FOI Request - Tables on Pavements

Request 101003847204

1. Under FOI please provide details of all permit holders for tables and chairs on public pavements outside cafes and restaurants in Moray from 2020 to 2025.

2. Please provide information on number of Council interventions of illegal placements of said furniture for the same dates.

Response 23-09-2025

1. There were 13 applications for temporary licences in 2021(this was during the Covid-19 pandemic). There are no other permit holders at this current time; the number of  applications in progress but not yet issued is <5*. Cafes got permission prior to the change and this would have been part of their planning permission and therefore they do not require a permit.

* The low numbers associated with this response may result in the identification of individuals. Therefore numbers between 1 and 5 have been redacted and marked with <5 instead. This response is exempt under Section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - personal information.

2. None.