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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 dates6,922Searchable applications
229Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,932 approved or refused records
279Refused applications
5,653 approved · 279 refused · 541 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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
- Decided18/00936/APP
Demolish steading and erect 3 dwellinghouses at
Phorp Steading Dunphail Forres Moray
Received 6 Jul 2018 - Decided18/00937/APP
Proposed rear extension at
22 Merson Street Buckie Moray AB56 1RR
Received 6 Jul 2018 - Decided18/00938/APP
Erect domestic garage at
Auchindinnie Mulben Keith Moray AB55 6YA
Received 6 Jul 2018 - Decided18/00940/PPP
Form new access and erect 2no dwellinghouses on
Site To The Rear Of 60A And 60B Conval Street Dufftown Moray
Received 6 Jul 2018 - Decided18/00941/LBC
Install external lighting to pend at the rear of the castle area to the toilets in the stables and from the car park to the new pavilion at
Brodie Castle Forres Moray IV36 2TE
Received 9 Jul 2018 - Decided18/00950/APP
New water abstraction on the River Fiddich comprising 2 no buried 350mm diameter wedge wire screen pipes approximately 65 meters length and 2 no buried pump chambers at
Glenfiddich Distillery Castle Road Dufftown Keith Moray AB55 4DH
Received 10 Jul 2018 - Decided18/00951/APP
Installation of 30 tonne LPG tank at
Tomnavulin Distillery Tomnavoulin Ballindalloch Moray AB37 9JA
Received 10 Jul 2018 - Decided18/00952/PPP
Erect a dwellinghouse on
Building Plot South Of Waterford Road Kintessack Forres
Received 10 Jul 2018 - Decided18/00953/APP
Erect a sun lounge at
Balconie 6 Birnie Road Elgin Moray IV30 6DZ
Received 10 Jul 2018 - Unknown18/00954/S36
Construct and operate a generating station
Moray Offshore Windfarm (West)
Received 10 Jul 2018 - Decided18/00955/LBC
Internal alteration replace windows provide pedestrian link through external wall from car park and erect low level stone wall with railings over at The Stable Bar
Laichmoray Hotel Maisondieu Road Elgin Moray IV30 1QR
Received 11 Jul 2018 - Decided18/00956/APP
Internal alteration replace windows provide pedestrian link through external wall from car park and erect low level stone wall with railings over at The Stable Bar
Laichmoray Hotel Maisondieu Road Elgin Moray IV30 1QR
Received 11 Jul 2018 - Decided18/00957/APP
Erect wooden garage at
Briach Stanes Dallas Forres Moray IV36 2RW
Received 11 Jul 2018 - Decided18/00959/APP
Change of use of workshop to car repair/servicing garage at
2 Railway Terrace Buckie Moray AB56 1HQ
Received 11 Jul 2018 - Decided18/00963/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse and erect garage at
24 Birnie Place Elgin Moray IV30 6EB
Received 11 Jul 2018 - Decided18/00964/APP
Subdivision of existing retail unit and part change of use to Class 11 (Assembly and Leisure) with creation of new entrance and associated external work at
New Look Plc Unit 3 Springfield Retail Park Edgar Road Elgin Moray IV30 6WQ
Received 12 Jul 2018 - Decided18/00967/LBC
Proposed internal and external alterations at
Deveron House Cabrach Huntly Moray AB54 4HQ
Received 13 Jul 2018 - Decided18/00968/APP
Convert former agricultural shed to visitors centre [for Dorenell Windfarm] install new foul water system with ground soakaway and form parking area at
Nether Ardwell Lower Cabrach Huntly Moray AB54 4EL
Received 13 Jul 2018 - Decided18/00975/APP
Extension to ground floor and alterations to form habitable space in roof at
The Pines Lochnabo Lhanbryde Elgin Moray IV30 8LN
Received 16 Jul 2018 - Decided18/00979/APP
Sun lounge extension to rear of dwelling
2 Greenlaw Lane Buckie Moray AB56 1GA
Received 17 Jul 2018 - Decided18/00980/APP
Proposed extension to dwellinghouse at
Strathelen Craigellachie Aberlour Moray AB38 9SB
Received 17 Jul 2018 - Decided18/00981/APP
Erect two new treatment filter tanks and thereafter demolish and remove two existing treatment filter tanks at
Tomnavulin Distillery Tomnavoulin Ballindalloch Moray AB37 9JA
Received 17 Jul 2018 - Decided18/00982/APP
Change of use of residential home to hotel accommodation and form link extension to SkerryBrae Hotel at
Whinnybank Residential Care Home Stotfield Road Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6QS
Received 17 Jul 2018 - Decided18/00984/APP
Erect dwellinghouse
Plot A Altonside Elgin
Received 18 Jul 2018
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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