Council area · Scotland

Argyll and Bute

Argyll and Bute is a council area. It is a single-tier authority, so it runs both local and larger services.

What this council is responsible for

Argyll and Bute
Council area · S12000035
  • Planning applications
  • Bin and recycling collection
  • Council tax and business rates collection
  • Housing and homelessness
  • Licensing
  • Environmental health
  • Parks and leisure
  • Local elections
  • Schools and education
  • Adult social care
  • Children’s services
  • Roads and highways
  • Waste disposal
  • Libraries
  • Trading standards
  • Public health

Policing and fire are national services in Scotland, not council functions.

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Type
Council area
Single tier
Official code
S12000035
ONS GSS code
Nation
Scotland
Local planning authority
Yes. Decides planning applications in its area.
62
Postcode sectors
11
Wards
1
Constituencies

3 of these postcode sectors are shared with a neighbouring council. Postcode sectors are a Royal Mail construct and do not follow council boundaries.

Boundary

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Ultra-generalised boundary (500 m) from the ONS Open Geography Portal, Open Government Licence v3. Indicative at this scale; not for legal or planning use. See it among its neighbours on the UK map →

Parliamentary constituencies

Wards

11 wards recorded in this council area.

Cowal · Dunoon · Helensburgh Central · Helensburgh and Lomond South · Isle of Bute · Kintyre and the Islands · Lomond North · Mid Argyll · Oban North and Lorn · Oban South and the Isles · South Kintyre

Postcode sectors

G82 5 · G83 7 · G84 0 · G84 4 · G84 7 · G84 8 · G84 9 · PA20 0 · PA20 2 · PA20 9 · PA21 2 · PA22 3 · PA23 7 · PA23 8 · PA23 9 · PA24 8 · PA25 8 · PA26 8 · PA27 8 · PA28 6 · PA28 9 · PA29 6 · PA30 8 · PA31 8 · PA31 9 · PA32 8 · PA33 1 · PA34 4 · PA34 5 · PA34 9 · PA35 1 · PA36 4 · PA37 1 · PA38 4 · PA41 7 · PA42 7 · PA43 7 · PA44 7 · PA45 7 · PA46 7 · PA47 7 · PA48 7 · PA49 7 · PA60 7 · PA61 7 · PA62 6 · PA63 6 · PA64 6 · PA65 6 · PA66 6 · PA67 6 · PA68 6 · PA69 6 · PA70 6 · PA71 6 · PA72 6 · PA73 6 · PA74 6 · PA75 6 · PA76 6 · PA77 6 · PA78 6

Sources: ONS Open Geography Portal (boundaries and names, retrieved 2026-09-05, Open Government Licence v3); National Statistics Postcode Lookup May 2026; Wikidata (official website, CC0). Official code S12000035.