{"id":346231,"date":"2025-08-15T09:57:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T09:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/346231\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T09:57:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T09:57:14","slug":"glasgow-city-council-news-interviews-and-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/346231\/","title":{"rendered":"Glasgow City Council news, interviews and updates"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0Glasgow City Council<\/a>\u00a0delivers all local government services – education, social care, waste collection, and planning – across the Glasgow\u00a0area.<\/p>\n

There are 85 councillors\u00a0elected to the council, each representing an area.<\/p>\n

Read on for all the latest Glasgow City Council<\/a> news, interviews and updates.<\/p>\n

Latest\u00a0Glasgow City Council news<\/p>\n

As reported by Glasgow Times, here is a selection of the latest Glasgow City Council news stories.<\/p>\n

Will asylum seekers be housed in a former Glasgow care home?<\/a><\/p>\n

How women’s safety is considered in Glasgow’s planning<\/a><\/p>\n

Glasgow Chamber of Commerce back O2 ABC site plans<\/a><\/p>\n

Council tax – where to find your band and price breakdown<\/p>\n

You can check your band online at the Scottish Assessors Association website<\/a> or on your bill.<\/p>\n

(Image: PA) The council has increased tax bands<\/a> by 7.5 per cent for 2025\/2026. Charges against all the bands can be viewed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bin collection dates<\/p>\n

Collection dates are on the council\u2019s online calendar here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you are a kerbside bin user, go to the council’s website<\/a> and type your address or postcode into the search box to find your next collection day.<\/p>\n

(Image: Newsquest) The search will show the days and dates bins are due to be emptied.<\/p>\n

The council has instructed that bins must be placed out at the kerb for 7am on the collection day, with bin handles facing the road.<\/p>\n

The website instructs those who live in a flat to search their postcode or address in the ‘find address’ search box on the right-hand side of the page to reveal the bin day.<\/p>\n

Removing bulky items<\/p>\n

Residents in flats and main door properties can get their bulky waste removed by the council on the day before their collection date.<\/p>\n

The council said items must be placed within the property grounds<\/a> and they must not obstruct bins or common pathways.<\/p>\n

Items such as cast iron washing poles, garden rollers, and metal garage doors will not be collected.<\/p>\n

The collection of a standard item is charged \u00a35 per item, large electrical items are \u00a35 per item, and special items are \u00a380 per uplift.<\/p>\n

All payments can be made by credit or debit card.<\/p>\n

Contacting the council<\/p>\n

To reach out to the council, head to their MyGlasgowCC<\/a> page to report, request, or pay for services 24\/7.<\/p>\n

Applying for a parking permit<\/p>\n

Apply for a resident parking permit via your RingGo account: https:\/\/myringgo.co.uk\/register<\/a><\/p>\n

(Image: Colin Mearns) Approved permit applications will be valid for a year. The fees for each zone can be viewed at: https:\/\/glasgow.gov.uk\/parkingpermitfees<\/a><\/p>\n

Application to buy or renew other permits – Business permits, Event Day Resident permits, Event Day Business permits, and Event Day Resident Visitor Permits \u2013 can also be done via RingGo.<\/p>\n

Planning applications<\/p>\n

To view all planning applications, go here: https:\/\/publicaccess.glasgow.gov.uk\/online-applications\/search.do?action=simple<\/a><\/p>\n

Glasgow City Council school holidays<\/p>\n

The council\u2019s school term dates for 2025-2026 can be viewed here:\u00a0https:\/\/www.glasgow.gov.uk\/article\/4276\/School-Term-Dates<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The\u00a0Glasgow City Council\u00a0delivers all local government services – education, social care, waste collection, and planning – across the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":346232,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[122867,748,122869,918,10650,21729,4884,122870,712,122868,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-346231","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-bin-collection-dates","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-collection-dates","11":"tag-glasgow","12":"tag-glasgow-city-council","13":"tag-glasgow-times","14":"tag-great-britain","15":"tag-local-government-services","16":"tag-scotland","17":"tag-scottish-assessors-association","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115032191335610244","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/346232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}