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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 dates8,270Searchable applications
244Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 7,136 approved or refused records
354Refused applications
6,782 approved · 354 refused · 629 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Unknown24/01420/PNOT
Erect a general purpose agricultural shed at
Land Adjacent To Brae Conval Dufftown Moray
Received 10 Sept 2024 - Decided24/01421/LBC
Works involving reinstatement of failed retaining wall/wingwall and associated earth works using like for like materials as per grade C listed structure requirements at
Union Bridge Regent Street Keith Moray
Received 10 Sept 2024 - Decided24/01425/APP
Subdivide existing house plot and erect new house at
Moray Innes Road Garmouth Fochabers Moray IV32 7NL
Received 11 Sept 2024 - Decided24/01431/APP
Retrospective consent for change of use of land to caravan storage at
Level Farm Birnie Elgin Moray IV30 8SR
Received 12 Sept 2024 - Decided24/01432/APP
Revision of previously approved consent 08/02301/FUL to amend the position of dwellinghouse as well as amend the boundary line and site size on
Site Opposite Rashcrook Farm Birnie Moray
Received 12 Sept 2024 - Decided24/01433/CLE
Certificate of Lawfulness for use of property for short term let at
Beatshach Bothy Kennels Glenrinnes Keith AB55 4DA
Received 12 Sept 2024 - Awaiting decision24/01437/APP
Erect 204 homes (51 affordable) 4 retail units (Unit A - 370sqm Unit B - 100sqm Unit C - 111sqm and Unit D - 75sqm) nursery landscaping and associated works on
Land At South Glassgreen Phase 3 Elgin Moray
Received 13 Sept 2024 - Unknown24/01438/SCN
Substation compound on
Land Adjacent To Electricity Substation Berryburn Dunphail Forres Moray
Received 12 Sept 2024 - Decided24/01442/APP
Erect dwellinghouse with detached garage/carport on
Site 294M North Of Allacardoch Keith Moray
Received 16 Sept 2024 - Decided24/01446/APP
Demolish existing dwelling and erect new dwellinghouse at
Netherton Cottage Forres Moray IV36 3TN
Received 17 Sept 2024 - Decided24/01447/APP
Internal alterations to office at
R Thompson Ashgrove Road Elgin Moray IV30 1UU
Received 17 Sept 2024 - Decided24/01448/APP
Installation of an air source heat pump to the rear elevation and solar panels to the roof
Ben Aigen House Craigellachie Aberlour Moray AB38 9RL
Received 17 Sept 2024 - Decided24/01449/APP
Retrospective consent to use chalet as short term let accommodation at
Fairview Pluscarden Elgin Moray IV30 8TZ
Received 17 Sept 2024 - Decided24/01456/APP
Internal alterations to existing maisonette flat to form HMO at
179 High Street Elgin Moray IV30 1DW
Received 18 Sept 2024 - Decided24/01457/APP
Erect replacement dwellinghouse and garage at
14 Stewart Street Portgordon Buckie Moray AB56 2QT
Received 18 Sept 2024 - Unknown24/01458/APP
Form one house out of two units including demolishing older extensions and form new link between
Chapelton Farm St Leonards Road Forres Moray IV36 2RE
Received 18 Sept 2024 - Decided24/01459/APP
Retrospective application for external alterations to agricultural buildings and change of use to bonded warehouses and hand bottling at
Dandaleith Farm Craigellachie Aberlour Moray AB38 9RT
Received 18 Sept 2024 - Unknown24/01466/PPP
Sub-division to form additional house plot at
Achmelvich Elgin Moray IV30 8TZ
Received 19 Sept 2024 - Unknown24/01467/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse
48 Nelson Terrace Keith Moray AB55 5EF
Received 19 Sept 2024 - Decided24/01472/APP
Erect garage at
Lynachork Tomintoul Ballindalloch Moray AB37 9HT
Received 20 Sept 2024 - Decided24/01473/APP
Relocate air source heat pump from rear of dwelling to the front at
85 Findhorn Forres Moray IV36 3YG
Received 20 Sept 2024 - Decided24/01475/LBC
Install new roof window to rear
60 High Street Elgin Moray IV30 1BU
Received 20 Sept 2024 - Decided24/01478/APP
Section 42 application to vary conditions 2, 5, 10, 11, 15 , 16 , 17, 18 and 19 of 22/00715/APP at
Land At Drum Farm Keith Moray
Received 23 Sept 2024 - Decided24/01479/APP
Section 42 application to vary conditions 3, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18 and 19 of 22/01488/APP at
Land Adjacent To Electricity Substation Westerton Road Keith Moray
Received 23 Sept 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.
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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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