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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 dates8,261Searchable applications
244Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 7,127 approved or refused records
354Refused applications
6,773 approved · 354 refused · 629 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided24/01294/APP
Retrospective consent to extend existing 2 metre high fence to side of property dropping to 1 metre at the front of the house at
17B Knockomie Gardens Forres Moray IV36 2TN
Received 19 Aug 2024 - Decided24/01304/CLE
Certificate of Lawfulness to operate flat as short term let at
Flat 17 Culbin Sands Apartments Findhorn Forres Moray IV36 3QJ
Received 20 Aug 2024 - Decided24/01307/APP
Replace two existing external doors with flood mitigation doors at
2 Burngreen Lane Forres Moray IV36 1WR
Received 21 Aug 2024 - Decided24/01308/LBC
Install replacement external flood doors to north west and south east elevations at
2 Burngreen Lane Forres Moray IV36 1WR
Received 21 Aug 2024 - Decided24/01309/APP
Replace two existing external doors with flood mitigation doors at
4 Burngreen Lane Forres Moray IV36 1WR
Received 21 Aug 2024 - Decided24/01310/APP
Replace two existing external doors with flood mitigation doors at
6 Burngreen Lane Forres Moray IV36 1WR
Received 21 Aug 2024 - Decided24/01311/APP
Replace two existing external doors with flood mitigation doors at
8 Burngreen Lane Forres Moray IV36 1WR
Received 21 Aug 2024 - Decided24/01312/APP
Replace two existing external doors with flood mitigation doors at
10 Burngreen Lane Forres Moray IV36 1WR
Received 21 Aug 2024 - Decided24/01315/APP
New full height window to rear of
Dun Caan 61 St Leonards Road Forres Moray IV36 1DW
Received 22 Aug 2024 - Decided24/01316/APP
Erect new dwellinghouse on
Site At Parkfoot Mulben Keith Moray
Received 22 Aug 2024 - Decided24/01318/APP
Proposed agricultural building at
Drum Farm Keith Moray AB55 5NP
Received 22 Aug 2024 - Decided24/01328/APP
Proposed relocation of access point relating to planning application 24/00362/APP at
Site At Threapland Wood Lhanbryde Elgin Moray
Received 23 Aug 2024 - Decided24/01329/LBC
Proposed replacement windows at
Grampian Hotel 5 Regent Square Keith Moray AB55 5DX
Received 23 Aug 2024 - Unknown24/01330/PNOTWC
Proposed replacement windows
Grampian Hotel 5 Regent Square Keith Moray AB55 5DX
Received 23 Aug 2024 - Decided24/01331/PPP
Four house plots and associated drainage on
Land At Christies Garden Centre Lennox Crescent Fochabers Moray
Received 26 Aug 2024 - Decided24/01332/APP
Erect dwellinghouse on
Site To Rear Of 208 Findhorn Forres Moray
Received 26 Aug 2024 - Decided24/01333/CLE
Certificate of Lawfulness for confirmation that works have commenced on 16/00305/APP to erect dwellinghouse with integral garage on
Site 80M West Of Nether Tomlea Craigellachie Moray
Received 26 Aug 2024 - Decided24/01335/APP
Provide external wall insulation with rainscreen overcladding new windows and doors mobility accessible ramp air source heat pump instatement of original roof profile and provision of new insulation roof membrane at
The Sands Findhorn Forres Moray IV36 3YY
Received 26 Aug 2024 - Decided24/01341/APP
Install heat pump plant water conservation plant germination vessel associated tanks and gantries access road weighbridge and relocation of storage building at
Boortmalt The Maltings March Road Buckie Moray AB56 4BS
Received 27 Aug 2024 - Decided24/01347/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
8 Kintrae Rise Elgin Moray IV30 5ND
Received 28 Aug 2024 - Decided24/01348/LBC
Replacement roof to existing warehouse and erection of solar array at
28 Harbour Head Buckie Moray AB56 1XR
Received 28 Aug 2024 - Decided24/01350/APP
Dwellinghouse and ancillary workshop incorporating ruins of old steading complex at
Bridgend Farm House Roseisle Elgin Moray IV30 8XN
Received 28 Aug 2024 - Unknown24/01351/PNOT
Erect an agricultural building on
Land At Hillockhead Keith Moray
Received 28 Aug 2024 - Decided24/01355/APP
Remove conditions 2 and 3 attached to planning permission ref 22/01840/APP to allow permanent retention of temporary access from B9018 at
Mid Paithnick Keith Moray AB55 6LP
Received 29 Aug 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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