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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 dates8,199Searchable applications
244Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 7,071 approved or refused records
352Refused applications
6,719 approved · 352 refused · 624 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided24/00535/APP
Replace front door and remove existing window and form new external door at
96 Seatown Cullen Buckie Moray AB56 4SN
Received 1 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00536/LBC
Replace front door and remove existing window and form new external door at
96 Seatown Cullen Buckie Moray AB56 4SN
Received 1 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00540/PPP
Proposed 1no dwellinghouse on
Land Opposite Clackmarras County Houses Longmorn Moray
Received 2 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00541/APP
Proposed commercial unit with office associated parking and yard space (Use Classes 4, 5 and 6) at
Site 8 Elgin Business Park Elgin Moray
Received 2 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00542/APP
Convert dwellinghouse provide further nursery facilities
Mo Dhachaidh Little Crook Forres Moray IV36 1LN
Received 2 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00543/APP
Alterations to dwellinghouse at
2 Great Western Court Buckie Moray AB56 1XY
Received 2 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00547/APP
Erect a 1.5 storey dwellinghouse on
Building Plot At Phorp Steading Dunphail Forres Moray
Received 3 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00551/ADV
Erect plaques at
Aberlour Parish Church Clock Tower. Mash Tun Pub, Old School/Drill Hall And Orphanage Clock Tower Aberlour Moray
Received 3 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00552/LBC
Erect plaque at
Aberlour Parish Church Clock Tower 104A High Street Aberlour Moray AB38 9QA
Received 3 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00554/LBC
Erect plaque at
Aberlour Orphanage Clocktower Conval Drive Aberlour Moray AB38 9PG
Received 3 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00556/LBC
Erect plaque at
Old School/Drill Hall Victoria Terrace Aberlour Moray AB38 9PW
Received 3 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00558/LBC
Erect plaque at
The Mash Tun 8 Broomfield Square Aberlour Moray AB38 9QP
Received 3 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00560/APP
Retrospective consent to extend agricultural building at
Upper Califer Forres Moray IV36 2RN
Received 4 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00561/APP
Proposed lean-to extension to Still House at
Glenallachie Distillery Glenallachie Aberlour Moray AB38 9LR
Received 4 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00568/LBC
General repairs to stonework and roof coverings on a like to like basis one chimney stack to be dismantled and rebuilt with new stone replace rooflights install secondary glazing to existing windows and install loft insulation at
239 High Street Elgin Moray IV30 1DJ
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00569/APP
Change of use from funeral premises to residential property creating an annex to 23 Brander Street at
3 Brander Street Burghead Elgin Moray IV30 5XD
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00570/APP
Replace existing polycarbonate conservatory roof with concrete tiles onto new roof structure at
The Firs Rafford Forres Moray IV36 2RU
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00571/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
24 Harbour Place Portknockie Buckie Moray AB56 4NR
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00572/APP
Retrospective consent to erect an agricultural machinery storage shed at
Land Adjacent To Innesvale Keith Moray
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00573/APP
Retrospective consent to erect an extension to dutch barn on
Land 90M East Of Fordston Glack Of Clunymore Keith Moray
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00574/APP
Retrospective consent to erect an agricultural machinery shed at
Glack Of Clunymore Workshop Keith Moray AB55 5JR
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00575/APP
Re-slate roof at
The Lodge Findhorn Forres Moray IV36 3YE
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00582/APP
Replace existing gas fired boiler with a wood pellet boiler and associated wood pellet handling and processing equipment at
Linkwood Distillery Linkwood Road Elgin Moray IV30 8RD
Received 9 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00584/APP
Proposed field access at
East Grange Kinloss Forres Moray IV36 2UD
Received 9 Apr 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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