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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 dates8,188Searchable applications
244Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 7,062 approved or refused records
351Refused applications
6,711 approved · 351 refused · 622 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Unknown24/00439/APP
Erect coast guard building at
Gordonstoun Duffus Elgin Moray IV30 5RF
Received 15 Mar 2024 - Decided24/00441/LBC
Internal alterations at
Studio 1 Altyre Stables Forres Moray IV36 2SH
Received 15 Mar 2024 - Decided24/00442/APP
Proposed alterations to double garage at
22 Ben Aigan View Rothes Aberlour Moray AB38 7BF
Received 15 Mar 2024 - Decided24/00446/APP
Convert former church to two dwellinghouse including new pedestrian access gate to south boundary wall at
Old Methodist Church Seaview Road Findochty Buckie Moray AB56 4QJ
Received 15 Mar 2024 - Decided24/00451/APP
Demolish store and erect dwellinghouse at
3 Wallace Avenue Buckie Moray
Received 18 Mar 2024 - Decided24/00452/APP
Retrospective change of use from residential to guest house at
414 Field of Dreams Findhorn Forres Moray IV36 3TA
Received 18 Mar 2024 - Unknown24/00458/SCN
Phase 1 provide an operational 35 MW electrolyser facility and Phase 2 a second operational 35MW electrolyser facility on
Land Opposite Georgetown Farm Ballindalloch Moray
Received 18 Mar 2024 - Unknown24/00462/APP
Retrospective consent for change of use of existing agricultural yard to a transport/haulage operating centre including using existing building on site as a commercial maintenance workshop at
Store Towieburn Keith Moray AB55 5JA
Received 19 Mar 2024 - Decided24/00463/APP
Install lighting on
Land Adjacent To 4 March Road West Buckie Moray
Received 19 Mar 2024 - Decided24/00465/APP
Erect dwellinghouse within garden ground of
Netherdale Aberlour Moray AB38 9NQ
Received 20 Mar 2024 - Decided24/00466/APP
Revision of consent 23/00792/APP to relocate driveway and retrospective consent to site temporary residential caravan during construction on
Land Adjacent To Easter Covesea Cottage Duffus Moray
Received 20 Mar 2024 - Decided24/00470/APP
Replace existing doors with uPVC flood doors x 3 and install barrier at
55 Findhorn Forres Moray IV36 3YF
Received 21 Mar 2024 - Decided24/00471/APP
Replace existing doors with uPVC flood doors x 2 at
61 Findhorn Forres Moray IV36 3YF
Received 21 Mar 2024 - Decided24/00472/APP
Replace existing door with uPVC flood door at
73 Findhorn Forres Moray IV36 3YF
Received 21 Mar 2024 - Decided24/00473/APP
Replace existing door with uPVC flood door at
74 Findhorn Forres Moray IV36 3YF
Received 21 Mar 2024 - Decided24/00474/APP
Installation of flood gates x 2 at
75 Findhorn Forres Moray IV36 3YF
Received 21 Mar 2024 - Decided24/00475/APP
Replace existing door with uPVC flood door and install barrier at
85 Findhorn Forres Moray IV36 3YG
Received 21 Mar 2024 - Decided24/00476/APP
Replace existing doors with uPVC flood doors x 2 at
86 Findhorn Forres Moray IV36 3YG
Received 21 Mar 2024 - Decided24/00477/APP
Install flood mitigation barrier to rear door at
91 - 92 Findhorn Forres Moray IV36 3YG
Received 21 Mar 2024 - Decided24/00478/APP
Replace existing porch with new uPVC porch and rear door with uPVC flood door at
143 Findhorn Forres Moray IV36 3YL
Received 21 Mar 2024 - Decided24/00480/APP
Erect replacement dwellinghouse at
Millstone Cottage Mosstowie Elgin Moray IV30 8XE
Received 21 Mar 2024 - Decided24/00485/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
Mannachie Lodge Forres Moray IV36 2RR
Received 22 Mar 2024 - Unknown24/00486/S36
Construct and operate wind farm and battery storage with associated infrastructure at
Kellas Drum Wind Farm Elgin Moray
Received 21 Mar 2024 - Decided24/00490/APP
Revise house design on existing approval 23/01768/APP to demolish existing dwelling and erect replacement dwelling at
200M West Of Greens Of Coxton Elgin Moray
Received 25 Mar 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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