Moray Council

Over the last year, 5,000 Moray Council homes have had their smoke and carbon monoxide detectors upgraded to meet new legislation, with 1,000 still to be changed. The Scottish Government introduced new legislation that means all homes in Scotland must have interlinked fire alarms by February 2022. I

Moray Council’s planning and regulatory services committee has approved planning applications for 48 homes in Hopeman and 25 affordable homes in Lhanbryde, with a further eight specialist supported housing units. The site to the west of Hopeman will include affordable housing and indications h

Tenants living in council homes in Moray are being contacted to arrange the fitting of new smoke, heat and carbon monoxide alarms. Fire regulations in Scotland have changed and as the landlord for council homes, Moray Council has a legal duty to upgrade smoke, heat and carbon monoxide alarms to meet

A proposal to build 48 affordable new homes in Forres has been rejected by Moray Council. St Machar Properties submitted a planning application for 19 flats and 29 houses at Caroline Street in the town, however, at a meeting of the planning and regulatory services committee members rejected the prop

Planning consent for an affordable housing and care village development with up to 200 properties at Bilbohall has been granted by Moray Council. The approval signals a key milestone in the Bilbohall Masterplan, which was revised in 2018 and was identified in the Moray Local Development Plan as havi

A plan to create a well-connected, healthy, green and carbon-conscious Elgin City Centre has been published by Moray Council. The draft Elgin City Centre Masterplan, produced in partnership with the local community, seeks feedback from locals across Moray. A similar process will be rolled out for to

Applications for council homes in Moray are being paused from March 18 while a new online service is introduced.

An action plan to secure carbon neutral status for Moray Council has been approved.

Moray Council has agreed a multi-million-pound investment plan for the upcoming year and freeze Council Tax at 2020/21 rates in a budget worth over £215 million.

Moray Council has agreed increases in charges for housing services for the coming year, including house and garage rent, and grass cutting. Even with the agreed 3% increase in rent, which over 58% of tenants who responded to the consultation voted for, Moray Council continues to have one of the lowe

Around 4,500 properties in Huntly and Keith were without gas overnight following an outage. The outage began early on Tuesday 2 February and SGN engineers are working to restore the supply.

Phase one of the 1,500 housing development at Findrassie in Elgin has been given the go-ahead by Moray Council. Representatives on the planning and regulatory services committee accepted officer recommendations to grant planning permission to Barratt North Scotland for the first 113 homes of the 8.6

Council house tenants in Moray are being consulted on proposed rent changes. Moray Council continues to have the lowest average weekly rent of all local authorities in Scotland, at £60.02 in 2019-20 compared to the national average for local authorities and housing associations of £81.46

Moray Council's planning committee has agreed plans to build 77 houses in the village of Lhanbryde. Yesterday, the committee backed the council officers' recommendation to approve Springfield Properties’ development at St Andrew Terrace.

Days of heavy rain in the Moray area have proved the success of the local authority's flood alleviation schemes.