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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 dates7,135Searchable applications
229Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 6,122 approved or refused records
294Refused applications
5,828 approved · 294 refused · 551 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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
- Decided19/00915/APP
Installation of new self-contained reinforced concrete spirit bund at
Glenmoray Distillery Bruceland Road Elgin Moray IV30 1YE
Received 25 Jul 2019 - Decided19/00917/PPP
Erect one and a half storey dwellinghouse on
Plot 2 Site Adjacent To 98 Pluscarden Road Elgin Moray
Received 25 Jul 2019 - Decided19/00919/HAZ
Application for Hazardous Substance consent for
Portgordon Maltings Buckie Moray AB56 5BU
Received 24 Jul 2019 - Unknown19/00920/APP
Erection of 2 holiday chalets for tourist accommodation on
Land Adjacent To Tomlea Craigellachie Aberlour Moray
Received 26 Jul 2019 - Decided19/00921/MIN
Develop a hard rock quarry and mineral processing area and formation of screening bunds along the northern boundary at
Rosarie Quarry Keith Moray
Received 26 Jul 2019 - Unknown19/00922/MIN
Establish a sand and gravel quarry on
Land 230M South Of Wester Marchfield Lhanbryde Moray
Received 26 Jul 2019 - Decided19/00923/APP
Replace existing warehouse 15-17 with new warehouse
Glenfiddich Distillery Castle Road Dufftown Keith Moray AB55 4DH
Received 26 Jul 2019 - Decided19/00931/APP
Change of use from agricultural field to barrel storage
Speyside Cooperage Ltd Craigellachie Aberlour Moray AB38 9RS
Received 29 Jul 2019 - Decided19/00932/ADV
Erect illuminated signs at
Plot 3B Barmuckity Business Park Elgin Moray IV30 8AZ
Received 29 Jul 2019 - Decided19/00933/APP
Replace static caravan with timber building for animal feed sales business at
Toll House Auchinhove Grange Keith Moray AB55 6LH
Received 29 Jul 2019 - Decided19/00936/APP
Erection of a 21 bed single storey extension to the side of the existing nursing home at
Grove Residential Home Elgin Moray IV30 8TE
Received 30 Jul 2019 - Decided19/00938/APP
Erect sun lounge at
21 Croft Road Forres Moray IV36 3JS
Received 30 Jul 2019 - Decided19/00940/APP
Erection of a new 2.4m security fence at the rear of
Gordon And MacPhail Borough Briggs Road Elgin Moray IV30 1AP
Received 31 Jul 2019 - Decided19/00941/APP
Change of use from office to shop and dwellinghouse at
14 East Church Street Buckie Moray AB56 1AE
Received 31 Jul 2019 - Decided19/00944/APP
Change of use of workshop office and stores to dwellinghouse and site temporary caravan during construction at
Horsa Hut Site Drummuir Moray
Received 31 Jul 2019 - Decided19/00947/APP
Erect a 11kv switchroom and provide temporary site welfare and storage facilities at
Electricity Sub Station Ashgrove Road Elgin Moray
Received 1 Aug 2019 - Decided19/00948/APP
Install water bottle refill station at
Outside 159 High Street Plainstones High Street Elgin Moray
Received 1 Aug 2019 - Decided19/00949/APP
Retrospective consent to replace wooden door and double glazed window with white upvc door and window to rear of house at
4 Church Street Portknockie Buckie Moray AB56 4LN
Received 1 Aug 2019 - Decided19/00950/ADV
Erect fascia sign projecting sign item 4 - 9 and non illuminated car park signage at
Tennant Arms 15 St Andrews Road Lhanbryde Elgin Moray IV30 8NZ
Received 1 Aug 2019 - Decided19/00951/APP
Subsitute Logie house types for Nethy house types on plots 61 and 77 (as per 16/00620/APP)
Site R11 LDP2015 Barhill Road Buckie Moray
Received 1 Aug 2019 - Unknown19/00953/SCN
Development of housing and associated infrastructure in the areas identified in the Bilbohall Masterplan at
Development Site Bilbohall Road Elgin Moray
Received 1 Aug 2019 - Decided19/00956/LBC
Form additional showers and toilets in former sports equipment store at
Round Square Dormitories Gordonstoun School Duffus Elgin Moray IV30 5RE
Received 2 Aug 2019 - Decided19/00957/LAW
Retrospective submission to erect a 150kw Biomass, 5.5m high flue and wood chip store at
Barmuckity Farm Elgin Moray IV30 8QW
Received 2 Aug 2019 - Decided19/00965/APP
Erect garage at
11 Elsher Road Lhanbryde Elgin Moray IV30 8QJ
Received 7 Aug 2019
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsResearching a proposal in Moray
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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