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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.
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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 dates7,098Searchable applications
229Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 6,088 approved or refused records
290Refused applications
5,798 approved · 290 refused · 550 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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
- Decided19/00606/LBC
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 - Decided19/00607/LBC
Retrospective consent to dismantle belcote tower at
Auld Kirk Cullen Buckie Moray AB56 4XW
Received 22 May 2019 - Decided19/00608/PNOT
Erect agricultural building at
Belnagarrow Craigellachie Aberlour Moray AB38 9RL
Received 23 May 2019 - Decided19/00610/APP
Replace timber garage with blockwork garage at
11 Seafield Street Findochty Buckie Moray AB56 4QY
Received 23 May 2019 - Decided19/00614/APP
Erect 2 dwellinghouses with attached garages on
Site To The Rear Of No 2 Chapel Street Keith Moray
Received 24 May 2019 - Decided19/00615/APP
Erect student residences (6 flats with total of 42 bed spaces), with associated parking and landscaping at
Knockomie Braes Forres Moray
Received 24 May 2019 - Decided19/00617/APP
Proposed garage at
Taigh Sa Choille Maisley Keith Moray AB55 5QH
Received 24 May 2019 - Decided19/00619/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
33 Main Street Elgin Moray IV30 6BH
Received 24 May 2019 - Unknown19/00621/APP
Erect 11 dwelling including affordable houses formation of Community Woodland and related pedestrian /Cycle pathways on
Site To Rear Of Ewing Crescent Buckie Moray
Received 27 May 2019 - Unknown19/00622/PPP
Replacement cottage with new access and drainage at
Aldernie Maggieknockater Craigellachie Aberlour Moray AB38 9RA
Received 27 May 2019 - Decided19/00625/APP
Erect single storey extension at
Greens Of Coxton Cottage Elgin Moray IV30 8QW
Received 27 May 2019 - Decided19/00627/APP
Erect extension with internal alterations at
Poplar Bank Lochiepots Road Miltonduff Elgin Moray IV30 8WL
Received 27 May 2019 - Decided19/00628/APP
Erect fence to rear garden fence increasing height from form 1m to 2 metre at
2 Wards Court Elgin Moray IV30 1UW
Received 27 May 2019 - Decided19/00631/PNOT
Erect agricultural building on
Land Adjacent To Lochinver Quarry Miltonduff Moray
Received 28 May 2019 - Decided19/00632/APP
Extend existing building to form forklift store at
Tomintoul Distillery Kirkmichael Ballindalloch Moray AB37 9AQ
Received 28 May 2019 - Decided19/00635/APP
Take down rear garage and construct single story extension and site oil tank in back garden at
18 Findhorn Forres Moray IV36 3YE
Received 29 May 2019 - Decided19/00636/APP
Alter and extend to form sun lounge at
9 Glamis Place Elgin Moray IV30 8UJ
Received 29 May 2019 - Decided19/00637/APP
Erect dwellinghouse
Site Within Garden Ground Of The Shieling Clochan Buckie Moray AB56 5HX
Received 29 May 2019 - Decided19/00639/APP
Connect two maisonettes to form one dwelling
17 Harbour Street And 35 Farquhar Street Hopeman Elgin Moray IV30 5SJ
Received 30 May 2019 - Decided19/00640/APP
Demolish agricultural building and erect an agricultural general purpose store at
Upper Meft Farm Elgin Moray IV30 8NH
Received 30 May 2019 - Decided19/00641/APP
Upgrade existing conservatory to sunroom by replacing roof and glazed sections
Lindean Alexandra Terrace Forres Moray IV36 1DL
Received 30 May 2019 - Decided19/00642/APP
Erection of a single storey timber granny annexe for ancillary use to the main dwelling
Hillpark Clochan Buckie Moray AB56 5HX
Received 30 May 2019 - Decided19/00646/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
15 Anderson Crescent Bishopmill Elgin Moray IV30 4HJ
Received 30 May 2019 - Decided19/00652/APP
Demolish office building and erect 10 flats (in two blocks) at
Moray Housing Partnership Clifton Road Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6DJ
Received 31 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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