Moray Council

Renovation work is underway to transform six vacant properties in Moray into high intensity rehabilitation units for older people. The £120,000 project will provide a transitional option for patients ready to leave hospital but who need extra support before returning home.

Homeless people in Moray spent a total of 51,560 days in temporary accommodation last year – an increase of more than 3000 days on the previous year. Moray Council’s communities committee were told this week that the council and its homelessness partners currently have more than 150 units of tem

(from left) Cllr Lorna Creswell, Cllr James Allan, Alison Petch, and Helen Murdoch during their visit to Glassgreen in Elgin A group of dignitaries have been shown around the site of a new £6m affordable housing development in Elgin, the construction of which has been made possible through a strong

Moray Council has contacted the owners of vacant or derelict buildings with a view to issuing compulsory purchase orders (CPOs) to those which have an adverse impact on their surroundings. Members of the council’s planning and regulatory services committee were told yesterday that 18 properties an

Construction has started on a new £2.5 million housing development in Moray for adults with complex care and support needs. The work marks the first major project to be taken forward by the Moray Integration Joint Board (IJB) which has responsibility for bringing together a wide range of health and

A family has been granted permanent planning permission for a previously unauthorised Gypsy/Traveller site in Moray. The Stewart family, who have lived on the site at Doohill, near Lhanbryde, for seven years, had an application for temporary planning permission turned down by Moray councillors four

An eight-week consultation has been launched by Moray Council on revised guidance to private developers on accessible housing for the elderly and disabled. Once approved, the document will form part of the current Moray Local Development Plan.

Councillor George Alexander Moray Council’s housing support service has been praised in a report from the Care Inspectorate.

Councillors have approved a draft masterplan for a major new residential development on the southern edge of Elgin. The blueprint will see around 2500 houses built over the next three decades, along with two primary schools, a sports centre, a range of retail and community facilities and a cemetery.

Proposals have been submitted to Moray Council for the first phase of a development which will eventually bring 1,500 new homes to Findrassie on the northern edge of Elgin. Jointly submitted by Pitgaveny and Robertson Homes, the Proposal of Application Notice (PAN) represents the first phase of an a

Louise Clark is welcomed into her new home by Robertson Northern’s Derek Masson (crouching) and Kevin Donaldson (left), councillor George Alexander and councillor Fiona Murdoch A construction firm has handed over keys to 19 new homes to Moray Council, marking the completion of an 11-month £2.6 mi

Moray Council has dropped plans to put up council tax by 18 per cent after local authorities were told they could face sanctions if they did not agree to the Scottish Government's freeze. The authority's ruling administration initially said the move to increase council tax was necessary to protect f

Moray Council could become the first Scottish local authority to break the eight year council tax freeze. None of Scotland's 32 councils have increased tax since the Scottish Government introduced a freeze in 2007.

People using the Moray Council’s housing service are now able to manage more online than ever before thanks to a raft of improvements to the website. Council tenants who want to report a repair or pay their rent online, private landlords seeking registration, housing support and information on a r

Plans for a 261-house development in Lossiemouth have narrowly been given the go-ahead with restriction placed on construction traffic. Members of Moray Council’s planning and regularly services committee approved the application from Tulloch following a four-and-a-half hour hearing at which both