Moray Council approves private swimming pool plan
Plans to build a 10-metre-long domestic swimming pool with a sauna and steam room have been signed off by planning officials.
The heated pool, set to be built at a home near Lhanbryde, will be housed in a pitched-roof building with lights, windows and a sliding door.
Planning documents, created by Rothes architect firm S Reid Design for applicant Christopher Roberts, show that the pool will be four metres wide with a depth of 1.6 metres.
The building will be 6.6 metres-high at its tallest point, with solar panels installed pointing south east.
Officials approved the plans on Monday, May 19, but with the condition that the pool stays solely for the “enjoyment of the existing property”.
The applicant was also ordered to carry out their planned drainage measures, through soakaway areas for both swimming pool water and water run-off from the roof.
When finished, the building will be finished with white roughcast, with a slate grey corrugated roof.
Documents also confirmed that the site at Greenfields, Bogton Farm has no immediate neighbours, with the nearest being the Elgin Kart Raceway 300 metres to the north west.
A small outbuilding, containing the swimming pool’s plant room, will also be constructed on the site.
Consultations responses from contaminated land, environmental health, Scottish Water and flood risk management raised no objections to the plans.
A planning report said the plans would have a “minimal impact” in climate change and soil disturbance, with no “detrimental impact” on other properties.
