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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 dates7,096Searchable applications
229Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 6,087 approved or refused records
289Refused applications
5,798 approved · 289 refused · 550 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Conservation areas18 mapped area records
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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
- Decided19/00566/APP
Alterations to form new door and window openings at
8 Jockies Loan Garmouth Fochabers Moray IV32 7ND
Received 15 May 2019 - Decided19/00567/APP
Proposed new vehicular access bridge permanent retention of temporary access track and minor extension to the treatment works site to house two new storage tanks with new kiosks and inlet screen at
Scottish Water Waste Water Treatment Works Bogton Road Forres Moray IV36 1BH
Received 15 May 2019 - Decided19/00568/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
89 Clifton Road Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6DP
Received 15 May 2019 - Decided19/00569/PPP
Erect dwellinghouse on
Site 130M Southeast Of Wester Herrick Keith Moray
Received 15 May 2019 - Decided19/00570/PPP
Erect dwellinghouse on
Site Adjacent To Herrockside Keith Moray
Received 15 May 2019 - Decided19/00571/APP
Extend dwellinghouse to include retrospective permission for splitting existing building into 2 dwellinghouses at
Forbes House High Street Forres Moray IV36 1BU
Received 15 May 2019 - Decided19/00572/LBC
Erect rear extension at
Monair 83 High Street Fochabers Moray IV32 7DH
Received 15 May 2019 - Decided19/00573/APP
Proposed extension to rear of
Monair 83 High Street Fochabers Moray IV32 7DH
Received 15 May 2019 - Decided19/00574/LBC
Fit replacement timber windows and retrospective consent for solar roof panels at
13 Admiralty Street Portknockie Buckie Moray AB56 4NB
Received 15 May 2019 - Decided19/00575/APP
Fit replacement timber windows and retrospective consent for solar roof panels at
13 Admiralty Street Portknockie Buckie Moray AB56 4NB
Received 15 May 2019 - Decided19/00576/APP
Proposed replacement dwellinghouse at
Netherton Farm Keith Moray AB55 5PE
Received 16 May 2019 - Decided19/00581/APP
Replacement roof finish from slate to pantiles at
236 Seatown Cullen Buckie Moray AB56 4SN
Received 20 May 2019 - Decided19/00582/LBC
Replace existing slates over kitchen with pantiles
236 Seatown Cullen Buckie Moray AB56 4SN
Received 20 May 2019 - Decided19/00583/APP
Change of use of area of amenity land to form access the community bus at
Seaview Place Portknockie Moray
Received 20 May 2019 - Decided19/00584/PNOT
Erect agricultural store at
The Rowans Craigellachie Aberlour Moray AB38 9SQ
Received 20 May 2019 - Decided19/00585/APP
Revise site boundaries and house design approved under ref 14/02166/APP on
Site Adjacent To Westbrae Ardivot Lossiemouth Moray
Received 20 May 2019 - Decided19/00586/ADV
Retrospective consent to erect sign board in
Field By A96 East Of Keith Moray
Received 20 May 2019 - Decided19/00587/APP
Sub-division of plot and conversion of garage with extension to form dwelling at
37 The Muir Bogmoor Fochabers Moray IV32 7PN
Received 20 May 2019 - Decided19/00588/APP
Proposed attic conversion at
7 Nicol Street Elgin Moray IV30 6BU
Received 20 May 2019 - Decided19/00595/APP
Erect new security fence at
13 - 19 High Street Aberlour Moray AB38 9QL
Received 21 May 2019 - Decided19/00596/APP
Proposed replacement extension to rear of detached cottage at
Upper Torehead Cottage Pluscarden Elgin Moray IV30 8TZ
Received 21 May 2019 - Unknown19/00597/APP
Erect 2no industrial units on
Site Adjacent To No 33 Grampian Road Elgin Moray
Received 21 May 2019 - Decided19/00600/APP
Amend design and layout of house approved under application 15/02110/APP to form 1 residential apartment and 3 holiday apartments
Site At Greenfields Bogton Farm Lhanbryde Moray
Received 22 May 2019 - Decided19/00605/APP
Internal alterations new service installations reinstatement of external belcote ad associated landscaping works at
Auld Kirk Cullen Buckie Moray AB56 4XW
Received 22 May 2019
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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