Council area · Scotland

Dumfries and Galloway

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

What this council is responsible for

Dumfries and Galloway
Council area · S12000006
  • 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
S12000006
ONS GSS code
Nation
Scotland
Local planning authority
Yes. Decides planning applications in its area.
39
Postcode sectors
12
Wards
2
Constituencies

2 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

12 wards recorded in this council area.

Abbey · Annandale East and Eskdale · Annandale North · Annandale South · Castle Douglas and Crocketford · Dee and Glenkens · Lochar · Mid Galloway and Wigtown West · Mid and Upper Nithsdale · Nith · North West Dumfries · Stranraer and the Rhins

Postcode sectors

DG1 1 · DG1 2 · DG1 3 · DG1 4 · DG1 9 · DG10 9 · DG11 1 · DG11 2 · DG11 3 · DG11 9 · DG12 5 · DG12 6 · DG12 9 · DG13 0 · DG14 0 · DG16 5 · DG2 0 · DG2 7 · DG2 8 · DG2 9 · DG3 4 · DG3 5 · DG4 6 · DG5 4 · DG6 4 · DG7 1 · DG7 2 · DG7 3 · DG7 9 · DG8 0 · DG8 6 · DG8 7 · DG8 8 · DG8 9 · DG9 0 · DG9 1 · DG9 7 · DG9 8 · DG9 9

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 S12000006.