken a significant step forward following a decision by councillors.

Cala Homes (West) has submitted a planning application to East Renfrewshire Council to create a residential-led development on land adjacent to Balgraystone Road and Springfield Road in Barrhead.

Five active travel projects across East Renfrewshire will be developed thanks to Transport Scotland funding, awarded through the Sustrans Scotland's Places for Everyone programme.

Contractor GRAHAM is set to carry out work to upgrade and improve Aurs Road between Barrhead and Newton Mearns from 8 January 2024.

Taylor Wimpey West Scotland has submitted two detailed planning applications to East Renfrewshire Council as part of the delivery of its development of new homes off Springfield Road in Barrhead.

Network Rail has appointed Story Contracting Ltd to design a new railway station on the Neilston line in the area south of Barrhead.

Network Rail will shortly begin a £1.2 million programme of work to renew Platform 1 at Giffnock station in East Renfrewshire.

A £2.8 million investment has transformed the Levern Water and the surrounding area which had previously been derelict for decades.