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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
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Moray. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
6,080 approved · 314 refused · 580 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
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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.
Police House Hill Street Dufftown Keith Moray AB55 4AW
Received 26 Nov 2020146 Land Street Keith Moray AB55 5DL
Received 26 Nov 2020Site Approx 8.7m South If Cullen And 10km North Easrt Of Keith Moray
Received 26 Nov 2020Balview 46 St Leonards Road Forres Moray IV36 2RE
Received 27 Nov 2020Drummuir Castle Keith Moray AB55 5JE
Received 27 Nov 2020Drummuir Castle Keith Moray AB55 5JE
Received 27 Nov 2020Laundry Cottage Craigellachie Aberlour Moray AB38 9PT
Received 27 Nov 2020Victoria Bridge Campsite Aberlour Moray
Received 27 Nov 2020Bauds Of Cullen Buckie Moray
Received 27 Nov 2020R6 Barhill Road South Barhill Road Buckie Moray
Received 30 Nov 2020Bike Glenlivet Glenlivet Bike Trails Tomintoul Ballindalloch Moray AB37 9AR
Received 30 Nov 2020Land To The Rear Of No 10 Urquhart Place Lhanbryde Moray
Received 30 Nov 20205 Netherton Terrace Findochty Buckie Moray AB56 4QD
Received 30 Nov 2020Ground Adjacent To Little Forgie Keith Moray
Received 1 Dec 2020200 Seatown Cullen Buckie Moray AB56 4SJ
Received 1 Dec 2020On The North Edge Of The B9137 Cragganmore Road Delnaport Ballindalloch
Received 2 Dec 2020Cragganmore Road Delnaport Ballindalloch
Received 2 Dec 2020B9138 West Of Marypark Ballindalloch
Received 2 Dec 20202 Newton Of Struthers Cottages Kinloss Forres Moray IV36 2UD
Received 2 Dec 2020R8 And Long 1 Buckie Moray
Received 1 Dec 202057 Bruceland Road Elgin Moray IV30 1SP
Received 3 Dec 2020Old Spey Bridge High Street Fochabers Moray
Received 3 Dec 2020Old Spey Bridge High Street Fochabers Moray
Received 3 Dec 202016 Hillocks Way Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6HN
Received 4 Dec 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.
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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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