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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 dates8,202Searchable applications
244Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 7,074 approved or refused records
353Refused applications
6,721 approved · 353 refused · 624 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided24/00591/APP
Proposed alterations and extension to dwelling and retrospective consent for garden shed at
27 Moray Street Elgin Moray IV30 1JS
Received 10 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00592/LBC
Proposed alterations and extension to dwelling and retrospective consent for garden shed at
27 Moray Street Elgin Moray IV30 1JS
Received 10 Apr 2024 - Unknown24/00599/PNOT
Erect an agricultural building at
Shenval Farm Glenlivet Ballindalloch Moray AB37 9DP
Received 11 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00600/APP
Erect a garage at
6 Victoria Crescent Cullen Buckie Moray AB56 4TT
Received 11 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00603/APP
Proposed double garage at
Glenyra Edinvillie Aberlour Moray AB38 9NB
Received 12 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00604/APP
Proposed cable route to serve a consented solar PV development (planning reference 23/01318/APP)
Land To North Of The Macallan Distillery Craigellachie Aberlour Moray
Received 12 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00611/LBC
Remove fill and replace with lightweight concrete (to remove lateral loading on walls), rebuild section of collapsed wall, repointing with lime based mortar, and clean and paint tie bars at
Aucriachan Bridge Ballindalloch Moray
Received 15 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00612/APP
Erect a domestic garage at
125 Muirfield Road Elgin Moray IV30 6DD
Received 15 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00613/LBC
Remove cement render from gable ends of house and repoint in traditional lime mortar at
Hardhaugh Dufftown Keith Moray AB55 4BR
Received 15 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00614/CLE
Static caravan for short term let at
Mains Of Inverourie Tomintoul Ballindalloch Moray AB37 9HP
Received 15 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00615/APP
Demolish structurally unsafe sun room and retaining wall with proposed replacement wall balcony and steps to allow access to existing dwellinghouse at
43A Balvenie Street Dufftown Keith Moray AB55 4AS
Received 15 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00617/EIA
Erect four wind turbines three of which are up to 180m to blade tip height and one up to 149.9m blade tip height associated and ancillary infrastructure includes hardstanding areas for each turbine location onsite access tracks an electrical substation and buried cables temporary laydown areas and a temporary construction compound on
Land At Cairds Wood Moray
Received 15 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00623/APP
Replacement utility room at
67 Forsyth Street Hopeman Elgin Moray IV30 5SY
Received 16 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00624/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
Findron Cottage Ballindalloch Moray AB37 9ER
Received 16 Apr 2024 - Unknown24/00628/PPP
Proposed dwellinghouse on
Site To Rear Of Lhanbryde Post Office 32 St Andrews Road Lhanbryde Moray
Received 17 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00629/LBC
Reinstatement of significantly fire damaged dwellings
Station Cottage And Station House Orton Fochabers Moray IV32 7QE
Received 17 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00630/APP
Reinstatement of significantly fire damaged dwellings
Station Cottage And Station House Orton Fochabers Moray IV32 7QE
Received 17 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00631/APP
Section 42 application to remove condition no 1 imposed on planning consent ref: 21/00207/APP for proposed siting of temporary storage containers on
Site 13 Elgin Business Park Elgin Moray
Received 17 Apr 2024 - Unknown24/00632/APP
Proposed holiday chalet at
Castlehill Birnie Elgin Moray IV30 8SR
Received 17 Apr 2024 - Unknown24/00633/APP
Redevelopment of derelict cottage to form extension to existing dwellinghouse and erect outdoor kitchen/games room at
Woodside Chapeltown Ballindalloch Moray AB37 9JS
Received 17 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00646/CLP
Excavation of ground to form lochan on
Land 600M South West Of Berryley Steading Forres Moray
Received 19 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00647/APP
Remove 3 no antennas 2 no cabinets and associated ancillary equipment and install a 5m tower extension and new 3m headframe bringing the total height of the lattice tower to 20m install of 6 no antennas 2 no 0.3m dishes 3 no cabinets and associated ancillary equipment and development on
Site Off Siwalk Hill Forres Moray
Received 19 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00648/APP
Proposed relocation of soft play area to new extension at south west side of building and formation of arcade area within existing building at
Pinz Bowling Moycroft Road Elgin Moray IV30 1XZ
Received 19 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00654/CLE
Certificate of lawfulness to operate guest house with five en-suite letting bedrooms at
The Pines East Road Elgin Moray IV30 1XG
Received 22 Apr 2024
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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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