Speedy Pepper takeaway expansion plans, Forres community growing place and pot ale processing plant approved

Welcome to our regular look at the latest planning applications passing before Moray Council.

Officials have approved plans for a pot ale processing plant at Elgin Business Park.

Meanwhile, an extension to a Forres home will go ahead.

Elsewhere, Forres takeaway Speedy Pepper is looking to open up premises in Elgin.

And there are plans afoot for Forres community growing space on farmland.

Read on for more details.

SUBMITTED: Takeaway coming to Elgin

The owners of a Forres takeaway are working on plans to open up new premises in Elgin.

The Speedy Pepper which serves food such as kebabs, burgers and munchy boxes already has premises on 143 High Street in Forres.

And now bosses are looking to transform a former convenience store and barber shop at Pinefield Crescent, Elgin into a takeaway.

Moray Coast Architectural Consultants is representing Ridvan Tekin in the application for the potential transformation.

Work includes the forming of a dry food store, plant room, customer area and preparation and wash up area.

The proposed installation of items like a double pizza oven, large fridge, stainless steel worktop and compartment freezer.

SUBMITTED: Forres community growing space

Forres Community Council wants to transform farmland into community growing space.

The change of use is proposed at part of Chapelton field which has lay fallow for a number of years.

This comes after a tenant farmer of Altyre Estate retired from grazing stock there and growing barley, potatoes and swedes.

Now charity Forres Friends of Woods and Fields have acquired stewardship of the land and started to work towards returning it to productive agricultural use.

Plans for the site include a children’s garden, therapeutic gardening, and facilities to enable FFWF members and volunteers to learn about growing their own food, soil ecology, and organic gardening practices.

Work will also include the construction of polytunnel sheds for horticultural use and a compost toilet.

APPROVED: Business park welcomes pot ale processing plant

The construction of a new pot ale processing plant with reception office will take place at the Elgin Business Park.

The business park is over 50 acres and offers the opportunity for occupiers to expand their existing business or establish a new base in the area.

Planning officers have approved the new build at the Elgin Business Park’s site 12.

Pot ale is the fermented residue left in a still after the distillation of whisky or alcohol. It is used for animal feed.

Blyth And Blyth Consulting Engineers Limited represented Horizon Proteins Limited in the application.

The firm’s pioneering technology provides sustainable solutions for the whisky industry.

APPROVED: Extension to Forres home

Plans to alter and extend part of a Forres home to form a utility room, loo and shower room and annex have been approved.

The property in question is a traditional five-bedroomed house called Suilven in Forres’s Market Street.

C M Design represented Mr D McLeod in the application.

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Further planning applications can be viewed using Moray Council’s portal.

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