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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 dates7,008Searchable applications
229Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 6,013 approved or refused records
282Refused applications
5,731 approved · 282 refused · 544 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided18/01494/LBC
Alterations to listed wall including partial demolition and re-instatement to allow road realignment at
Walls Gatepiers And Gates Linkwood House Linkwood Road Elgin Moray
Received 26 Nov 2018 - Unknown18/01495/PPP
Proposed single dwelling house and garage on
Site Within Grounds Of Hillwood Carron Aberlour Moray
Received 26 Nov 2018 - Decided18/01497/APP
Revised residential development and associated infrastructure at
R6 Banff Road North Banff Road Keith Moray
Received 26 Nov 2018 - Decided18/01506/APP
Erect replacement extension at
29 Nicol Street Elgin Moray IV30 6BU
Received 26 Nov 2018 - Decided18/01507/APP
Proposed alterations and extension to Pharmacy at
3 Union Street Portknockie Buckie Moray AB56 4LF
Received 27 Nov 2018 - Decided18/01508/ADV
Proposed new entrance sign comprising of individual illuminated letters fitted at entrance way to
Strathcona House Forres Enterprise Park Forres Moray IV36 2QS
Received 27 Nov 2018 - Decided18/01509/APP
Erect dwellinghouse on
Site 600M East Of Locherbain Carron Aberlour Moray
Received 27 Nov 2018 - Decided18/01510/PPP
Erect dwellinghouse on
Site 300M SW Of Pitcraigie Steading Glen Of Rothes Rothes Moray
Received 27 Nov 2018 - Decided18/01511/PPP
Erect dwellinghouse on
Site At Glen Of Rothes Fishery Glen Of Rothes Rothes Moray
Received 27 Nov 2018 - Decided18/01514/APP
Revise site boundary on Plot 2 of planning consent ref: 14/00494/APP at
Hilton Side Drybridge Buckie Moray
Received 28 Nov 2018 - Decided18/01515/APP
Erect dwellinghouse and stand alone garage/workshop/studio on
Site At Shanti Lea Rafford Forres Moray IV36 2SL
Received 28 Nov 2018 - Decided18/01516/APP
Erect farm building to be used for housing and exercising animals and storing machinery and fodder at
The Stables Mulben Keith Moray AB55 6YX
Received 28 Nov 2018 - Decided18/01517/APP
Alterations and repairs to building including new replacement roof system
Clydesdale Bank Plc 151 High Street Elgin Moray IV30 1DS
Received 28 Nov 2018 - Decided18/01518/APP
Erect dwellinghouse with ancillary studio on
Plot 2A Heathneuk Findhorn Forres Moray
Received 29 Nov 2018 - Decided18/01519/LBC
Replacing existing internal entrance door at
11 Seafield Place Cullen Buckie Moray AB56 4TE
Received 29 Nov 2018 - Unknown18/01525/APP
Refurbish and extend house at
Broadrashes East Keith Moray
Received 30 Nov 2018 - Unknown18/01526/APP
Refurbish and extend existing house property
Broadrashes West Keith Moray
Received 30 Nov 2018 - Decided18/01527/APP
Conversion of garage into mortuary workshop and storage and construct 3no bay garage block at
W G Catto Funeral Directors Linkwood Road Elgin Moray IV30 6RE
Received 30 Nov 2018 - Decided18/01528/PPP
Erect dwellinghouse on
Site Adjacent To Faibhile Pluscarden Elgin Moray
Received 30 Nov 2018 - Unknown18/01529/APP
Alterations and change of use from office premises to domestic flats at
126 High Street Elgin Moray IV30 1BW
Received 30 Nov 2018 - Unknown18/01530/PPP
Erect dwellinghouse on
Site At Wood Of Buchromb Craigellachie Moray
Received 30 Nov 2018 - Decided18/01533/PPP
Proposed 2no detached dwellinghouses on
Site At Rosebrae Farm Clackmarras Elgin Moray
Received 3 Dec 2018 - Decided18/01534/APP
Vary condition 2 of planning approval 10/00270/APP with the additional of a sun lounge to the approved plans on
Site Adjacent To New Cottage Lettoch Dufftown Moray
Received 3 Dec 2018 - Decided18/01535/APP
Retrospective consent to erect a flagpole max height 565cm at
62 South Street Fochabers Moray IV32 7EF
Received 3 Dec 2018
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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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