Growth, Planning & Climate
Growth, Planning & Climate delivers key regulatory services associated with Planning & Building Standards, Strategic Planning & Development, Community Protection, Economy & Enterprise and leads on the Moray Growth Deal.
Planning & Building Standards - responsible for planning management & enforcement, planning advice, permissions & consents and building standards.
Strategic Planning & Development - leads on economic strategy development, inward investment, local development plan, regional spatial strategy, town & city centre improvement, local place planning and climate & sustainability.
Community Protection - delivers regulatory services for trading standards and environmental health, pest control and animal health, public health, community safety & ASB and environmental protection.
Economy & Enterprise - covers local business support, capital bids & external funding, tourism & regeneration, skills & employability and community wealth building.
Moray Growth Deal - works to progress programme management, liaison with funders & stakeholders and procurement and contract management. .
Performance Reports and Quarterly Monitoring Tables
Performance reporting for Growth, Planning & Climate includes actions and performance indicators that sit within the remit of 2 committees; Economic Development & Infrastructure and Planning & Regulatory Services with both committees receiving updates relating to their area of responsibility only.
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Strategies, Plans and Annual Reports
| Strategy/Plan | Initial Plan | Annual Report | |
| 2024/25 | 2023/24 | ||
| Climate Change Strategy 2020-2030 | √ | ||
| Climate Change Strategy 2020-2030 Action Plan | √ | ||
| Climate Change Plan and Routemap to Net Zero 2024 Update | √ | ||
| Moray Hydrogen Strategy - Scoping Report Phase 2 | √ | ||
| Moray Hydrogen Strategy - Delivery of Phase 2 | √ | ||
| Moray Pathways - Local Employability Partnership Delivery Plan 2022-2025 | √ | ||
| Moray Pathways - Local Employability Partnership Annual Investment Plan 2024-2025 | √ | ||
| Community Safety Strategy 2022-2026 | √ | ||
| Moray Community Wealth Building Strategy 2024 | √ | ||
| Moray Local Development Plan 2020 Delivery Programme/Action Plan | √ | ||
| Moray Local Development Plan Scheme 2023 | √ | ||
Audits and Inspections
Audit and inspections reports will be published here.
Benchmarking
The Local Government Benchmarking Framework (LGBF) brings together a wide range of information about how all Scottish councils perform in delivering services to local communities. You can explore and compare the data for Local Authorities and Scotland here. Performance indicators relating to Economic Growth and Development are found within Economic Development and Climate Change.