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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.
5,789 approved · 287 refused · 550 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ivybank Bridge Street Elgin Moray IV30 4DE
Received 7 May 2019Ivybank Bridge Street Elgin Moray IV30 4DE
Received 7 May 2019Blackmyre Farm Dallas Forres Moray IV36 2RZ
Received 8 May 2019Greenacres Elgin Moray IV30 8XW
Received 8 May 2019Site Adjacent To Hill Of Towie Windfarm Keith Moray
Received 9 May 2019Dailuaine Dark Grains Plant Carron Aberlour Moray AB38 7RE
Received 6 May 2019Marine Park Marine Court Lossiemouth Moray
Received 10 May 2019Muckleburn Neuk Oldmills Fochabers Moray IV32 7HH
Received 10 May 2019Brockville 10 Culbard Street Elgin Moray IV30 1JT
Received 10 May 2019Playpark Bain Avenue Elgin Moray
Received 13 May 2019Feddan Farm Forres Moray IV36 2TD
Received 13 May 2019Meadowview Inverugie Road Hopeman Elgin Moray IV30 5SX
Received 13 May 2019Linkwood Steading Linkwood Road Elgin Moray
Received 13 May 2019Rothes House Manse Brae Rothes Aberlour Moray AB38 7AF
Received 13 May 2019Rothes House Manse Brae Rothes Aberlour Moray AB38 7AF
Received 13 May 201932 South Street Elgin Moray IV30 1JX
Received 13 May 2019Clearwaters Pitgaveny Road Elgin Moray IV30 4JG
Received 13 May 201939 Fife Street Keith Moray AB55 5EG
Received 13 May 2019Nether Tomlea Craigellachie Aberlour Moray AB38 9SJ
Received 13 May 2019Gig House And Stable The Moorings High Street Garmouth Moray
Received 14 May 2019Gig House And Stable The Moorings High Street Garmouth Moray
Received 14 May 20191 And 2 Craibstone Farm Cottages Deskford Buckie Moray AB56 5UP
Received 14 May 2019Site At Wardend Birnie Elgin Moray
Received 15 May 2019Site At 51 Nelson Terrace Keith Moray
Received 15 May 2019Records 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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