Economic Growth and Development Services
Economic Growth and Development Services deliver key regulatory services associated with Planning, Building Standards, Environmental Health and Trading Standards and leads on Economic Development, Regeneration, Climate Change and Moray Growth Deal.
Environmental Health and Trading Standards - delivers regulatory services for food safety, health and safety, animal health, private water supply, public health, private water supplies, housing, landlord registration, community safety, consumer advice, trading standards, safety of goods, petrol licensing, illicit goods, consumer advice and tobacco sales.
Development Management and Building Standards - responsible for planning and building standards applications/warrants, compliance with planning conditions, enforcement of breaches of planning control and dangerous buildings. Both services aim to be self-financing attracting significant income through statutory and discretionary fee income.
Economic Growth and Regeneration - delivers Business Gateway Service and Community Wealth Building, external funding and management of allocations including UKSPF, town centre regeneration activities, Business Improvement District, transfer of museum service, skills and employability.
Strategic Planning and Development - responsible for the Local Development Plan, supporting guidance and preparation of masterplans, Climate Change/Routemap and Just Transition conservation area and grants, town centre regeneration through Moray Growth Deal Housing Mix Delivery projects, Levelling Up Funding, Elgin Long Term Town Plan and Developer Obligations.
Service Plan 2024-25
Performance Reports and Quarterly Monitoring Tables
Performance reporting for the Economic Growth and Development 2024-25 Service Plan includes actions and performance indicators that sit within the remit of 3 committees; Economic Development & Infrastructure, Housing & Community Safety and Planning & Regulatory Services. Each committee receives 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
Best Value Assurance Report - March 2024
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.