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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 dates8,225Searchable applications
244Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 7,097 approved or refused records
354Refused applications
6,743 approved · 354 refused · 624 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
Article 4 direction areasBoundary dataset not connected
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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
- Unknown24/00831/APP
Erect dwellinghouse on
Site Within Garden Ground Of Juniper 1 Beech Brae Elgin Moray
Received 22 May 2024 - Decided24/00834/ADV
Proposed signs at
Ocean Winds House 28 Commercial Road Buckie Moray AB56 1UN
Received 22 May 2024 - Decided24/00839/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
South View 4 Haig Street Portknockie Buckie Moray AB56 4NT
Received 23 May 2024 - Unknown24/00840/APP
Proposed agricultural store and new site access on
Land To South West Of Ardioch Farm Keith Moray
Received 23 May 2024 - Unknown24/00841/PNOT
General purpose agricultural building at
East Grange Kinloss Forres Moray IV36 2UD
Received 23 May 2024 - Decided24/00843/APP
Change of use from dwelling to farm office at
Firview Linkwood Dairy Elgin Moray IV30 8RD
Received 23 May 2024 - Decided24/00849/APP
Proposed single storey extension and internal alterations at
29 Merson Street Buckie Moray AB56 1RR
Received 24 May 2024 - Decided24/00850/APP
Alterations and extension to create new sun lounge
13 Poppy Road Buckie Moray AB56 1GQ
Received 24 May 2024 - Decided24/00851/APP
Proposed alterations and extension at
Overton Cottage Craigellachie Aberlour Moray AB38 9SA
Received 24 May 2024 - Decided24/00852/APP
Proposed dwellinghouse on
Land Adjacent To Woodburn Knock Moray
Received 24 May 2024 - Decided24/00853/APP
Removal of existing redundant plant condenser and replace with new plant
Asda Stores Ltd Edgar Road Elgin Moray IV30 6YQ
Received 24 May 2024 - Unknown24/00854/APP
Proposed extension and garage
Woodend Orton Fochabers Moray IV32 7QH
Received 24 May 2024 - Decided24/00855/APP
Demolish existing dwellinghouse and erection of replacement dwellinghouse at
7 Fleurs Place Elgin Moray IV30 1ST
Received 24 May 2024 - Unknown24/00856/MARLIC
Maintenance and repair of outfall pipes at
Cummingston Moray
Received 24 May 2024 - Unknown24/00857/MARLIC
Maintenance and repair of outfall pipes at
Hopeman Moray
Received 24 May 2024 - Unknown24/00858/MARLIC
Maintenance and repair of outfall pipes at
Great Eastern Road Buckie Moray
Received 24 May 2024 - Unknown24/00859/MARLIC
Maintenance and repair of outfall pipes at
Cullen Moray
Received 24 May 2024 - Unknown24/00864/PNOT
Erect a 3kW turbine in rear garden at
Rosemount Chapeltown Ballindalloch Moray AB37 9JR
Received 27 May 2024 - Decided24/00866/APP
Erect 12 apartments with on-site care on
Land At South Glassgreen Village Phase 2 Elgin South Elgin Moray
Received 28 May 2024 - Decided24/00867/APP
Retrospective change of use of upper ground floor level from cooperage to tasting room and sales area and change of use of lower ground floor workshop area to visitor toilets at
Speyburn Distillery Rothes Aberlour Moray AB38 7AG
Received 28 May 2024 - Decided24/00885/APP
Extend and renovate farmhouse at
Morayscairn Alves Forres Moray IV36 2RB
Received 30 May 2024 - Unknown24/00890/S37
Screening Opinion - Installation and operation of 275kV downleads to be connected to new substation compound at
Electricity Substation Berryburn Dunphail Forres Moray
Received 30 May 2024 - Decided24/00892/APP
Erect detached garage and loft conversion within existing property at
The Rowans Drybridge Buckie Moray AB56 5JL
Received 31 May 2024 - Decided24/00893/APP
Erect garage with annex for family use access and drop kerb at
26 Forteath Avenue Elgin Moray IV30 1TF
Received 31 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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