Development briefs go out to consultation
A six-week consultation is to be carried out on draft development briefs which have been prepared for five sites allocated for housing in the 2015 Moray Local Development Plan.
The sites are: R4 Clarkly Hill, Burghead; R1 + LONG at Manse Road, Hopeman; R2 + LONG at Braes of Allachie, Aberlour; R13 at Hamilton Drive, Elgin and R11 at Pilmuir Road West, Forres.
The consultation will begin on January 30 and continue until March 10.
The draft development briefs set out the design standards for future development of the five sites which developers will be expected to reflect in future planning applications.
The briefs do not revisit the principle of development on the sites as this has already been established through the local Development Plan.
The design standards set out in the draft development briefs reflect Scottish Government policy and the council’s own placemaking policy and guidance to ensure that high quality development is delivered on the ground.
Comments on the briefs can be submitted by e-mail to localdevelopmentplan@moray.gov.uk of by post to Moray Council, Planning and Development, PO Box 6760, High Street, Elgin IV30 9BX.
Responses to the consultation, along with the final development briefs, will be presented to a future meeting of the council’s planning and regulatory services committee.
The development briefs, which will be a material consideration in the determination of any forthcoming planning applications, can be viewed at www.moray.gov.uk/developmentbriefs or at local libraries.
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