East Renfrewshire

Work to upgrade and enhance East Renfrewshire's road network is set to continue after the council identified the next 68 residential roads and pavements to benefit from additional investment.

A local charity has received a fourth funding boost from its charity partners at Maidenhill.

A sod cutting ceremony has been held at the former Nestle Purina Factory site on Glasgow Road in Barrhead to officially mark the commencement of work on a new £16 million retail park.

The transformation of a derelict brownfield site in Barrhead is gathering pace as construction work continues on the delivery of 35 new homes, including eight for Barrhead Housing Association, at the Eden Grove development.

Construction of a new state-of-the-art leisure centre and theatre in Eastwood Park is expected to get under way in January 2023, East Renfrewshire Council has confirmed.

Following the completion last year of 39 council houses as part of Taylor Wimpey's Maidenhill development, a further 43 homes are set to be handed over to East Renfrewshire residents throughout the summer including a mix of cottage flats, terraced houses, semi-detached and detached homes. New tenant

East Renfrewshire Council has started works to upgrade and improve council houses across the region. New high quality kitchens will be installed in 200 homes between now and March next year as part of the council's capital improvement programme, which highlights a pledge to continually improvin

A proposed new learning campus that will bring Neilston and St Thomas' primaries and Madras Family Centre together on a shared site has been granted planning permission.

Members of the community are being encouraged to help shape plans for the redevelopment of the site of the former Mearnskirk House Care Home in Newton Mearns via a virtual consultation.

The winners of a design competition created by the homebuilders behind the Maidenhill consortium have now been announced after pupils at St. Ninian’s High School and Mearns Castle High School got to work on a sculpture to welcome visitors and residents to development. CALA Homes (West) and Tay

Barrhead Housing Association has welcomed the first tenants to its new affordable homes built by Bellway at Rosemont Park.

The junction and access road into Maidenhill has been completed and is now fully operational following a significant programme of works on the A726 Glasgow Southern Orbital (GSO), Taylor Wimpey West Scotland has confirmed.

Planning permission has been granted to build a new Eastwood Leisure Centre and theatre.

Glasgow construction firm City Building has won a £1 million contract with East Renfrewshire Council that will secure employment for more than 150 staff with a disability or learning difference.

A development of 42 new affordable homes in Newton Mearns has been completed by Sanctuary Scotland. The homes at Mallets Rise feature a mix of one and two-bedroom flats, alongside two, three and four-bedroom houses.