Understanding planning · 13 min read
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
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Moray. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
6,008 approved · 312 refused · 572 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
Convalleys 1 The Quarry Dufftown Moray
Received 7 Apr 2020Foresterseat Cottage Elgin Moray IV30 8UD
Received 7 Apr 2020Charlies Accessories 54 High Street Elgin Moray IV30 1BU
Received 7 Apr 2020Site Adjacent To Twin Pines Mulben Keith
Received 8 Apr 2020Grissan Riverside Ltd Glenfiddich Distillery Castle Road Dufftown Keith Moray AB55 4DH
Received 8 Apr 2020Hopeman Service Station Forsyth Street Hopeman Elgin Moray IV30 5ST
Received 8 Apr 2020550 West Whins The Park Findhorn Forres Moray IV36 3SH
Received 9 Apr 202024 Lecht Drive Tomintoul Ballindalloch Moray AB37 9EH
Received 9 Apr 2020Meadowbank Site Arradoul Buckie
Received 9 Apr 20205 Lochy Park View Longmorn Elgin Moray IV30 8UH
Received 9 Apr 202021 Covesea Grove Elgin Moray IV30 4PP
Received 9 Apr 2020Site At Airngarrow Farm Airngarrow Aberlour Moray
Received 10 Apr 2020Visitor Centre Glenlivet Distillery Glenlivet Ballindalloch Moray AB37 9DB
Received 10 Apr 2020Lecht Mine Moray
Received 10 Apr 2020Scalan North Steading Chapeltown Ballindalloch Moray AB37 9JS
Received 10 Apr 2020The Square And Car Park Main Street Tomintoul Moray
Received 10 Apr 2020Malcolmburn Bond Mulben Keith Moray AB55 6YB
Received 10 Apr 2020Damhead Steading Kinloss Moray
Received 10 Apr 2020Beatshach Spey Valley Drive Aberlour Moray AB38 9NU
Received 13 Apr 20203 Cloddymoss Kintessack Dyke Forres Moray IV36 2TG
Received 13 Apr 2020Site At Beechbank Rothes Aberlour Moray AB38 7AW
Received 13 Apr 2020Burnside Cottage Linkwood Road Elgin Moray IV30 8RD
Received 13 Apr 2020Site 500M North Of Dalvey Forres Moray
Received 15 Apr 2020Glentromie Burnside Road Lhanbryde Elgin Moray IV30 8PA
Received 15 Apr 2020Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage