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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 dates8,207Searchable applications
244Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 7,079 approved or refused records
353Refused applications
6,726 approved · 353 refused · 624 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided24/00656/APP
New access to house utilising an existing access at
Hole Of Dounduff Forres Moray
Received 22 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00658/APP
Alter and refurbish dwellinghouse at
Craigenroan Victoria Street Craigellachie Aberlour Moray AB38 9SR
Received 22 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00659/APP
Proposed bay window at
31 Highfield Road Buckie Moray AB56 1BE
Received 23 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00660/APP
Demolish garage erect extension and internal alterations at
13 Reidhaven Street Elgin Moray IV30 1QG
Received 23 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00661/APP
Relocate access and revise boundaries at
7 The Wards Elgin Moray IV30 6AA
Received 23 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00663/APP
Change of use of amenity ground to garden ground at
44 Pinewood Road Mosstodloch Fochabers Moray IV32 7JU
Received 24 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00664/LBC
Demolish garage erect extension and internal alterations at
13 Reidhaven Street Elgin Moray IV30 1QG
Received 24 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00665/LBC
Alter the lighting on monument by removing the existing (white only) LED lights and replace them with near identical LED colour changing light fittings at
Ladyhill High Street Elgin Moray
Received 24 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00672/LBC
Renovation and shopfit install two heritage skylights in extension at rear replacement of single glazed shop front windows with double glazed units and Install air conditioning unit at rear at
128 High Street Forres Moray IV36 1NP
Received 25 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00675/APP
Extend dwellinghouse at
8 Hardhillock Avenue Elgin Moray IV30 6UG
Received 25 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00682/APP
Erect glasshouse associated access landscaping and infrastructure at
Glen Grant Distillery Co Ltd Elgin Road Rothes Aberlour Moray AB38 7BS
Received 26 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00683/APP
Revised house design approved under application 22/00083/APP and 2 year temporary consent for siting of residential caravan during house build on
Plot CP2 Horticultural Production Centre Edinvale Dallas Moray
Received 26 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00686/APP
Excavate and install a new septic tank along the existing run at
East Holl Steading Pluscarden Elgin Moray IV30 8TZ
Received 29 Apr 2024 - Unknown24/00687/PNOT
Erect agricultural store at
Seggiecrook Grange Keith Moray AB55 6ST
Received 29 Apr 2024 - Unknown24/00688/CLE
Certificate of lawfulness for commencement of the planning consent under reference 14/00823/APP at
1 Lochy Park View Longmorn Elgin Moray IV30 8UH
Received 29 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00689/CLE
Certificate of lawfulness for commencement of development of planning consent 06/00838/FUL for change of use of first floor (office to public house) proposed extension and alterations to ground floor and all associated work at
Dicey O'Reillys 185C High Street Elgin Moray IV30 1DW
Received 29 Apr 2024 - Unknown24/00696/SCN
Part retrospective application for construction of agricultural road initial hard rock mineral extraction and mineral processing and construction of temporary junction. Part new application for hard rock quarry processing area new access junction and creation of ecological/bio diversity buffer and associated ancillary quarry infrastructure (including but not limited to office wheel wash perimeter bunding welfare and landscaping) at
Rosarie Quarry Keith Moray
Received 26 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00699/APP
Revise house design and site boundaries including addition of detached garage on planning consent 23/00607/APP to erect dwellinghouse at
Site At Eastbrae Grange Keith Moray
Received 30 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00700/APP
Demolish kennel/garden store and erect domestic garage at
Lag-a'-horie Aberlour Moray AB38 9LP
Received 30 Apr 2024 - Unknown24/00701/LBC
New flat roof to existing entrance and internal alterations at
North College House King Street Elgin Moray IV30 1HU
Received 30 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00702/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse and erect domestic garage at
50A Springfield Drive Elgin Moray IV30 6XZ
Received 30 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00705/APP
Revised proposals for R2 site consisting of residential development and associated landscape and infrastructure on
R2 Bilbohall Elgin Moray
Received 1 May 2024 - Decided24/00712/APP
Retrospective consent to use flat for short term let at
4 Cathedral Court Newmill Road Elgin Moray IV30 4BZ
Received 2 May 2024 - Decided24/00719/APP
Revise house design approved under ref 21/00220/APP to erect dwellinghouse and detached domestic garage on
Plot 19 Fairway Heights Kinloss Forres Moray
Received 3 May 2024
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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