Issues and SWOT

strength

Connect Perth’s completed investments to everyday city access

Perth Museum and the New Kingsway and Destiny Bridge have officially opened.

The city has both a cultural destination and new transport infrastructure. Their completion does not establish how travel patterns or city-centre activity have changed.

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weakness

Show which homes outside Perth are actually available

Crieff and Rattray have projects in the housing investment pipeline.

An investment plan does not establish that households can move in.

Evidence

weakness

Make room for homes people can afford

The average home price is £229,000 (July 2026) in Perth and Kinross council area. This is about £33,000 higher than the Scotland average for the same month.

Housing costs matter most alongside earnings and the number of affordable homes available. A local average cannot tell us whether a particular household can afford its home.

opportunity

Match Bertha Park’s growth with school places

The new primary school remained at pre-application consultation in autumn 2026.

Proposed response: show present pupil demand, interim arrangements and the decisions needed before a new school can open.

Evidence

opportunity

Connect local skills to local opportunities

35.9% of people aged 16 or over had a degree or higher (20 March 2022) in Perth and Kinross council area. People aged 16+ with a degree or higher ranged from 21.6% in Perth City North to 45.1% in Kinross-shire — a gap of 23.5 percentage points.

Qualifications show one part of the skills available locally. They do not show whether people have secure jobs or work that uses those skills.

opportunity

Target safety work where problems repeat

Recorded-crime figures cover the whole Perth and Kinross council area; they do not identify individual wards.

These are police-recorded crimes under Scottish counting rules. They cannot be ranked alongside the mapped incidents shown for other UK nations.

opportunity

Turn published plans into visible progress

5 named local projects or plans have official evidence in this collection.

A published plan makes responsibilities and intentions easier to inspect. It does not prove that funding is secured or that promised benefits have arrived.

threat

Keep school capacity aligned with Bertha Park’s growth

Bertha Park Primary remained at pre-application consultation in autumn 2026.

An early planning stage leaves further funding and construction decisions ahead.

Evidence