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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 dates7,081Searchable applications
229Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 6,074 approved or refused records
287Refused applications
5,787 approved · 287 refused · 549 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided19/00486/APP
Retrospective application to continue use of site for vehicle storage (class 6) and car sales and wash bay on a permanent basis and temporary consent for the continued siting and use of the portable buildings as a sales office at
Hawco The Wards Elgin Moray IV30 6AA
Received 1 May 2019 - Decided19/00487/APP
Retrospective consent to increase height of west facing elevation from 2.7m to 3.12m at
4 Mackenzie Drive Forres Moray IV36 2JP
Received 1 May 2019 - Decided19/00488/APP
Erect dwellinghouse and detached garage/workshop on
Land East Of Distillery Cottages Glenallachie Aberlour Moray
Received 1 May 2019 - Decided19/00489/APP
Erection of milk vending machine at
Lower Mill Of Tynet Tynet Buckie Moray AB56 5HJ
Received 1 May 2019 - Decided19/00490/APP
Refurbishment of existing shopfront including installation of new aluminium fascia panel and new installation of an ATM to replace the existing atNew glazing to be installed to align with new ATM/aperture along with a new vinyl film being applied to section of glazing where existing post box is located
94 High Street Elgin Moray IV30 1BJ
Received 1 May 2019 - Unknown19/00491/APP
Erect a single storey side extension at
6 Forestry Cottages Elgin Moray IV30 8XP
Received 1 May 2019 - Decided19/00493/APP
Alterations to dwellinghouse at
Millburn Cottage Keith Moray AB55 6LA
Received 1 May 2019 - Decided19/00498/APP
Proposed house extension
The Laggan 67 Union Street Keith Moray AB55 5DP
Received 2 May 2019 - Decided19/00499/APP
Extend dwellinghouse at
Kinkell 47 Highfield Road Buckie Moray AB56 1BG
Received 2 May 2019 - Decided19/00500/APP
Alter and extends existing dwellinghouse at
Cherry Trees Lein Road Kingston Fochabers Moray IV32 7NW
Received 2 May 2019 - Decided19/00501/APP
Partial change of use from steading building to micro distillery at
Corglass Farm Blacksboat Ballindalloch Moray AB37 9BS
Received 2 May 2019 - Decided19/00502/APP
Remove existing flat roof and replace with new pitched roof at
22 Milnefield Avenue Elgin Moray IV30 6EL
Received 2 May 2019 - Decided19/00503/APP
Downtake and remove existing extension shed and garage and erect new extension and alterations to dwellinghouse at
5 North Deskford Street Cullen Buckie Moray AB56 4XH
Received 2 May 2019 - Decided19/00504/APP
Extension to the rear of
12 Bruce Avenue Buckie Moray AB56 1NN
Received 2 May 2019 - Decided19/00511/APP
Erect detached garage at
Skara 11 Petrie Crescent Elgin Moray IV30 1PE
Received 3 May 2019 - Decided19/00512/APP
Proposed front velux roof window new dormer and new door and window openings to rear and demolition of redundant chimney at
13 Union Street Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6BA
Received 3 May 2019 - Decided19/00513/APP
Erect dwellinghouses with off street parking on
Plots 45 - 48 St John Ogilvie Way Keith Moray AB55 5LA
Received 3 May 2019 - Decided19/00514/APP
Remove conservatory replace PVC windows with stepped sash timber windows extend day room and new Roof windows at
Easter Califer Forres Moray IV36 2RN
Received 3 May 2019 - Decided19/00517/APP
Partial remix of existing consent (ref: 10/01267/APP) to provide 46 affordable homes on Phase 2 and 3 on
R1 Stynie Road Mosstodloch Moray
Received 6 May 2019 - Decided19/00518/APP
Installation of replacement windows and door
49 Yardie Buckie Moray AB56 1XJ
Received 6 May 2019 - Decided19/00519/APP
Erect domestic garage on
Site 380M West Of Birkenbaud Cottage Birnie Moray
Received 6 May 2019 - Decided19/00520/APP
Provision of drop-off car parking for the Nursery at
Moray College Moray Street Elgin Moray IV30 1JJ
Received 6 May 2019 - Decided19/00521/APP
Proposed change of use of former beer garden (part of) to residential garden and siting of a summer house at
32 South Road Garmouth Fochabers Moray IV32 7LU
Received 6 May 2019 - Decided19/00525/APP
Change of use of land to equestrian use and erect 3no timber buildings on concrete slab on
Land At Northcott Bracobrae Grange Keith Moray AB55 6TP
Received 6 May 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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