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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 dates8,242Searchable applications
244Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 7,113 approved or refused records
354Refused applications
6,759 approved · 354 refused · 625 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided24/01002/APP
Revise house design on planning consent ref: 24/00101/AMC to erect dwellinghouse on
Site At Leanoch Elgin Moray
Received 21 Jun 2024 - Decided24/01003/APP
Revise design approved under ref 21/00246/APP to alter and extend dwellinghouse at
Copperfield Whiteinch Forres Moray IV36 3TS
Received 21 Jun 2024 - Decided24/01004/LBC
Re-paint exterior of dwelling and boundary walls at
Stewart Place South Road Garmouth Fochabers Moray IV32 7LX
Received 21 Jun 2024 - Decided24/01010/APP
Install external air handling unit (AHU) to north elevation at
Telephone Exchange York Street Dufftown Keith Moray AB55 4AU
Received 24 Jun 2024 - Unknown24/01011/APP
Change of use of offices to three rental apartments in association with the Marine Hotel at
10 - 12 Commercial Road Buckie Moray AB56 1UQ
Received 24 Jun 2024 - Decided24/01014/APP
Revise house design approved under ref 23/00013/AMC to erect dwellinghouse on
Site Adjacent To Clearview Gallowhill Hopeman Elgin Moray
Received 25 Jun 2024 - Decided24/01015/APP
Retrospective consent to use Tipi and areas of garden for short term accommodation on a home sharing basis at
3 Earnside Farm Cottages Alves Forres Moray IV36 2RB
Received 25 Jun 2024 - Decided24/01016/APP
Alter and extend buildings and other associated works including drainage landscaping and car parking at
Macallan Distillery Craigellachie Aberlour Moray AB38 9RX
Received 25 Jun 2024 - Decided24/01021/APP
Erect replacement dwellingouse and detached garage and site temporary caravan during construction at
Robertstown Croft Archiestown Aberlour Moray AB38 7RB
Received 26 Jun 2024 - Decided24/01023/APP
Amended design approved under ref 24/00571/APP to form new dormers to replace existing roof lights at
24 Harbour Place Portknockie Buckie Moray AB56 4NR
Received 26 Jun 2024 - Decided24/01028/PNOT
Roads maintenance and construction works at
Sleepieshill Wood Urquhart Moray
Received 27 Jun 2024 - Decided24/01035/APP
Retrospective consent to form agricultural track at
Birkenburn Farm Keith Moray AB55 5PD
Received 28 Jun 2024 - Unknown24/01038/PAPP
Erect a 3kW turbine in rear garden at
Rosemount Chapeltown Ballindalloch Moray AB37 9JR
Received 28 Jun 2024 - Decided24/01041/APP
Extend existing shed at
Old Schoolhouse Kirkhill Glenrinnes Dufftown Keith Moray AB55 4DE
Received 1 Jul 2024 - Unknown24/01042/APP
Erect dwellinghouse on
Site Within Greystone Deskford Moray
Received 1 Jul 2024 - Unknown24/01043/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
Smithy Croft Forres Moray IV36 2SQ
Received 1 Jul 2024 - Decided24/01047/LBC
Demolition to rear extension erect porch internal alterations and add new rear window at
Pond Cottage Altyre Forres Moray IV36 2SH
Received 3 Jul 2024 - Decided24/01048/APP
Refurbishment of existing house and refurbishment and extension to existing hall to form community education facility at
Schoolhouse Lower Cabrach Huntly Moray AB54 4EU
Received 3 Jul 2024 - Unknown24/01049/CLE
Use of flat as short term let at
8 Pitgaveny Quay Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6TW
Received 3 Jul 2024 - Unknown24/01050/APP
Erect replacement extension at
19 Richmond Terrace Portgordon Buckie Moray AB56 5RA
Received 3 Jul 2024 - Decided24/01054/APP
Proposed staff bicycle shelter by staff car park at
Johnstons Of Elgin Newmill Road Elgin Moray IV30 4AF
Received 4 Jul 2024 - Decided24/01055/APP
Proposed dwellinghouse
Within Garden Ground Of 33 Golf Crescent Hopeman Elgin Moray
Received 4 Jul 2024 - Decided24/01056/APP
Erect dwellinghouse on
Site At Tomnamoon Altyre Forres Moray
Received 4 Jul 2024 - Decided24/01064/APP
Install PV solar panels and alterations to rooflights at
31 South Street Elgin Moray IV30 1JZ
Received 5 Jul 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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