Moray Council

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.

Accommodation and support provided to young adults who’ve left care in Moray continues to be rated as “very good”. The supported lodgings service helps young people aged between 16-21 move from a care setting into a supportive environment, to help them prepare for living independen

More than £8 million will be invested in affordable housing in Moray this year. The investment forms part of a wider £25m project to build housing locally, funded by Moray Council and the Scottish Government’s More Homes initiative.

A range of measures to get Moray Council closer to balancing its budget for 2019/20 were debated by councillors this week. The measures, which are expected to lead to a reduction of over 110 posts across a range of services, include shutting two swimming pools, some libraries and public toilets.

Moray Council is inviting ideas for community and regeneration projects in Buckie. Almost £90,000 is available, with £20k for the creation of a community woodland, £15k ring-fenced for use by the Buckie Regeneration Group and £25k available for a gateway feature.

Cllr Louise Laing Actions to end homelessness and rough sleeping in Moray have been agreed.

Council house tenants and applicants on the housing list are among those being asked for their views on a revised allocations policy for council housing stock in Moray. Earlier this year a draft policy was consulted on, with more than 250 responses informing the revised policy which went before coun

Councillor David Bremner Moray Council has issued a no tolerance notice towards unauthorised development in the region after councillors were forced to take enforcement action against homeowners in Cullen and Forres conservation areas.

(from left) Stephen Hay (clerk of works at Hanover Scotland), Mark Farey (director of asset management at Hanover Scotland), Tom Leggeat (managing director at Springfield Properties Group Partnerships), Councillor Graham Leadbitter and Councillor Louise Laing A new social housing development at Ston

A series of measures which could potentially see up to 136 job losses have been agreed by Moray Council in a bid to make up a £12 million shortfall in income in the next financial year. Despite saving £43m over the last 10 years, the local au is predicting a £12m shortfall during 2019/20 will nee