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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 dates7,203Searchable applications
229Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 6,184 approved or refused records
302Refused applications
5,882 approved · 302 refused · 554 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Apr 2017 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided19/01319/APP
Replace timber fence with a blockwork wall and erect single garage at
10 Findlater Street Buckie Moray AB56 1SN
Received 17 Oct 2019 - Decided19/01320/LBC
Internal alterations and fit bi-folding door to rear at
11 Reidhaven Street Elgin Moray IV30 1QG
Received 17 Oct 2019 - Decided19/01321/PPP
Erect dwellinghouse on
Site At Bridge Of Fowlwood Knock Huntly Moray
Received 17 Oct 2019 - Decided19/01328/APP
Convert attic to form 2 bedrooms with escape roof windows and ensuite at
Kimberley 9 Doran Drive Buckie Moray AB56 1DF
Received 18 Oct 2019 - Decided19/01340/APP
Convert outbuilding to holiday accommodation at
Cluaran Auchenhalrig Fochabers Moray IV32 7PP
Received 22 Oct 2019 - Decided19/01341/PNOT
Erect agricultural building at
Whitefolds Tomnavoulin Ballindalloch Moray AB37 9JJ
Received 22 Oct 2019 - Decided19/01342/LBC
Install new gas fired stove with balanced flue and change external masonry paint wall colour at
33 Sterlochy Street Findochty Buckie Moray AB56 4PQ
Received 22 Oct 2019 - Decided19/01344/AMC
Approval of Matters Specified in conditions 1 - 18 of planning ref 18/01528/PPP to erect dwellinghouse on
Site Adjacent To Faibhile Pluscarden Elgin Moray
Received 22 Oct 2019 - Decided19/01345/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
West View Brander Street Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6BE
Received 23 Oct 2019 - Decided19/01346/APP
Install new gas fired stove with balanced flue and change external masonry paint wall colour at
33 Sterlochy Street Findochty Buckie Moray AB56 4PQ
Received 23 Oct 2019 - Unknown19/01347/APP
Change of use of amenity land to garden ground and extend dwellinghouse to form single bedroom self contained flat and 2no on-site car parking spaces at
71 Newmill Road Elgin Moray IV30 4AQ
Received 23 Oct 2019 - Decided19/01350/APP
Retrospective consent to erect polytunnel at
Campbell Cairns Farm Craigellachie Aberlour Moray AB38 9SL
Received 23 Oct 2019 - Decided19/01351/APP
Retrospective consent to erect polytunnel at
Campbell Cairns Farm Craigellachie Aberlour Moray AB38 9SL
Received 23 Oct 2019 - Decided19/01352/APP
Erect single storey extension to the rear of
Demavend 8 Fleurs Drive Elgin Moray IV30 1SS
Received 23 Oct 2019 - Decided19/01354/APP
Change of use of amenity land to garden ground at
5 Coulardhill Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6LA
Received 23 Oct 2019 - Decided19/01355/LAW
Use of church hall as dwellinghouse at
Garmouth Church Hall Spey Street Garmouth Fochabers Moray IV32 7NJ
Received 24 Oct 2019 - Decided19/01357/APP
Erect replacement conservatory at
1 Kirkhill Drive Lhanbryde Elgin Moray IV30 8QA
Received 24 Oct 2019 - Decided19/01358/APP
Demolish sun room erect of 2no extensions and internal alterations at
Bridgend Roseisle Elgin Moray IV30 8XN
Received 24 Oct 2019 - Decided19/01359/APP
Change of use of hairdressing salon to form 3no residential flats at
165 High Street Elgin Moray IV30 1DW
Received 24 Oct 2019 - Decided19/01360/LBC
Internal reconfiguration of spaces adding/removing partitions and external works to include repairs to windows and addition of velux windows at
165 High Street Elgin Moray IV30 1DW
Received 24 Oct 2019 - Decided19/01361/LBC
Relocation of entrance gates on Main Street and provision of a ramp and railings for disabled access at
Tomintoul Parish Church Main Street Tomintoul Ballindalloch Moray AB37 9EX
Received 24 Oct 2019 - Decided19/01362/APP
Erect dwellinghouse on
Site 200M West Of Torehead Pluscarden Elgin Moray
Received 25 Oct 2019 - Decided19/01363/APP
Erect dwellinghouse and underground surface water drainage apparatus at
On Corsemaul Drive Dufftown Keith Moray AB55 4EJ
Received 25 Oct 2019 - Decided19/01364/APP
Install replacement windows and doors at
4A Reidhaven Street Elgin Moray IV30 1QG
Received 25 Oct 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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