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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 dates6,893Searchable applications
229Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,905 approved or refused records
277Refused applications
5,628 approved · 277 refused · 540 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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
- Decided18/00669/APP
Erect dwellinghouse
Garden Ground Of Rosemount 5 Mayne Road Elgin Moray IV30 1NY
Received 18 May 2018 - Decided18/00670/APP
Erect 1.5 storey dwelling house attached double garage and workshop at
Site At Easter Castlehill Templestones Forres Moray
Received 18 May 2018 - Decided18/00671/APP
Alterations and change of use from office to cafe
61 - 63 High Street Elgin Moray IV30 1EE
Received 18 May 2018 - Decided18/00672/APP
Alterations and renovation work to hotel rooms
Thunderton House Hotel Thunderton Place Elgin Moray IV30 1BG
Received 18 May 2018 - Decided18/00674/APP
Install patio doors and window to kitchen and enlarge parking area at
High Timbers 8 Reidhaven Street Elgin Moray IV30 1QG
Received 18 May 2018 - Decided18/00680/APP
Change of house type at Plot 22 R3 Ferrylea (as per 16/00743/APP)
41 Falconer Avenue Forres Moray IV36 2PA
Received 21 May 2018 - Decided18/00681/APP
Convert existing stone store to habitable accommodation forming 2no self catering apartments
Longhouse Sheriffmill Road Elgin Moray
Received 21 May 2018 - Decided18/00682/LBC
Install lift at
40 Castle Street Fochabers Moray IV32 7DW
Received 21 May 2018 - Decided18/00683/APP
Install lift at
40 Castle Street Fochabers Moray IV32 7DW
Received 21 May 2018 - Unknown18/00685/APP
Erect domestic garage at
Kimberlee Rothes Aberlour Moray AB38 7AW
Received 21 May 2018 - Decided18/00689/APP
Erect extension with internal alterations and erect domestic garage at
6 Bruceland Gardens Elgin Moray IV30 1SR
Received 21 May 2018 - Unknown18/00690/APP
Erect 2 storey house with integral double garage
Within Garden Ground Of Boat Of Fiddich Craigellachie Aberlour Moray
Received 22 May 2018 - Decided18/00691/APP
Alterations to dwellinghouse form rear facing patio and door opening in boundary wall and erect a garden shed at
Rosebank 13 St Leonards Road Forres Moray IV36 1DN
Received 22 May 2018 - Unknown18/00692/APP
Proposed alterations and extension
206 Seatown Cullen Buckie Moray AB56 4SJ
Received 22 May 2018 - Decided18/00693/APP
Proposed alterations
193 Seatown Cullen Buckie Moray AB56 4SJ
Received 22 May 2018 - Approved at LRB18/00694/APP
Installation of a 6kW Kingspan wind turbine (22.8m to tip and rotor diameter 5.6m) at
Inchmore Drybridge Buckie Moray AB56 5JB
Received 22 May 2018 - Decided18/00695/APP
Erect pavilion at
Portknockie Bowling Club Seafield Terrace Portknockie Buckie Moray AB56 4NA
Received 22 May 2018 - Decided18/00697/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
11 Russell Place Elgin Moray IV30 4PJ
Received 23 May 2018 - Decided18/00698/ADV
Erect fascia sign and projecting sign at
Unit 22 St Giles Centre High Street Elgin Moray IV30 1EA
Received 23 May 2018 - Decided18/00700/APP
Renewal planning consent ref 15/00632/APP for conversion of disused net store to dwellinghouse and garage
Store Building The Hythe Findochty Buckie Moray AB56 4QR
Received 23 May 2018 - Decided18/00703/PPP
Renew planning consent 14/01695/APP (original ref 10/01561/PPP) for change of use from part agricultural yard and part filled to erect a dwellinghouse at
Site Adjacent To Hoggie Deskford Moray
Received 24 May 2018 - Decided18/00704/APP
Change of use of old canteen and empty storage building to form offices at
Tamdhu Distillery Knockando Aberlour Moray AB38 7RP
Received 24 May 2018 - Decided18/00705/APP
Erection of a single storey side extension
4 Linksfield Road Mosstodloch Fochabers Moray IV32 7LB
Received 24 May 2018 - Decided18/00710/APP
Proposed car port/store at
Earnhill House Forres Moray IV36 2SP
Received 25 May 2018
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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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