Residents in Gloucestershire are being asked to take part in the most important housing survey for three years.
The survey, which will arrive by post, will give all six district councils in Gloucestershire up-to-date information about the housing circumstances of local people.
Cotswold District Council's Cabinet met today and is recommending to council to increase its share of the council tax by 2.9%. This represents an increase of £3.98 per year or 7.5p per week for the average band D council tax payer. The increase is lower than the rate of inflation and the rise in state pensions.
Housing advice service HomeView is moving to Cotswold District Council’s Cirencester offices from 5th January 2009.
The HomeView service is currently provided on the Council’s behalf by Fosseway Living from its site on the Tetbury Road.
Building work is continuing at three affordable housing sites in the Cotswolds, despite the recent 'credit crunch' affecting building sites throughout the country.
Cotswold District Council currently has affordable housing sites at Bourton-on-the-Water, as well as at two sites in Tetbury, and the Council believes that affordable homes could be available in the New Year on at least one of these sites.
Cotswold District Council is carrying out its annual update of the register of electors by issuing a form to every home in the District over the next two weeks. If the details on the form have not changed, occupiers will be able to confirm their details by telephone by dialling 0800 197 4908 or register by logging on to www.registerbyinternet.com/cotswold
New, free legal advice services have been launched for Cotswold householders facing repossession as the credit crunch starts to bite.
The number of mortgage repossessions is soaring, with the Council of Mortgage Lenders forecasting 45,000 cases nationally in 2008, compared with 27,100 last year.
The vast majority of homes let by the biggest housing association in the Cotswold District in the past 16 months have gone to local people, a report has revealed.
The Telegraph Property has published a list of Britain's 50 richest towns and Gloucestershire has four towns on the list - Chipping Campden at No. 18, Stow-on-the-Wold at no. 33, Moreton-in-Marsh at No. 42 and Winchcombe at No. 48.
Cotswold District Council today set its Council Tax for the coming financial year. A meeting of full Council agreed to add £4.64 to its share of the annual average bill (Band D), a 3.5% increase.
Gloucestershire County Council has increased its Council Tax by 4.9%, or £48.35 per year for a Band D property, while the Gloucestershire Police Authority has increased its bill by £8.96 (4.99%).
Cotswold District Council Leader Lynden Stowe has slammed developer-led proposals to build a mega "eco town" at Long Marston, Warwickshire.
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