Moray

Construction work will finally begin on a new high school in Elgin within weeks, after Moray Council regained control of its soaring costs, the Press and Journal reports. Councillors were dismayed last year after it appeared that delays which set the project back by months had sent costs soaring.

A generous landowner has handed over one hundred acres of land and buildings at Milltown Airfield to help a charity construct a centre for outdoor learning. Located to the south east of Lossiemouth, the ex-MOD Airfield has been returned to the Innes Estate and the owner Mark Tennant and his family h

Changes to the design of the proposed Western Link Road in Elgin have been published by Moray Council. A total of 32 requests for changes to the road were raised during a workshop last year, including road width, pavements, junction and signage improvements.

Councillors have approved plans for a £100 million expansion of two iconic whisky producers in Moray. Macallan was given the green light for a new cooperage and warehouse development on Speyside.

A small committee of local volunteers are bringing an innovative and inclusive community planning project to Forres. Supported by Moray Council, Forres 2020 Vision will create a platform for residents to put forward their opinions and feelings about the future of Forres.

Councillors have today sounded what could be the death knell for development plans for an area of Common Good land in Forres. Members of Moray Council’s policy and resources committee agreed unanimously to recommend to the full council that plans for the site at Bogton Road should be abandoned.

A long-awaited report on proposals for a major retail development on Common Good land at Forres will go before members of Moray Council’s policy and resources committee next week. They will be asked to recommend to full council how, or if, the plans by Aberdeen-based Redco Milne for the land at Bo

A £2.6 million increased in cost projections for Elgin’s proposed western link road is to be referred to the full Moray Council for consideration. The council’s economic development and infrastructure services committee has agreed to recommend that the council’s capital plan should be adjuste

A masterplan which will see a major northward expansion of Elgin over the next two decades has been approved by Moray councillors. The blueprint for Findrassie has been prepared by the landowner, Pitgaveny Estate, in partnership with Moray Council and provides for around 1500 new homes in addition t

Morrison Construction has been appointed preferred bidder by Moray Council for the refurbishment of four primary schools under the LHC Framework The £17 million contract will see the Galliford Try subsidiary work on projects at Applegrove in Forres, Millbank in Buckie, Seafield in Elgin and St Gera

The proposed Elgin western link road has been backed by the Scottish Government’s senior planning experts. The project is part of Moray Council’s emerging Local Development Plan, the blueprint for the area’s development over the next five years, and has been examined by three Scottish Governme

Moray Council has awarded Morrison Construction a multi-million pound contract to refurbish four primary schools. The £17 million project will see improvements made at Applegrove in Forres, Millbank in Buckie, Seafield in Elgin and St Gerardine in Lossiemouth.

The Elgin Flood Alleviation Scheme Morrison Construction has been awarded with a Silver Considerate Constructors National Site Award for its Elgin Flood Alleviation Scheme.

Moray Council has approved plans for a £26 million replacement for Elgin High School.

Moray Council has reaffirmed its commitment to Elgin’s proposed £8.5 million western link road as a major strategic project. The decision paves the way for the submission of a revised planning application following the rejection of the original application by the council’s planning and regulato