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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 dates6,919Searchable applications
229Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,929 approved or refused records
279Refused applications
5,650 approved · 279 refused · 541 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided18/00895/PPP
Erect dwellinghouse on
Site Adjacent To No 1 Baron Street Buckie Moray
Received 29 Jun 2018 - Decided18/00896/PNOT
Erect general purpose agricultural building at
Auchnarrow Farm Auchnarrow Ballindalloch Moray AB37 9JP
Received 29 Jun 2018 - Decided18/00897/PNOT
Erect general agricultural building at
Bochel Chapeltown Ballindalloch Moray AB37 9JR
Received 29 Jun 2018 - Decided18/00898/APP
Extension to east and west of existing property and internal alterations at
St Peter's Lodge Gordonstoun Road Duffus Elgin Moray IV30 5QD
Received 29 Jun 2018 - Decided18/00901/APP
Formation of trailhead car park and erection of information point at
Site Adjacent To Keepers Cottage Cabrach Huntly Moray
Received 2 Jul 2018 - Decided18/00902/APP
Formation of trailhead car park and erection of information point at
Site Adjacent To Brighaugh Cottage Dufftown Keith Moray
Received 2 Jul 2018 - Decided18/00903/APP
Conversion of former school to dwellinghouse and installation of foul drainage system and erection of shed at
Upper Cabrach School Cabrach Huntly Moray AB54 4HQ
Received 2 Jul 2018 - Decided18/00904/APP
Demolish extension to existing dwelling and erect new extension and installation of new foul drainage system
Wee Davys Cottage Cabrach Huntly Moray AB54 4HQ
Received 2 Jul 2018 - Decided18/00905/APP
Extend existing site perimeter fence to include new barley store and access road at
The Maltings 20 March Road East Buckie Moray AB56 4BY
Received 2 Jul 2018 - Unknown18/00908/LBC
Installation of acoustic panels to ground floor at
Town Hall High Street Forres Moray IV36 1PB
Received 28 Jun 2018 - Decided18/00909/APP
Change of use from shop to dwellinghouse at
The Shop The Square Dufftown Keith Moray AB55 4AD
Received 3 Jul 2018 - Decided18/00911/APP
Site an external oil fuelled boiler at rear of property
38 Conicavel Forres Moray IV36 2TU
Received 3 Jul 2018 - Unknown18/00914/APP
Erect garage at
Skerrybank 34 Union Street Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6BG
Received 4 Jul 2018 - Decided18/00915/APP
Erect replacement potting shed at
Bronte Place Victoria Road Forres Moray
Received 4 Jul 2018 - Decided18/00916/APP
Extension to dwellinghouse to form day room at
Castle Cottage Keith Moray AB55 5NT
Received 4 Jul 2018 - Decided18/00917/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse and erect replacement garage at
Shempston Bungalow Duffus Elgin Moray IV30 5RH
Received 4 Jul 2018 - Decided18/00921/APP
Replace a garden fence on
Site Adjacent To 54 Findhorn Moray
Received 5 Jul 2018 - Decided18/00922/APP
Erect dwellinghouse on
Site 200M South West Of Bardonside Birnie Elgin Moray
Received 5 Jul 2018 - Decided18/00923/APP
Erect dwellinghouse and 2no outbuildings on
Site 400M East Of Longcrook Farmhouse Craigellachie Moray
Received 5 Jul 2018 - Decided18/00924/APP
Erect dwellinghouse on
Site Within Clearing 300M Southwest Of Newton Rothes Moray
Received 5 Jul 2018 - Decided18/00930/PPP
Erect dwellinghouse and form new access to existing cottage on
Site To West Of Don Cottage Mosstodloch Moray
Received 5 Jul 2018 - Unknown18/00931/APP
Erect dwellinghouse on
Site Adjacent To Arradoul House Arradoul Moray
Received 5 Jul 2018 - Decided18/00934/APP
Modify weir and concrete apron below road bridge to allow improved passage of migratory fish at
A939 Road Bridge Over Allt Garbh-bheinne Tomintoul Ballindalloch
Received 6 Jul 2018 - Decided18/00935/APP
Install in-channel structures downstream of the weir and on the apron to improve fish passage
Road Bridge Over Allt Na Fanich Tomnavoulin Moray
Received 6 Jul 2018
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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