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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 dates7,171Searchable applications
229Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 6,153 approved or refused records
299Refused applications
5,854 approved · 299 refused · 553 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided19/01103/APP
Proposed domestic garage
Colaird House Roseisle Elgin Moray IV30 5YD
Received 5 Sept 2019 - Decided19/01106/APP
Erect single storey extension at
97 Grant Drive Forres Moray IV36 1FT
Received 5 Sept 2019 - Decided19/01110/APP
Repair to roof and associated stonework and replacement garage door at
2 Nelson Terrace Keith Moray AB55 5EE
Received 6 Sept 2019 - Decided19/01111/LBC
Repair to roof and associated stonework and replacement garage door at
2 Nelson Terrace Keith Moray AB55 5EE
Received 6 Sept 2019 - Decided19/01112/PPP
Proposed dwellinghouse and new access road at
Plot 2 Wellside Croft Glen Of Newmill Keith Moray
Received 6 Sept 2019 - Unknown19/01115/APP
Relocate office building to beside
The Phoenix Centre 156 The Park Findhorn Forres Moray IV36 3TD
Received 6 Sept 2019 - Decided19/00322/APP
Demolish timber garage and erect single garage to side of dwelling at
1 Fisher Place Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6TG
Received 25 Mar 2019 - Decided19/01117/APP
Erect garage at
47 Main Street Elgin Moray IV30 6BH
Received 9 Sept 2019 - Decided19/01118/APP
Erect attached garage at
5 Ogston Lane Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6DX
Received 9 Sept 2019 - Decided19/01119/APP
Amend condition 5 of 10/02009/APP to allow use for non-domestic purposes (eg Air BnB/booking) at
Abbey House 16 Abbey Street Elgin Moray IV30 1DA
Received 9 Sept 2019 - Decided19/01120/APP
Change of use from domestic use to accommodate corporate guests use (a "sui-generis" classification) at
Rothes Glen Rothes Aberlour Moray AB38 7AQ
Received 9 Sept 2019 - Unknown19/01126/APP
Form new access at
Former Gas Works Ashgrove Road Elgin Moray IV30 1UU
Received 10 Sept 2019 - Decided19/01127/APP
Residential development for 11 dwellings including affordable houses and associated infrastructure/landscaping on
Whiteland Site To Rear Of Ewing Crescent Buckie Moray
Received 10 Sept 2019 - Decided19/01128/PNOT
Erect an agricultural building at
Edinvale Dallas Forres Moray IV36 2RW
Received 10 Sept 2019 - Decided19/01129/APP
Erect dwellinghouse on
Site At Burniebank Cottage Clochan Moray
Received 10 Sept 2019 - Unknown19/01131/APP
Proposed steading conversion from disused agricultural to 2 no dwellinghouses at
South Redhill Huntly Moray AB54 7NB
Received 10 Sept 2019 - Decided19/01136/APP
Proposed agricultural building at
Shenval Farm Glenlivet Ballindalloch Moray AB37 9DP
Received 11 Sept 2019 - Decided19/01137/APP
Revise house design approved under application ref: 16/00190/AMC to erect dwellinghouse on
Site At Lunan Wood Fochabers Moray
Received 11 Sept 2019 - Decided19/01141/APP
Replace existing farm buildings with dwellinghouse on
Site At Kirkton Alves Moray
Received 12 Sept 2019 - Decided19/01145/LBC
Restoration and repair works to stabilise building and reinstate chimney lime render and slate roof at
Eastfield Spey Street Garmouth Fochabers Moray IV32 7NJ
Received 13 Sept 2019 - Decided19/01146/APP
Restoration and repair works to stabilise building and reinstate chimney lime render and slate roof at
Eastfield Spey Street Garmouth Fochabers Moray IV32 7NJ
Received 13 Sept 2019 - Decided19/01148/APP
Retrospective consent for change of use part of dwellinghouse to laundry and erection of timber screen fence at
The Villa Station Street Rothes Aberlour Moray AB38 7AD
Received 13 Sept 2019 - Decided19/01149/LBC
Change corner entrance doors from solid timber to half glazed at
Town Hall 11 The Square Cullen Buckie Moray AB56 4RL
Received 13 Sept 2019 - Decided19/01150/APP
Alterations of garage workshop unit and installation of 2no electric car charging points at
Armstrong Garages Linksview Place Linksview Findhorn Moray
Received 13 Sept 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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