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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 dates7,052Searchable applications
229Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 6,048 approved or refused records
283Refused applications
5,765 approved · 283 refused · 549 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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
- Decided19/00220/APP
Retrospective consent for extension to Bed & Breakfast to provide additional accommodation
Morven The Square Dufftown Keith Moray AB55 4AD
Received 28 Feb 2019 - Decided19/00221/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
Carnaby Cottage 5 Clark Street Hopeman Elgin Moray IV30 5SH
Received 28 Feb 2019 - Decided19/00222/APP
Erect garage to side of dwellinghouse at
32 Union Street Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6BD
Received 28 Feb 2019 - Unknown19/00228/PE
Proposed development at
1 Doocot Way Buckie Moray AB56 1FY
Received 28 Feb 2019 - Decided19/00232/APP
Change of use from room for church services to beauty therapist business at
2 Argyle Street Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6PS
Received 1 Mar 2019 - Decided19/00233/LBC
Remove an internal non-load bearing partition wall and erect a new partition wall at
14 Harrow Inn Close Elgin Moray IV30 1BP
Received 4 Mar 2019 - Unknown19/00236/APP
Proposed erection of committee pavilion at
Marine Park Marine Court Lossiemouth Moray
Received 5 Mar 2019 - Decided19/00237/LBC
Replace existing metal skylight between the south and north wings with a new conservation skylight from velux at
Old Braemorriston House Braemorriston Road Elgin Moray IV30 4DL
Received 6 Mar 2019 - Decided19/00238/APP
Convert byre to additional ancillary accommodation and extend dwellinghouse at
Highlea Cottage Ballindalloch Moray AB37 9JN
Received 6 Mar 2019 - Decided19/00239/APP
Convert redundant calf rearing shed to form gin distillery at
Newtack Grange Crossroads Keith Moray AB55 6LQ
Received 6 Mar 2019 - Decided19/00241/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
26 Great Western Road Buckie Moray AB56 1XX
Received 7 Mar 2019 - Decided19/00242/APP
Proposed replacement extension to rear of existing property at
Coastguards House 4 Dunbar Street Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6AG
Received 7 Mar 2019 - Decided19/00243/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
32 Grampian Road Elgin Moray IV30 1XJ
Received 7 Mar 2019 - Unknown19/00244/S37
Upgrade 106km of existing 275kV overhead line between
Blackhillock, Peterhead And Kintore Electricity Substation Keith Moray
Received 7 Mar 2019 - Decided19/00251/APP
Retrospective change of use of farm building to vehicle repair garage and car sales at
45 Green Street Rothes Aberlour Moray AB38 7BD
Received 8 Mar 2019 - Decided19/00252/APP
Proposed steading conversion to office accommodation at
Mains Of Orton Orton Fochabers Moray IV32 7QE
Received 8 Mar 2019 - Decided19/00253/APP
Single storey rear extension at
21 Cameron Crescent Buckie Moray AB56 1AG
Received 8 Mar 2019 - Decided19/00254/APP
Erection of cattle shed
Feddan Farm Forres Moray IV36 2TD
Received 8 Mar 2019 - Decided19/00255/APP
Renew planning consent 16/00485/APP for change of use from owners accommodation to private residence at
Royal Hotel Station Road Elgin Moray IV30 1QW
Received 6 Mar 2019 - Decided19/00256/PNOT
Erect forestry related building at
Kahiwi Wood Forres Moray
Received 8 Mar 2019 - Unknown19/00257/APP
Erect two timber holiday cabins at
Strahtisla Mill Keith Moray
Received 8 Mar 2019 - Decided19/00258/APP
Erect a general purpose agricultural building attached to existing agricultural building
Milton Of Grange Farm Forres Moray IV36 2TR
Received 11 Mar 2019 - Decided19/00259/APP
Erect single storey extension at
The Bothy Nether Cluny Dufftown Keith Moray AB55 4BX
Received 11 Mar 2019 - Decided19/00260/PPP
Proposed residential development comprising of 23 serviced house plots with associated access drainage infrastructure and landscaping on
Site R4 Damhead Kinloss Forres Moray
Received 11 Mar 2019
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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