Council service updates
We will keep this page updated with all the latest changes to our services. Information on power cuts can be found at
Planning Public Access Unavailable - 10/03/25
Planning Public Access documents will be unavailable from 5pm on Monday 10th March to allow for essential maintenance. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
General waste - Helensburgh 06/03/25
General waste in the East of Helensburgh are slightly delayed, please leave your green bin at its collection point for crews to attend
General waste on the limited access route across Helensburgh is also delayed, please leave your bins at the collection point for crews to attend
Food waste - Helensburgh
Food waste collections across Helensburgh are slightly delayed, please leave your bin at its collection point for crews to attend
Recycling - West of Helensburgh & Glade Estate
All recycling collections scheduled for this week (w/c 3rd March) have been delayed. These collections will now take place next week on your usual collection day. For example, if your blue bin was originally set to be collected on Monday, 3rd March, it will now be collected on Monday, 10th March.
We apologise for any inconvenience caused
Domestic and commercial collections - Iona 4th March
Due to a ferry cancellation, we have not been able to collect domestic mixed recycling and commercial waste today (4th March) on Iona.
Domestic mixed recycling will now be collected on Friday 7th March.
Commercial waste will now be collected on Tuesday 11th March.
We apologise for any inconvenience.
Streetlighting - Church Avenue - Cardross 07/01/25
We are aware of a power supply fault on Church Avenue, Cardross that is affecting a number of streetlights on both Church Avenue and Reay Avenue. Scottish Power are aware of the fault and we are awaiting their attendance.
Traffic lights - Sinclair street junction, Helensburgh
We are aware of the traffic light faults at the junction with Sinclair Street and East and West Clyde Street, Helensburgh. This has been reported to our external contractor that manage traffic signals on our behalf and they will be in attendance today (21/02/25)
EV Charging Network - Faults - 20.02.25
Electric Vehicle Charger Faults:
We have some faults across our network of 37 EV chargers at the moment. We are working with our maintenance contractors to have these repaired as soon as possible.
The faults and some details are listed below. You can see the full range of publicly available chargers in ߣsirÊÓƵ and Bute (not just those operated by the Council) on the .
- 53517 Tiree Ferry Terminal – Charger has come to the end of its lifespan and it is not economical to continue to try to maintain it, we are looking at the best route to replace it with new unit. Unfortunately, there are no other Council chargers at this site, but all public chargers can be found via the Charge Place Scotland website using the link above.
- 53518 Community Centre, Coll - Charger has come to the end of its lifespan and it is not economical to continue to try to maintain it, we are looking at the best route to replace it with new unit. Unfortunately, there are no other Council chargers at this site, but all public chargers can be found via the Charge Place Scotland website using the link above.
- 52897 Lochgilphead - Charger has come to the end of its lifespan and it is not economical to continue to try to maintain it, we are looking at the best route to replace it with new unit. There is an alternative unit at this location
- Inveraray 51137 - Chademo Cable is out of order, the charger has come to the end of its lifespan and it is not economical to replace the cable, we are looking at the best route to replace it with a new unit. Unfortunately, there are no other Council chargers at this site, but all public chargers can be found via the Charge Place Scotland website using the link above.
- 51539 Campbeltown - the screen is broken and SWARCO are awaiting parts for the engineer to replace this
Road closures due to fallen trees or other storm-related damage
Bute
- Montague Street