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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 dates7,121Searchable applications
229Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 6,109 approved or refused records
294Refused applications
5,815 approved · 294 refused · 551 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided19/00861/APP
Erect dwellinghouse and workshop on
Site At Meikle Cantly Grange Keith AB55 6LJ
Received 15 Jul 2019 - Decided19/00862/APP
Extend house at
2 Elmfield Road Elgin Moray IV30 6HQ
Received 16 Jul 2019 - Unknown19/00865/APP
Erect domestic garage at
Isla Neuk Keith Moray AB55 5QH
Received 16 Jul 2019 - Unknown19/00875/PAMAST
Installation of Arqiva 12 streetworks pole 1no 1.5m OMNI at 13.5m mounted on pole 1no GPS antenna at 12.3m mounted on pole 1no 3G Omni antenna at 11.6m mounted on pole smart metering enclosure mounted on new concrete plinth and meter pillar mounted on new concrete plinth on
Site Adjacent To 1 Riddoch Court Rothiemay Moray
Received 17 Jul 2019 - Decided19/00883/APP
Replacement of timber windows to front and rear roof dormers with PVCu windows at
134 Mid Street Keith Moray AB55 5BJ
Received 19 Jul 2019 - Decided19/00884/APP
Change of use from care home back to residential dwelling at
Maybank St Catherines Road Forres Moray IV36 1LL
Received 19 Jul 2019 - Decided19/00885/APP
Proposed garage conversion at
17 Fife Avenue Keith Moray AB55 5FY
Received 19 Jul 2019 - Decided19/00886/APP
Erect dwellinghouse and detached garage on
Site At West Hilton Drybridge Buckie Moray
Received 19 Jul 2019 - Decided19/00887/LBC
Replacement windows and doors
16 Mid Street Findochty Buckie Moray AB56 4QU
Received 22 Jul 2019 - Decided19/00888/APP
New and replacement roof windows ridge light flue pipe and internal alterations at
5 Sterlochy Street Findochty Buckie Moray AB56 4PQ
Received 22 Jul 2019 - Decided19/00889/LBC
Removal of internal load bearing wall and replacement of main entrance door and replacement extension at
79 Seatown Cullen Buckie Moray AB56 4SL
Received 22 Jul 2019 - Decided19/00890/APP
Removal of internal load bearing wall and replacement of main entrance door and replacement extension at
79 Seatown Cullen Buckie Moray AB56 4SL
Received 22 Jul 2019 - Decided19/00892/APP
Erect garage extension at
6 Dyce Crescent Findochty Buckie Moray AB56 4QH
Received 22 Jul 2019 - Decided19/00894/APP
Alter and extend dwelling house at
50 Macduff Street Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6ER
Received 22 Jul 2019 - Decided19/00895/APP
Erect single storey extension at
3 Hillview Place Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6RR
Received 22 Jul 2019 - Decided19/00897/APP
Construction of a single storey sun lounge extension at
Pittendreich Barn Pluscarden Road Elgin Moray IV30 8TE
Received 23 Jul 2019 - Decided19/00898/LAW
Proposed double garage at
11 Hamilton Crescent Elgin Moray IV30 4NW
Received 23 Jul 2019 - Decided19/00899/APP
Erection of 4No new whisky storage warehouses with associated drainage and access retrospective permission to change a previously approved warehouse to a filling store (inclusive of welfare facilities) amend the previously approved drainage scheme details for the existing warehouses (Condition 9 of 17/00339/APP) and altered parking arrangements.
Tamdhu Distillery Knockando Aberlour Moray AB38 7RP
Received 23 Jul 2019 - Decided19/00900/APP
Erection of building for Pre-school educational sessions at
Brodieshill Farmhouse Forres Moray IV36 2QU
Received 23 Jul 2019 - Decided19/00901/APP
Removal of part former chimney and form door/side light in new opening at
1 Burnside Street Findochty Buckie Moray AB56 4QW
Received 23 Jul 2019 - Decided19/00902/LBC
Removal of part former chimney and form door/side light in new opening at
1 Burnside Street Findochty Buckie Moray AB56 4QW
Received 23 Jul 2019 - Decided19/00907/APP
Erect dwellinghouse with parking for two vehicles on
Site Adjacent To Moray Park Findhorn Road Forres Moray
Received 24 Jul 2019 - Decided19/00908/APP
Erect a temporary meteorological mast for the purpose of measuring wind data at
Lurg Hill Deskford Moray
Received 24 Jul 2019 - Decided19/00914/APP
Alter and extend house at
3 Duthie Place Buckie Moray AB56 1PY
Received 25 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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