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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.
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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 dates7,059Searchable applications
229Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 6,055 approved or refused records
284Refused applications
5,771 approved · 284 refused · 549 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided19/00261/APP
Alterations to convert dwelling to two separate houses at
16 Castle Terrace Cullen Buckie Moray AB56 4SD
Received 11 Mar 2019 - Decided19/00262/LBC
Alterations to convert dwelling to two separate houses
16 Castle Terrace Cullen Buckie Moray AB56 4SD
Received 11 Mar 2019 - Decided19/00263/APP
Erect a general purpose agricultural building at
Old Smiddy Kinloss Forres Moray IV36 2UD
Received 11 Mar 2019 - Decided19/00264/APP
Revise design approved under 08/00846/FUL & 10/01917/APP to erect a dwellinghouse at
Buckpool Salmon Bothy Buckie Moray
Received 11 Mar 2019 - Decided19/00268/APP
Change of use of dwellinghouse to guest accommodation at
430 Field Of Dreams Findhorn Forres Moray IV36 3TA
Received 12 Mar 2019 - Unknown19/00269/APP
Installation of a 15.00m mast with 6no antennae 2no 600mm dishes and ancillary equipment cabinets at
On Site Adjacent To Eskemulloch Auchnarrow Ballindalloch Moray
Received 12 Mar 2019 - Decided19/00270/APP
Amend house type approved under ref 18/00863/APP at
Ardoch Rise Craigellachie Moray
Received 12 Mar 2019 - Decided19/00271/APP
Erect agricultural poultry building at
Lower Mill Of Tynet Farm Tynet Buckie Moray AB56 5HJ
Received 12 Mar 2019 - Decided19/00272/APP
Revise house design and erect detached garage approved under application ref 10/00805/APP at
The Cedars Wardend By Birnie Elgin Moray
Received 12 Mar 2019 - Decided19/00277/APP
Erect sun lounge at
8 Linkwood Court Elgin Moray IV30 6LD
Received 12 Mar 2019 - Decided19/00280/APP
Erect dwellinghouse on
Site 200M West Of Heatherlea Archiestown Moray
Received 13 Mar 2019 - Decided19/00281/APP
Erect dwellinghouse and garage on
Land 145M Southwest Of Woodlands Lodge Newton Elgin Moray
Received 13 Mar 2019 - Decided19/00282/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
19 Muirfield Road Elgin Moray IV30 6DB
Received 13 Mar 2019 - Decided19/00283/APP
Erect dwellinghouse on
Site 600M West Of Mundole Forres Moray
Received 14 Mar 2019 - Decided19/00284/APP
Replace existing cottages with new dwellinghouse detached garage and cattery at
Coleburn Farm Cottages Longmorn Elgin Moray IV30 8SN
Received 14 Mar 2019 - Decided19/00292/PPP
Form 2 house plots on
Land Adjacent To Edendale Barhill Road Buckie Moray
Received 15 Mar 2019 - Decided19/00293/APP
Proposed residential development with associated roads infrastructure landscaping and boundary treatment on
Site R1 Grantown Road Forres Moray
Received 15 Mar 2019 - Refused at LRB19/00294/PPP
Erect dwellinghouse on
Plot 1 Site To Rear Of The Old Station House Buckie Moray
Received 15 Mar 2019 - Refused at LRB19/00295/PPP
Erect dwellinghouse on
Plot 2 Site To Rear Of The Old Station House Buckie Moray
Received 15 Mar 2019 - Decided19/00297/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
Glennie Home Farm Rothiemay Huntly Moray AB54 7NN
Received 18 Mar 2019 - Decided19/00298/APP
Construct two bedroom holiday cottage at
Muirtown Grange Crossroads Keith Moray AB55 6NA
Received 18 Mar 2019 - Decided19/00299/APP
Re-roofing of hall at
1st Lossiemouth Scout Hall Elgin Road Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6HD
Received 19 Mar 2019 - Decided19/00302/APP
Install 1 x DSLAM telecommunications broadband cabinet on
Site Adjacent To Unit 1 St Giles Centre High Street Elgin Moray
Received 20 Mar 2019 - Decided19/00303/APP
Erect a 15m high lattice mast install 3no antennae 2no 600mm dishes satellite dish on free-standing 2.4m pole equipment cabinets cabling and ancillary works including a compound fence and new access track at
Site At Mains Of Drummuir Keith Moray AB55 5PN
Received 20 Mar 2019
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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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