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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 dates7,072Searchable applications
229Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 6,068 approved or refused records
287Refused applications
5,781 approved · 287 refused · 549 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided19/00401/APP
Erect detached dwellinghouse and garage on
Site Adjacent To Lyne Of Ruthrie Ben Rinnes Edinvillie Aberlour
Received 11 Apr 2019 - Decided19/00403/APP
Change of use of industrial site to form storage yard and siting of thirty five storage containers on
Land Opposite No 12 Chanonry Road South Elgin Moray
Received 12 Apr 2019 - Decided19/00404/APP
Remove existing cedar shingles and replace with Tapco manmade slates at
52 Academy Street Elgin Moray IV30 1LR
Received 12 Apr 2019 - Unknown19/00405/APP
Amend house design approved under planning ref 11/01526/APP at
Wardend Neuk Birnie Moray
Received 12 Apr 2019 - Decided19/00406/PPP
Proposed single storey dwelling house and associated works on
Land Adjacent To No 31 Grampian Road Elgin Moray
Received 12 Apr 2019 - Decided19/00414/APP
Construct dwellinghouse partly within existing agricultural buildings at
Hillhall Craigellachie Aberlour Moray AB38 9SP
Received 16 Apr 2019 - Decided19/00415/APP
Erect detached garage and form hardstanding at
Cruach Aigen Balnagarrow Craigellachie Aberlour Moray AB38 9RL
Received 16 Apr 2019 - Decided19/00416/APP
Remix of affordable H-type flats on Plots 12-15 and 24-31 approved under planning ref 17/01468/APP
Highland Yards East Cathcart Street Buckie Moray
Received 16 Apr 2019 - Decided19/00417/APP
Extend existing garage at
New Alves Farmhouse Mosstowie Elgin Moray IV30 8XE
Received 16 Apr 2019 - Decided19/00420/PPP
Erect dwellinghouse on
Site Adjacent To Little Blervie Forres Moray
Received 16 Apr 2019 - Unknown19/00423/PPP
Erect dwellinghouse on
Site Adjacent Ot Easter Unthank Duffus Elgin Moray
Received 17 Apr 2019 - Decided19/00424/APP
Installation of robotic milking unit with associated underground slurry collection tank and re-cladding of existing shed gable at
Lower Mill Of Tynet Tynet Buckie Moray AB56 5HJ
Received 17 Apr 2019 - Decided19/00425/LBC
Installation of two number of refrigeration outdoor condensing units one to the rear (southeast) and one to the side (southwest) elevations at
58 - 60 South Street Elgin Moray IV30 1JZ
Received 17 Apr 2019 - Decided19/00426/APP
Installation of two number of refrigeration outdoor condensing units one to the rear (southeast) and one to the side (southwest) elevations at
58- 60 South Street Elgin Moray IV30 1JZ
Received 17 Apr 2019 - Decided19/00431/APP
Convert garage to family room and internal alterations at
6 Covesea Grove Elgin Moray IV30 4PP
Received 17 Apr 2019 - Decided19/00432/APP
Erect boundary wall to replace fence at side and rear of garden at
43 Glenlossie Drive Elgin Moray IV30 6YJ
Received 17 Apr 2019 - Decided19/00433/PNOT
Formation of access track at
Threapland Wood Lhanbryde Moray
Received 17 Apr 2019 - Decided19/00435/APP
Change of use of existing pasture to garden ground at
Pickylaw Hopeman Elgin Moray IV30 5YA
Received 18 Apr 2019 - Unknown19/00437/PPP
Renew planning consent 16/00313/PPP to dwellinghouse and associated works including change of use from amenity land to residential at
Land Adjacent To No 9 Birnie Crescent Elgin Moray
Received 18 Apr 2019 - Decided19/00438/APP
Erect dwellinghouse with associated works (revised house type) on
Plot 5 Lithe Lochan Longmorn Moray
Received 18 Apr 2019 - Decided19/00441/LAW
Certificate of lawful use to demolish conservatory and extension to rear garden at
56 St Andrews Road Lhanbryde Elgin Moray IV30 8PU
Received 19 Apr 2019 - Decided19/00442/APP
Alterations to dwelling house and formation of dormer window and balcony (amended application to 16/00658/APP)
The Old Toll High Street Rothes Aberlour Moray AB38 7AW
Received 19 Apr 2019 - Decided19/00443/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
35 Findhorn Forres Moray IV36 3YE
Received 19 Apr 2019 - Decided19/00444/ADV
Erect advance signboard at
Site Adjacent To Morar Rothes Moray
Received 19 Apr 2019
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsResearching a proposal in Moray
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.
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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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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