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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Scotland · Local authority
Moray
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Moray. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates8,299Searchable applications
244Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 7,163 approved or refused records
357Refused applications
6,806 approved · 357 refused · 631 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Apr 2016 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Climate Change & BiodiversityContact planning Contact DetailsLocal plan Moray Local Development Plan 2020Conservation areas Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas & Archaeology
Council contacts
- Planning enquiries03001234561Council source
- Planning enquiriesdevelopment.control@moray.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Conservation areas18 mapped area records
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland. Contains Historic Environment Scotland and Ordnance Survey data © Historic Environment Scotland – Scottish Charity No. SC045925 © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data is indicative and may not contain the latest designations.
More application records
- Unknown24/01830/PNOT
Replace existing UPVC windows at
Reiver House Victoria Road Forres Moray IV36 3BN
Received 9 Dec 2024 - Decided24/01833/APP
Proposed bonded warehouses at
Glenfarclas Distillery Ballindalloch Moray AB37 9BD
Received 10 Dec 2024 - Decided24/01834/APP
Erect 2no self catering pods at
Brodieshill Farmhouse Forres Moray IV36 2QU
Received 10 Dec 2024 - Decided24/01835/APP
Erect replacement extension internal alterations with associated external works at
7 South Deskford Street Cullen Buckie Moray AB56 4XE
Received 10 Dec 2024 - Decided24/01836/APP
Extend car sales showroom and erect detached new showroom with offices and valet bay at
3 Linkwood Place Elgin Moray IV30 1HZ
Received 10 Dec 2024 - Decided24/01837/APP
Proposed extension to
Dyke And District Village Hall Dyke Forres Moray IV36 2TF
Received 10 Dec 2024 - Decided24/01838/APP
Proposed secondary processing building co-products store yard space and associated drainage at
James Jones And Sons Ltd Garmouth Road Mosstodloch Fochabers Moray IV32 7LH
Received 10 Dec 2024 - Unknown24/01839/APP
Erect front porch double garage decking and lean-to and change external finish to walls of dwelling house at
Cochno 4 Glen Elgin Road Longmorn Elgin Moray IV30 8SZ
Received 10 Dec 2024 - Decided24/01840/APP
Proposed change of use of dwellinghouse to office at
1 Seafield Street Cullen Buckie Moray AB56 4SG
Received 11 Dec 2024 - Decided24/01841/APP
Change of use of former church hall to dwellinghouse at
St Margarets Hall Station Road Urquhart Elgin Moray IV30 8LG
Received 11 Dec 2024 - Decided24/01842/APP
Convert office building to18 luxury flats and 6 serviced apartments with residents basement area gym facility and replace existing flat roof access structure/services housing with a pitched roof at
Commerce House South Street Elgin Moray IV30 1JE
Received 11 Dec 2024 - Decided24/01843/APP
Erect detached garage
7 Redburn Drive Buckie Moray AB56 1EW
Received 11 Dec 2024 - Decided24/01846/APP
Revise house design approved under 15/01941/APP on
Plot 2 Troves Hallowood Road Elgin Moray
Received 12 Dec 2024 - Decided24/01849/APP
Alterations extension and convert single storey garage to a residential annexe to the main dwelling house at
Edenvale Cottage Tomnavoulin Ballindalloch Moray AB37 9JL
Received 13 Dec 2024 - Decided24/01859/APP
Revise site boundaries and house design approved under ref 23/01652/APP on
Plot 1 Greens Of Coxton Elgin Moray
Received 16 Dec 2024 - Decided24/01860/APP
Revise house position approved under ref 24/01014/APP on
Site Adjacent To Clear View Inverugie Road Hopeman Moray
Received 16 Dec 2024 - Unknown24/01861/APP
Proposed extension at
Macleans Buildings High Street Garmouth Fochabers Moray IV32 7NQ
Received 16 Dec 2024 - Decided24/01864/APP
Install solar panels on west facing roof and battery storage in internal store room at
Kirkton Hall Kirkmichael Ballindalloch Moray AB37 9AQ
Received 16 Dec 2024 - Decided24/01867/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
7 Cameron Terrace Hopeman Elgin Moray IV30 5SW
Received 17 Dec 2024 - Unknown24/01868/PNOT
Erect a general purpose agricultural building at
North Darklands Farm Lhanbryde Moray
Received 17 Dec 2024 - Decided24/01869/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
Troves View Hallowood Road Elgin Moray IV30 8NP
Received 17 Dec 2024 - Awaiting decision24/01873/PPP
Erect a dwellinghouse in the grounds of
Millburn Linkwood Road Elgin Moray IV30 8RD
Received 18 Dec 2024 - Awaiting decision24/01874/PPP
Erection of dwellinghouse on
Site At Rosebrae Farm Clackmarras Elgin Moray
Received 18 Dec 2024 - Awaiting decision24/01875/APP
Demolish existing steading and erect three dwellinghouses at
Site At Wester Oldtown Roseisle Elgin Moray
Received 18 Dec 2024
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Start with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Scotland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Moray, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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