Moray Council

Moray Council has agreed to reduce the target for building new council homes in the region to help fund future housing investment programmes.

A strategy and action plan to tackle poverty in Moray has been endorsed by councillors. Fairer Moray Forum is spearheaded the action on behalf of the Moray Community Planning Partnership - public and third sector organisations in the area.

Moray Council has approved the transfer of Forres Town Hall to the community. A Community Asset Transfer for the building was approved on Wednesday, as councillors praised the efforts of Forres Area Community Trust (FACT), the group which has been running the closure-threatened building on a transit

Springfield Properties has submitted a planning application for 86 new homes to the East of Elgin.

A strategy and action plan to tackle poverty in Moray has been endorsed by councillors. Fairer Moray Forum is spearheading the action on behalf of the Moray Community Planning Partnership, which is made up of public and third sector organisations in the area.

Moray Council has said it is on track to deliver almost £6.5 million of affordable housing this year.

Four men with learning disabilities have seen their lives transformed over the past year thanks to a unique Fochabers partnership involving Osprey Housing Moray, Moray Council and service provider Community Integrated Care (CIC). All four left a care home in the town in April 2018 to move into their

Moray’s economy is set to be transformed as the region celebrates securing £65 million for its Growth Deal.

Moray Council has granted planning permission for 122 affordable homes in Keith.

Work is to begin on building 250 affordable homes in Moray this year.

Construction has started at Springfield’s affordable housing development at Hopeman in Morayshire with housing minister Kevin Stewart in attendance to mark the occasion. The private and affordable developer will be building 22 affordable homes, just off Forsyth Road in the seaside village.

A potential developer is being sought to deliver a £15.5 million regeneration project in Elgin. The Bilbohall masterplan, which was approved by Moray Council in November, outlines plans for 382 new homes for the south of the town, taking shape near the newly-built Elgin High School.

Planning approval has been granted for 50 new council homes to be built in Elgin. Members of Moray Council’s communities committee unanimously agreed to accept a tender from Springfield Properties to build the homes at Glassgreen on the south of Elgin.

Thirty new council homes are to be built in Mosstodloch. Councillors this morning approved the application for affordable housing on the 1.9 hectare site at Stynie Road, currently used as agricultural land.

Rents for tenants of council houses in Moray will be frozen for the next 12 months. In previous years rents were increased by between 4% and 5% a year to help fund the council’s new-build programme.