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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 dates7,245Searchable applications
229Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 6,219 approved or refused records
307Refused applications
5,912 approved · 307 refused · 560 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided20/00063/APP
Erect dwellinghouse garage outbuilding and temporary caravan on
Site Opposite Bracobrae Grange Keith Moray
Received 21 Jan 2020 - Decided20/00064/HAZ
Application for hazardous substance consent at
Glenmoray Distillery Bruceland Road Elgin Moray IV30 1YE
Received 21 Jan 2020 - Decided20/00070/PPP
Renew planning consent ref 16/01627/PPP to erect dwellinghouse on
Land Adjacent To Hillside House Rothes Moray
Received 22 Jan 2020 - Unknown20/00076/APP
Section 42 application to vary condition 11 (retention and protection of trees, shrubs and hedging) imposed on application ref 17/00808/APP for installation of photovoltaic solar panel farm and ancillary works at
Speyslaw Farm Urquhart Elgin Moray IV30 8LX
Received 22 Jan 2020 - Decided20/00079/ADV
Install 5 interpretative panels around
Sanquhar Pond Sanquhar Road Forres Moray
Received 23 Jan 2020 - Decided20/00080/APP
Convert remainder of building to extend existing dwelling at
3 Harbour Road Portknockie Buckie Moray AB56 4QP
Received 23 Jan 2020 - Decided20/00082/APP
Erect dwellinghouse on
Plot 3 Airngarrow Farm Airngarrow Aberlour Moray
Received 23 Jan 2020 - Unknown20/00083/SCN
Proposed installation and operation of Biomethane/CNG fuelling infrastructure on land at
Glenfiddich Distillery Castle Road Dufftown Keith Moray AB55 4DH
Received 22 Jan 2020 - Decided20/00088/LBC
Install UPVC windows to back/south of building at
Flat 6 Clavie Court Station Road Burghead Elgin Moray IV30 5WT
Received 23 Jan 2020 - Decided20/00096/APP
Form new access at
Former Gas Works Ashgrove Road Elgin Moray IV30 1UU
Received 24 Jan 2020 - Decided20/00097/LBC
Scour protection to railway viaduct at
Boat O' Brig Railway Viaduct Orton Fochabers Moray
Received 24 Jan 2020 - Decided20/00098/APP
Renew temporary consent to two static caravans on site whilst constructing two dwellinghouses approved under ref 14/00033/AMC on
Site Within Grounds Of Foresters Lodge Forres Moray
Received 27 Jan 2020 - Decided20/00099/APP
Revise proposals to original approval (19/00687/APP) to alter and extend dwellinghouse at
27 Dunbar Street Hopeman Elgin Moray IV30 5TD
Received 27 Jan 2020 - Decided20/00101/APP
Erect one and half storey dwelling with garage/carport (change of house type and siting to original planning approval 18/00067/APP) on
Plot CP1 Airngarrow Aberlour Moray
Received 28 Jan 2020 - Decided20/00102/APP
Change of use of hotel accommodation to cafe and AirBnB at
Garmouth Hotel South Road Garmouth Fochabers Moray IV32 7LU
Received 28 Jan 2020 - Decided20/00103/APP
Construct garden room and internal alterations at
Viewfield Urquhart Elgin Moray IV30 8LU
Received 28 Jan 2020 - Decided20/00104/LBC
Alterations to former hotel accommodation to cafe and AirBnB at
Garmouth Hotel South Road Garmouth Fochabers Moray IV32 7LU
Received 28 Jan 2020 - Decided20/00105/LBC
Listed building consent to paint shopfront and windows and doors and replace 2 no AC units at
12 Grant Street Cullen Buckie Moray AB56 4RS
Received 28 Jan 2020 - Decided20/00111/APP
Scour protection to railway viaduct at
Boat O' Brig Railway Viaduct Orton Fochabers Moray
Received 29 Jan 2020 - Unknown20/00115/PPP
Erect dwellinghouse on
Site To Rear Of Pindlers Croft Forres Moray IV36 2RQ
Received 30 Jan 2020 - Decided20/00116/APP
Erect new dwellinghouse on
Plot At South West Street Buckie Moray
Received 30 Jan 2020 - Decided20/00117/APP
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse at
25 Kellas Avenue Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6JG
Received 30 Jan 2020 - Decided20/00120/APP
Proposed residential development comprising 10 dwellings and associated roads and landscaping
R1 Land Off Meft Road Urquhart Moray
Received 31 Jan 2020 - Decided20/00121/APP
Widen access land including demolition of north boundary wall and rebuild on realigned boundary at
32 Abbey Street Elgin Moray IV30 1DA
Received 31 Jan 2020
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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