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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 dates6,991Searchable applications
229Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,998 approved or refused records
282Refused applications
5,716 approved · 282 refused · 543 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided18/01414/APP
Realignment of the entrance construct of a new boundary/entrance wall and provision for future parking bays to formalise parking for the offices and operations on site at
Longmorn Distillery Longmorn Elgin Moray IV30 8SJ
Received 2 Nov 2018 - Decided18/01415/PPP
Demolish derelict croft and erection of replacement dwellinghouse at
Croft Of Clunehill Deskford Moray
Received 2 Nov 2018 - Decided18/01417/APP
Erect dwellinghouse with integral garage on
Plot 1A Smith Drive Elgin Moray IV30 4NE
Received 2 Nov 2018 - Decided18/01418/APP
Infill of covered area to form DIning Room and internal alterations
43 Wittet Drive Elgin Moray IV30 1TB
Received 5 Nov 2018 - Decided18/01419/APP
Installation of 1 replacement window and 5 secondary glazing units at
18 Admiralty Street Portknockie Buckie Moray AB56 4NB
Received 5 Nov 2018 - Decided18/01420/LBC
Installation of 1 replacement window and 5 secondary glazing units at
18 Admiralty Street Portknockie Buckie Moray AB56 4NB
Received 5 Nov 2018 - Unknown18/01421/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
1 Gordon Street New Elgin Elgin Moray IV30 6DA
Received 5 Nov 2018 - Decided18/01422/APP
Change of use from amenity ground to garden ground and erect fence at
33 Mar Place Keith Moray AB55 5DG
Received 5 Nov 2018 - Decided18/01423/PNOT
Erect a shed at
Wood Of Rinnachat Aberlour AB38 9NR
Received 5 Nov 2018 - Decided18/01424/LBC
Retrospective consent to convert existing study to bathroom on the ground floor atExisting WC and WHB to be disconnected and removed from site. Existing drainage and water supplied to be sealed and blanked off.
1 Duff Avenue Elgin Moray IV30 1QS
Received 6 Nov 2018 - Decided18/01425/APP
Retrospective consent to convert existing study to bathroom on the ground floor at
1 Duff Avenue Elgin Moray IV30 1QS
Received 6 Nov 2018 - Unknown18/01430/SCN
Erection of 135m high turbine on
Land At Sandyhillock Craigellachie Moray
Received 2 Nov 2018 - Decided18/01431/APP
Partially demolish remains of dwellinghouse and erect dwellinghouse on
Derelict Site At 11 Duke Street Findochty Moray
Received 7 Nov 2018 - Unknown18/01432/CON
Partial demolition of dwellinghouse at
Derelict Site At 11 Duke Street Findochty Moray
Received 7 Nov 2018 - Decided18/01434/APP
Extend house at
The Sheans Lodge Road Hopeman Elgin Moray IV30 5TH
Received 8 Nov 2018 - Decided18/01437/APP
Extend dwellinghouse at
45 Glenlossie Drive Elgin Moray IV30 6YJ
Received 8 Nov 2018 - Decided18/01438/APP
Erect 3no dwellinghouses at
57 Main Street Tomintoul Ballindalloch Moray AB37 9HA
Received 8 Nov 2018 - Decided18/01441/APP
Site mobile home for temporary period of 3 years (in association with Falconry at Tam Ma Moin) on
Plot 2 Tam Na Moin Dallas Moray
Received 8 Nov 2018 - Decided18/01443/APP
Form new door access from car park at
15 Greyfriars Street Elgin Moray IV30 1LF
Received 8 Nov 2018 - Unknown18/01444/APP
Erect dwellinghouse on
Land Adjacent To Wester Oldtown Roseisle Elgin Moray
Received 9 Nov 2018 - Decided18/01445/APP
Erect dwellinghouse on site of former agricultural building at
Easter Coltfield Alves Moray
Received 9 Nov 2018 - Decided18/01446/APP
Erect 1 1/2 storey dwelling on
Plot 31 Highfield Gardens Steinbeck Road Buckie Moray AB56 1DW
Received 9 Nov 2018 - Decided18/01447/APP
Erection of new dwellinghouse and garage on
Site Adjacent To Tomneen Archiestown Moray
Received 9 Nov 2018 - Decided18/01448/APP
Alterations to building to form 2 dwelling units at
147 Seatown Cullen Buckie Moray AB56 4SL
Received 9 Nov 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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