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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 dates7,063Searchable applications
229Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 6,059 approved or refused records
284Refused applications
5,775 approved · 284 refused · 549 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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
- Decided19/00353/LBC
Install 6 no. 150mm diameter cast iron vents to the north elevation of malt barn to provide ventilation to the wall cavity at
Benromach Distillery Invererne Road Forres Moray IV36 3EB
Received 2 Apr 2019 - Unknown19/00356/SCN
Proposed refurbishment works at
Kinloss Barracks Kinloss Forres Moray IV36 3UH
Received 2 Apr 2019 - Decided19/00357/APP
Proposed detached garage
85 Regent Street Keith Moray AB55 5ED
Received 3 Apr 2019 - Unknown19/00358/APP
Alterations and change of use of garage units (Class 6) to form workshops (Class 4) and installation of 2no electric car charging points at
Armstrong Garages Linksview Place Linksview Findhorn Moray
Received 3 Apr 2019 - Decided19/00359/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
11 Thornhill Crescent Forres Moray IV36 1LU
Received 3 Apr 2019 - Decided19/00360/APP
Retrospective planning for storage racking within the compound yard at
M K M Building Supplies Ltd The Wards Elgin Moray IV30 6AA
Received 3 Apr 2019 - Decided19/00365/APP
Change of use of ground floor office from Industrial (Class 5) to Pilates / Physiotherapy (Class 11) at
13 Greshop Road Forres Moray IV36 2GU
Received 4 Apr 2019 - Decided19/00366/APP
Alter garage to form living room and add bay window at
11 Bain Avenue Elgin Moray IV30 6GB
Received 4 Apr 2019 - Decided19/00367/APP
Upgrade of distillery facilities formation of new premium suite in existing warehouse and car parking spaces upgraded landscaping including new pedestrian circulation and external dramming area at
Cardhu Distillery Cardhu Aberlour Moray AB38 7RY
Received 4 Apr 2019 - Decided19/00368/APP
Retrospective planning for storage of building merchants bulk material and erection of security fence at
Former Cornmill Wards Road Elgin Moray
Received 4 Apr 2019 - Decided19/00369/APP
Extend dwellinghouse at
Kilmun Longhill Elgin Moray IV30 8LE
Received 4 Apr 2019 - Decided19/00370/APP
Change of use of adjoining ground to domestic curtilage and alter and extend dwellinghouse at
26 Forteath Avenue Elgin Moray IV30 1TF
Received 4 Apr 2019 - Decided19/00374/APP
Amend design approved under ref 05/02342/FUL for conversion of mill to dwellinghouse at
Urlarmore Steading Kirkmichael Ballindalloch Moray AB37 9HD
Received 5 Apr 2019 - Decided19/00377/APP
Erect dwellinghouse on
Land Adjacent To Wester Oldtown Roseisle Elgin Moray
Received 8 Apr 2019 - Decided19/00378/APP
Retrospective consent to remove existing garage and wooden shed and erected new sheds in each back corner of garden
41 Kirkton Place Elgin Moray IV30 6JR
Received 8 Apr 2019 - Decided19/00382/APP
Erect dwellinghouse garage/carport and site temporary caravan on
Plot 3 Chapel Hill Conrock Farm Rothes
Received 8 Apr 2019 - Unknown19/00386/APP
Residential development and associated infrastructure
R13 Hamilton Drive Elgin Moray
Received 9 Apr 2019 - Decided19/00387/APP
Erect dwellinghouse and out building with annexe accommodation and association works at
Fernie House Wester Buthill Roseisle Elgin Moray IV30 5YQ
Received 9 Apr 2019 - Decided19/00395/APP
Proposed replacement extension and internal alterations at
61 Fife Street Keith Moray AB55 5EG
Received 10 Apr 2019 - Decided19/00396/APP
Erect dwellinghouse with off street parking on
Plot 11 Archibald Grove Buckie Moray AB56 1GS
Received 10 Apr 2019 - Unknown19/00397/APP
Demolition of outbuilding and erection of new dwelling
Keam Schoolhouse Hopeman Elgin Moray IV30 5YB
Received 10 Apr 2019 - Decided19/00398/PPP
Erect dwelling house
Site At Lochhill Elgin Moray
Received 10 Apr 2019 - Unknown19/00399/PPP
Erect dwellinghouse on
Plot 2 The Paddock Tombain Aberlour Moray
Received 10 Apr 2019 - Decided19/00400/APP
Revise house design on planning consent ref 18/00922/APP to erect dwellinghouse on
Site 200M South West Of Bardonside Birnie Elgin Moray
Received 11 Apr 2019
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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