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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 dates7,115Searchable applications
229Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 6,103 approved or refused records
292Refused applications
5,811 approved · 292 refused · 551 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Unknown19/00766/APP
Change of use of hotel to 4no town houses at
Marine Hotel 4 Marine Place Buckie Moray AB56 1UT
Received 21 Jun 2019 - Unknown19/00767/APP
Erect replacement dwellinghouse and double garage at
Heatherlea Broom Of Moy Forres Moray IV36 2SR
Received 21 Jun 2019 - Decided19/00775/APP
Proposed garage conversion and conservatory extension
Torbeg 2 Maida Place Elgin Moray IV30 1LW
Received 25 Jun 2019 - Decided19/00776/APP
Erect shed to rear of
69 King Street Burghead Elgin Moray IV30 5XG
Received 25 Jun 2019 - Decided19/00777/APP
Revised house design approved under planning ref 14/01078/APP at
Conval Heights Ben Rinnes Drive Tomnabent Aberlour Moray
Received 25 Jun 2019 - Decided19/00779/LBC
Repairs to sheet piles on the South Pier install protection to bearing piles on the North Pier Jetty concrete infill repairs to the North Pier and concrete infill to cavities below the water line on the South Pier at
Burghead Harbour Burghead Moray
Received 26 Jun 2019 - Decided19/00780/ADV
Erect illuminated signage at
1 Cluny Square Buckie Moray AB56 1AH
Received 26 Jun 2019 - Decided19/00782/APP
Change of use of steading to holiday let accommodation at
Nether Tomlea Craigellachie Aberlour Moray AB38 9SJ
Received 26 Jun 2019 - Decided19/00784/PPP
Erect dwellinghouse on
Site Adjacent To Seascape Gallowhill Hopeman Moray
Received 27 Jun 2019 - Decided19/00785/PNOT
Formation of forestry track at
Site At Rothes Estate Rothes Moray
Received 27 Jun 2019 - Decided19/00786/PPP
Extend planning consent 16/00681/APP (original application ref 03/00726/OUT) for dwellinghouse septic tank/soak-away at
Plot 6 Carron Sawmill Carron Moray
Received 27 Jun 2019 - Decided19/00787/APP
Change of use of vacant ground to garden ground at
Land Adjacent To 32 Burnbank Fochabers Moray
Received 27 Jun 2019 - Decided19/00788/APP
Proposed site access at approved site 18/01415/PPP at
Croft Of Clunehill Deskford Moray
Received 28 Jun 2019 - Decided19/00790/APP
Erect a dwellinghouse on
Plot 1 Lower Woodside Elgin Moray IV30 8BW
Received 28 Jun 2019 - Decided19/00792/APP
New section of dormer wall and roof between existing dormers at
45 Seatown Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6JJ
Received 1 Jul 2019 - Decided19/00793/APP
Change of use from a hairdresser to a cafe at
8 Queen Street Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6NU
Received 1 Jul 2019 - Decided19/00794/APP
Section 42 Application to vary condition 3 of Planning Permissions 03/01749/FUL (P/PP/75/96/GE/46) 05/02364/FUL 06/02174/FUL and 10/01154/APP to allow the sale of food and drink at
Unit 3 Elgin Retail Park Edgar Road Elgin Moray IV30 6RP
Received 1 Jul 2019 - Decided19/00796/APP
Erect dwellinghouse on
Rear Garden Site At 68 High Street Fochabers Moray IV32 7DH
Received 1 Jul 2019 - Decided19/00800/APP
Plot substitution (approved under ref 08/02766/FUL) to change from private to affordable house types on
Plots 142 - 149 Spynie Elgin Moray
Received 2 Jul 2019 - Decided19/00801/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse and erect replacement garage at
The Brae Dunbar Street Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6AL
Received 2 Jul 2019 - Decided19/00802/PPP
Erect dwellinghouse on
Site Adjacent To Red Roofs Crossroads Grange Keith Moray
Received 2 Jul 2019 - Unknown19/00803/APP
Erect dwellinghouse on
Site To Rear Of Gleannah Dunbar Street Lossiemouth Moray
Received 2 Jul 2019 - Decided19/00805/APP
Renew planning consent 16/01221/APP to convert bothy to single storey dwellinghouse at
Rowan Cottage Bothy Glenlivet Ballindalloch Moray
Received 2 Jul 2019 - Decided19/00808/APP
Renovate extend existing derelict dwellinghouse at
Haughs Keith Moray AB55 6QN
Received 3 Jul 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.
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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