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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 dates7,385Searchable applications
239Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 6,334 approved or refused records
312Refused applications
6,022 approved · 312 refused · 572 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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
- Decided20/00631/APP
Installation of approximately 42 solar panels at
Taigh Fiodha Rafford Forres Moray IV36 2RR
Received 20 May 2020 - Unknown20/00633/CLP
Erect temporary building for remote collection and transaction of farm produce by existing customers at
Campbell Cairns Farm Craigellachie Aberlour Moray AB38 9SL
Received 21 May 2020 - Decided20/00636/PPP
Erect dwellinghouse and garage on
Site At Barnyard Studios Upper Garmouth Fochabers Moray
Received 22 May 2020 - Decided20/00638/APP
Change the use of the property from residential to holiday home at
64A Balvenie Street Dufftown Keith Moray AB55 4AS
Received 25 May 2020 - Unknown20/00639/PPP
Proposed house plot on
Site North East Of Cantsford Rafford Forres
Received 25 May 2020 - Unknown20/00640/PPP
Proposed house plot at
Existing Paddock East Of Cantsford Rafford Forres
Received 25 May 2020 - Unknown20/00641/PPP
Proposed dwellinghouse on
Plot A To West Of Cantsford Rafford Forres Moray
Received 25 May 2020 - Decided20/00642/APP
Proposed conservatory at
Kilrymont 13 Fleurs Place Elgin Moray IV30 1ST
Received 25 May 2020 - Decided20/00643/APP
Renovate existing residential property at
Cable Cottage Bridge Street Burghead Elgin Moray IV30 5UN
Received 25 May 2020 - Decided20/00645/APP
Replace existing derelict house with new house at
Heath Cottage Fogwatt Elgin Moray IV30 8SL
Received 26 May 2020 - Unknown20/00646/APP
Demolish existing farm house and associated farm buildings and erection of 2no dwellinghouses on
Site At Oakfield Urquhart Elgin
Received 26 May 2020 - Decided20/00647/PPP
Erect dwellinghouse on
Plot 2 Bowie Croft Grange Crossroads Keith Moray
Received 26 May 2020 - Decided20/00648/APP
Change of use of summerhouse to Complementary Therapy Business at
14 Fairisle Place Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6RN
Received 26 May 2020 - Decided20/00649/APP
Revise access position and erect car port on existing planning consent reference: 15/00413/APP on
Site Adjacent To Sunnybank Findochty Buckie Moray
Received 27 May 2020 - Unknown20/00650/APP
Convert hotel to 4 town houses with 2 low cost housing units to the rear at
Marine Hotel 4 Marine Place Buckie Moray AB56 1UT
Received 27 May 2020 - Decided20/00651/APP
Upgrade existing oriel window front and rear dormers replace kitchen extension flat roof with pitched roof and replace porch at
Alba 195 Findhorn Forres Moray IV36 3YN
Received 27 May 2020 - Decided20/00652/ADV
Erect replacement signage at
Asda Stores Ltd Edgar Road Elgin Moray IV30 6YQ
Received 27 May 2020 - Decided20/00653/APP
Erection of 4 storage containers at
Spey Valley Brewery Mulben Keith Moray AB55 6YB
Received 27 May 2020 - Decided20/00654/LBC
Internal alterations to form a new library cloak room and WC at
Logie House Dunphail Forres Moray IV36 2QN
Received 28 May 2020 - Decided20/00655/APP
Change of use of amenity land to garden ground at
87 Seatown Buckie Moray AB56 1JS
Received 28 May 2020 - Decided20/00656/APP
Erect storage unit at
Unit 30 Tyock Industrial Estate Elgin Moray IV30 1XY
Received 28 May 2020 - Decided20/00659/APP
Erect balcony at
Dundonnachaidh 44 Hamilton Drive Elgin Moray IV30 4NL
Received 29 May 2020 - Unknown20/00660/APP
Demolish steadings and erect 2 dwellinghouses at
Longcrook Craigellachie Aberlour Moray AB38 9SQ
Received 29 May 2020 - Decided20/00662/APP
External alterations to supermarket and collection canopy, erect 2 replacement petrol filling station kiosks and upgrade of pedestrian access to north of supermarket at
Asda Stores Ltd Edgar Road Elgin Moray IV30 6YQ
Received 29 May 2020
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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