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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
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Moray. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
5,614 approved · 277 refused · 539 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Oct 2017 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
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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.
6 Institution Road Elgin Moray IV30 1RP
Received 19 Apr 20186 Institution Road Elgin Moray IV30 1RP
Received 19 Apr 201827 Westmorland Street Fochabers Moray IV32 7EB
Received 19 Apr 2018Bardonside Farm Birnie Moray
Received 19 Apr 20186 Holyrood Drive Elgin Moray IV30 8TP
Received 20 Apr 2018Roseisle Meadows Roseisle Moray
Received 20 Apr 2018Site Adjacent To Seaside Brander Street Lossiemouth Moray
Received 23 Apr 2018Knockdhu Distillery Knock Huntly Moray AB54 7LJ
Received 23 Apr 2018Shempston Bungalow Duffus Elgin Moray IV30 5RH
Received 23 Apr 2018Tarbet Stotfield Road Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6QR
Received 23 Apr 2018Site At Fangorm Farm Mulben Keith Moray AB55 6YX
Received 24 Apr 2018Site At Newton Elgin Moray
Received 24 Apr 201825 Glenlossie Drive Elgin Moray IV30 6YH
Received 24 Apr 201877 High Street And 2-4 Lossie Wynd Elgin Moray IV30 1EA
Received 24 Apr 2018Site Opposite Sourbank Rafford Moray
Received 24 Apr 201857 Main Street Tomintoul Ballindalloch Moray AB37 9HA
Received 25 Apr 2018Site To Rear Of 31 High Street Archiestown Aberlour Moray AB38 7QZ
Received 25 Apr 2018Woodview Aldroughty Elgin Moray IV30 8UN
Received 26 Apr 2018Colaird House Roseisle Elgin Moray IV30 5YD
Received 26 Apr 201827 Academy Street Elgin Moray IV30 1LP
Received 26 Apr 2018Site Adjacent To Briach Lee Dallas Forres Moray
Received 26 Apr 201859 High Street Fochabers Moray IV32 7DU
Received 26 Apr 201810 Kintrae Crescent Elgin Moray IV30 5NB
Received 26 Apr 2018Land At Firlands 103 St Leonards Road Forres Moray
Received 26 Apr 2018Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart 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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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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