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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 dates7,042Searchable applications
229Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 6,039 approved or refused records
283Refused applications
5,756 approved · 283 refused · 549 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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
- Decided19/00126/APP
Retrospective application to retain garden land and boundary fencing and erect garden shed at
Ferndale Mains Of Buckie Buckie Moray AB56 4AA
Received 1 Feb 2019 - Decided19/00131/APP
Erect new timber drying storage shed at
1 Dufftown Industrial Estate Dufftown Keith Moray AB55 4FR
Received 6 Feb 2019 - Decided19/00135/PNOT
Erection of agricultural building at
Site At Longcrook Craigellachie Aberlour Moray
Received 6 Feb 2019 - Decided19/00136/APP
Erect dwellinghouse and detached garage on
Site Adjacent To No 1 Baron Street Buckie Moray
Received 7 Feb 2019 - Decided19/00138/APP
Retrospective consent to erect timber boundary fence at
Farragan 1 Smith Drive Elgin Moray IV30 4NE
Received 7 Feb 2019 - Decided19/00142/APP
Erect dwellinghouse and garage on
Plot A To The North West Of Cala Sona Mosstowie Elgin Moray
Received 8 Feb 2019 - Unknown19/00143/APP
Demolish existing steading and erect dwellinghouse
Longfold Croft Buckie Moray AB56 5JJ
Received 8 Feb 2019 - Decided19/00144/APP
Change of housetype (previously approved 12/01275/AMC) on
Site B At Gean Corner Forres Moray
Received 8 Feb 2019 - Decided19/00152/APP
Alterations and extension to existing outbuilding to form annexe at
178A Mid Street Keith Moray AB55 5BL
Received 12 Feb 2019 - Unknown19/00156/S36
Erect 29 wind turbines consisting of 18 turbines of an overall height from base to tip not exceeding 225m 8 turbines of an overall height from base to tip not exceeding 200m and 3 turbines of an overall height from base to not exceeding 149.9m associated infrastructure includes external transformer housing crane pads turbine foundations access tracks 2 substations underground electricity cables anemometry mast
Rothes III Wind Farm Moray
Received 12 Feb 2019 - Decided19/00157/AMC
Approval of Matters Specified in Conditions 2- 9, 11 and 12 on planning ref: 17/01653/PPP for dwellinghouse on
Chapelton House 44 St Leonards Road Forres Moray IV36 2RE
Received 13 Feb 2019 - Decided19/00158/LBC
Replacement windows at
Leman Acre Church Street Garmouth Fochabers Moray IV32 7LT
Received 13 Feb 2019 - Decided19/00160/APP
Extend existing building to form new craft room
19 New Street Portknockie Buckie Moray AB56 4LR
Received 14 Feb 2019 - Decided19/00161/APP
Proposed rear extension and internal alterations
Plewlands Farm Duffus Elgin Moray IV30 5QS
Received 14 Feb 2019 - Decided19/00162/LBC
Proposed rear extension and internal alterations
Plewlands Farm Duffus Elgin Moray IV30 5QS
Received 14 Feb 2019 - Decided19/00168/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
91 Regent Street Keith Moray AB55 5ED
Received 15 Feb 2019 - Decided19/00169/APP
Erect a sunroom at
6 Bain Avenue Elgin Moray IV30 6GB
Received 15 Feb 2019 - Unknown19/00170/SCN
Screening Opinion for
Marchfield Quarry Lhanbryde Moray
Received 12 Feb 2019 - Decided19/00171/APP
Replace existing windows insert larger door opening to rear seal up window reopen former window opening internal alterations and form new external deck at
23 East Church Street Buckie Moray AB56 1ET
Received 18 Feb 2019 - Decided19/00172/APP
Erect a wooden storage shed for outdoor learning equipment and a wooden shelter for an outdoor pizza oven at
Transition Town Forres Bogton Road Forres Moray IV36 3TW
Received 18 Feb 2019 - Unknown19/00173/APP
Change of use of amenity land to garden ground and erect summer house/work room and shed at
65 Marleon Field Elgin Moray IV30 4GE
Received 18 Feb 2019 - Decided19/00174/APP
Proposed extension to dwellinghouse
Clifton 23 Chancellor Road Buckie Moray AB56 1TD
Received 18 Feb 2019 - Decided19/00175/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
33 High Street Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6AA
Received 18 Feb 2019 - Decided19/00176/APP
Proposed extension to rear of
31 High Street Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6AA
Received 18 Feb 2019
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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