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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 dates7,488Searchable applications
239Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 6,424 approved or refused records
316Refused applications
6,108 approved · 316 refused · 583 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided21/00360/LBC
Widen gateway by approximately 1000mm at
Ben Main 49 Fife Street Dufftown Keith Moray AB55 4AP
Received 15 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00361/APP
Change of use from domestic outbuilding to provide ancillary accommodation at
51 Farquhar Street Hopeman Elgin Moray IV30 5SL
Received 15 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00374/APP
Erect two cottages on
Site At 133 Findhorn Findhorn Moray
Received 17 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00375/APP
Change of use of builders merchant premises to indoor inflatable activity centre at
7 Chanonry Road South Elgin Moray IV30 6NG
Received 17 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00376/APP
Demolish existing single garage and erect new double garage at
2 Quarryhill Keith Moray AB55 5AX
Received 17 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00377/APP
Proposed storage building and canopy
Speyside Cooperage Ltd Craigellachie Aberlour Moray AB38 9RS
Received 17 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00378/PPP
Erect a replacement dwellinghouse on
Site Adjacent Andersons Wards Upper Fowlwood Knock
Received 17 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00379/APP
Change of use of garden ground to form car park extension at
Decora Bridge Street Elgin Moray IV30 4DE
Received 17 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00380/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse to rear at
9 Marchmont Crescent Buckie Moray AB56 4BX
Received 17 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00383/LBC
Carry out repairs to existing rendered masonry walls of the courtyard prior to the walls being painted at
Dunphail House Dunphail Forres Moray IV36 2QQ
Received 18 Mar 2021 - Unknown21/00384/APP
Relocation of existing hot food takeaway and formation of a parking area/paths to be accessed via a track and access onto the B9040
Land 500M South West Of West Beach Caravan Park Hopeman
Received 18 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00385/LBC
Carry out stonework repairs and repointing works to the masonry walls of the original hospital building at
Dr Grays Hospital Pluscarden Road Elgin Moray IV30 1SH
Received 18 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00387/APP
Erect summer house and timber decking at ground level at
135 Findhorn Forres Moray IV36 3YJ
Received 19 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00388/PPP
Erect dwellinghouse on
Land North-west Of Sunningdale Rafford Forres
Received 19 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00389/APP
Alterations to garage to form second floor for hobby studio at
Kandahar Miltonduff Elgin Moray IV30 8TL
Received 19 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00390/APP
Alterations and erect replacement extension to rear of
Dachaidh Dunbar Street Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6AL
Received 19 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00395/APP
Erection of proposed 3 bay detached garage
The Holl Pluscarden Elgin Moray IV30 8TZ
Received 22 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00396/APP
Plot substitutions at nos 1 to 43 and 47-50 (total no of plots are decreased from 47 to 35 and proposed to be renumbered 301 - 319 and 401- 413) (permissions 18/01209/APP and 16/01244/APP)
Glassgreen Elgin South Elgin Moray
Received 22 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00397/APP
Change of use of rough ground to create community garden on
Land North Of The Car Park Harbour Head Portgordon Moray
Received 22 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00399/APP
Retrospective consent to erect a summerhouse/shed at
51 Seafield Street Cullen Buckie Moray AB56 4SU
Received 22 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00400/APP
Increase number of children from 6 to 9 at Child Minding Business at
36 Smith Drive Elgin Moray IV30 4NE
Received 22 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00401/APP
Take down extension and replace this with a timber frame single storey extension at
9 High Street Fochabers Moray IV32 7EP
Received 22 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00411/APP
Extend dwellinghouse at
35 Dean Terrace Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6LL
Received 23 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00412/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse and form raised decking area at
Muirton Cottage Kintessack Forres Moray IV36 2TG
Received 23 Mar 2021
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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.
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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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