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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 dates7,466Searchable applications
239Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 6,405 approved or refused records
314Refused applications
6,091 approved · 314 refused · 580 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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
- Decided20/01745/APP
Extend existing tourist facility by adding 1 further pod touring caravan hook up points tent pitches toilet block increase parking spaces and associated drainage at
Greencraig Farm Drybridge Buckie Moray AB56 5JN
Received 18 Dec 2020 - Decided20/01746/APP
Proposed alterations at
Balmain 23 Seafield Street Elgin Moray IV30 1QZ
Received 18 Dec 2020 - Decided20/01747/APP
Alterations and dormer window extension at
94 Duncan Drive Elgin Moray IV30 4NH
Received 18 Dec 2020 - Unknown20/01748/APP
Alterations extension and refurbishment at
The Royal British Legion Sanquhar Road Forres Moray IV36 1DG
Received 18 Dec 2020 - Decided20/01749/APP
Alterations and garage conversion at
4 Mason Haugh Rise Burghead Elgin Moray IV30 5WW
Received 18 Dec 2020 - Unknown20/01750/APP
Alterations and renovation dwellinghouse at
151 Findhorn Forres Moray IV36 3YL
Received 18 Dec 2020 - Decided20/01751/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
Blairfindy Keepers Cottage Ballindalloch Moray AB37 9DJ
Received 18 Dec 2020 - Decided20/01752/APP
Extend dwellinghouse and change of use from bedroom to hairdressing business at
17 Gilmour Crescent Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6HF
Received 18 Dec 2020 - Decided20/01753/APP
Demolish existing lean to WC extension and construction of new extension at
19 Cliff Terrace Buckie Moray AB56 1LX
Received 18 Dec 2020 - Unknown20/01754/SCO
Extraction of cobbles at
Innes Links Quarry Urquhart Moray
Received 18 Dec 2020 - Decided20/01757/APP
Proposed general industry (Class 5) and storage/distribution (Class 6) building at
Elgin Trade Park Ashgrove Road Elgin Moray IV30 1AZ
Received 21 Dec 2020 - Decided20/01758/APP
Erect sun room to rear at
16 Ardivot Place Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6TE
Received 21 Dec 2020 - Decided20/01759/APP
Change of use and alterations from office/store to restaurant at
Scottish Provincial Press Ltd 187D High Street Elgin Moray IV30 1DW
Received 21 Dec 2020 - Decided20/01760/APP
Proposed dwellinghouse and associated work on
Site 4 Burnside Of Ruthven Buckie
Received 21 Dec 2020 - Unknown20/01767/SCO
Create 11.3ha of new native broadleave woodland on
Land Adjacent To Dullan Water Nr Milton Of Laggan Glenrinnes Dufftown
Received 22 Dec 2020 - Unknown20/01768/APP
Extend house into attached dilapidated out-building/byre to form additional bedroom at
Croftbain Cottage Tomnavoulin Ballindalloch Moray AB37 9JL
Received 22 Dec 2020 - Decided20/01769/APP
Extend dwellinghouse to form first floor at
13 High School Drive Elgin Moray IV30 6UE
Received 22 Dec 2020 - Decided20/01772/APP
Erect dwellinghouse on
Site North West Of Little Tulloch Dufftown Moray
Received 23 Dec 2020 - Decided20/01773/APP
Extension to form new fire escape stair at
Linn Home Station Road Keith Moray AB55 5BU
Received 23 Dec 2020 - Unknown20/01776/APP
Installation of a synchronous compensator and ancillary infrastructure on
Land South Of Blackhillock Substation Keith Moray
Received 24 Dec 2020 - Decided20/01777/APP
Erect a portacabin to be utilised as a sales unit along with associated lighting parking and landscaping on site off A941 Lossiemouth Road at
Findrassie Development Elgin Moray
Received 24 Dec 2020 - Decided20/01781/LBC
Single storey extension at
Oakwood Bathrooms Elgin Moray IV30 8UN
Received 31 Dec 2020 - Decided21/00001/APP
Erection of garden room on
Site At Beechbank Rothes Aberlour Moray AB38 7AW
Received 1 Jan 2021 - Decided21/00002/APP
Retrospective consent to erect a summerhouse in garden
11 Sea Park Hopeman Elgin Moray IV30 5RY
Received 4 Jan 2021
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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