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Plans to demolish Elgin eyesore and replace it with flats

Source: www.pressandjournal.co.uk

Developers have lodged plans to demolish a dilapidated building in the centre of Moray’s biggest town and replace it with a new block of flats.Elgin residents have called for a derelict former commercial premises next to the Cooperage bar to be repurposed since it was vacated in 2008.And local firm Springfield Properties has now tabled an ambitious plan to create a block of 15 flats in its place.A design statement submitted to Moray Council’s planning department asks officers to grant permission for the renovation of the listed building.