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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
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Moray. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
5,736 approved · 283 refused · 546 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
94 High Street Elgin Moray IV30 1BJ
Received 13 Dec 201818 Park Road Lhanbryde Elgin Moray IV30 8PJ
Received 13 Dec 2018The Golden Pheasant North Street Bishopmill Elgin Moray IV30 4EF
Received 13 Dec 20183 York Street Dufftown Keith Moray AB55 4AJ
Received 13 Dec 2018Site Adjacent To New Alves Farmhouse Mosstowie Elgin Moray
Received 14 Dec 2018Lindisfarne Cardhu Aberlour Moray AB38 7RY
Received 14 Dec 20181 Dallas Dhu Cottages Forres Moray IV36 2RR
Received 14 Dec 20183A Cumming Street Forres Moray IV36 1NS
Received 14 Dec 2018Land Adjacent To The Willows Rafford Moray
Received 14 Dec 20183 Newton Of Struthers Cottages Kinloss Forres Moray IV36 2UD
Received 17 Dec 20183A Cumming Street Forres Moray IV36 1NS
Received 17 Dec 2018Site Adjacent To New Alves Farmhouse Mosstowie Elgin Moray
Received 17 Dec 2018Clash Gour Wind Farm
Received 17 Dec 2018Site Adjacent To Loch View Birnie Moray
Received 17 Dec 2018The Land At Barley Mill Dyke By Brodie
Received 18 Dec 2018Church Hopeman Road Duffus Elgin Moray IV30 5RR
Received 19 Dec 2018Annandale 34 McIntosh Drive Elgin Moray IV30 6AW
Received 19 Dec 2018Church Hopeman Road Duffus Elgin Moray IV30 5RR
Received 19 Dec 2018Plot 12 Archibald Grove Buckie Moray
Received 19 Dec 2018Castleton Of Blairfindy Glenlivet Ballindalloch Moray
Received 19 Dec 2018Elgin South LDP2015 Long 2 Elgin Moray
Received 20 Dec 2018Units 1 And 2 Arndilly Steadings Arndilly Farm Craigellachie AB38 9QS
Received 20 Dec 2018Plot 4 East Development Site Chanonry Road South Elgin Moray
Received 21 Dec 2018The Pines Gedloch Longmorn Elgin Moray IV30 8SN
Received 21 Dec 2018Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart 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.
Planning procedures in Scotland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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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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