Elgin residents are being invited to air their views on plans for a major expansion of the town.
The proposed development of 1,500 houses in the Findrassie area will be go display at Moray College’s Alexander Graham Bell Centre on Monday, September 14, from 3pm to 8pm.
It comes after Moray Council’s planning committee approved the scheme, which will be built over a 276-acre site to the north of Elgin, last week.
Local authority staff will join representatives of landowners Pitgavney at the exhibition.
The council’s head of development services, Jim Grant, said: “This represents a major development for Elgin, and both the council and the landowner are keen to have the public fully on board.
“The proposals have generated a great deal of interest, and hopefully as many people as possible will manage to come along to the exhibition and see for themselves exactly what is being proposed.”
The development is anticipated to take 20-30 years to complete. As well as an expected 1,500 homes, it includes plans for a school, community facilities and land for businesses.
The site will stretch from Duffus Road in the west to the A941 Elgin to Lossiemouth road in the east.
Pitgavney Estate worked in conjunction with chartered surveyors Savills-Smiths Gore in drawing up the proposals.
The surveying firm recruited local expert Donald Lunan as a planning advisor, and he oversaw public workshops in April to help finalise the masterplan that was recently presented to the council.
Mr Lunan, who will also be at the upcoming public exhibition, said efforts had been made to pique the interest of the town’s youngsters.
He said: “This is almost like a second round of consultation, although this is the committee-approved version of the plans.
“We have invited groups from the Elgin Youth Cafe and from Elgin Academy to come along and participate in discussions.
“This is such a long-term development that it might be the town’s younger folk who are most interested in living there in future years.”