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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.
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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 dates7,522Searchable applications
238Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 6,454 approved or refused records
316Refused applications
6,138 approved · 316 refused · 587 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Unknown21/00995/PNOT
Erect a cattle court at
Midtown Of Buchromb Dufftown Keith Moray AB55 4BL
Received 28 Jun 2021 - Decided21/00998/APP
Change of use from offices to shop and install retractable steel door at
24 Seafield Street Cullen Buckie Moray AB56 4SH
Received 28 Jun 2021 - Decided21/01000/APP
Proposed entrance porch vestibule
1 Cumiskie Crescent Forres Moray IV36 2QB
Received 29 Jun 2021 - Decided21/01001/APP
Alter sitting room window add on a raised deck and balcony at
4 Woodside Drive Forres Moray IV36 2UF
Received 29 Jun 2021 - Decided21/01002/PPP
Renew planning consent ref 18/00597/PPP to erect a dwellinghouse on
Site Within Garden To East Of Firview 5 Balnacoul Lane Mosstodloch Fochabers Moray
Received 29 Jun 2021 - Decided21/01003/PPP
Renew planning consent ref 18/00596/PPP to erect a dwellinghouse on
Site Within Garden To West Of Firview 5 Balnacoul Lane Mosstodloch Moray
Received 29 Jun 2021 - Unknown21/01008/APP
Construct a lay by at
Ben Main Forest Cabrach Moray
Received 30 Jun 2021 - Decided21/01009/ADV
Erect signs at
R1 Knockomie Grantown Road Forres Moray
Received 30 Jun 2021 - Unknown21/01010/SCO
The proposed development comprises whisky maturation warehouses a tank farm tanker bay filling store disgourging unit (FSDU) office and welfare building at
Land Adjacent To Glenrothes Distillery Burnside Street Rothes Aberlour Moray
Received 30 Jun 2021 - Decided21/01018/APP
Extension to form additional customer toilets and store at
Christies Garden Centre The Nurseries Fochabers Moray IV32 7PF
Received 1 Jul 2021 - Decided21/01019/APP
Erect a triple garage on
Plot 6 R1 Development Land Darklass Road Dyke
Received 1 Jul 2021 - Decided21/01029/APP
Erect a classroom hub building at
Gordonstoun School Duffus Elgin Moray IV30 5RF
Received 2 Jul 2021 - Decided21/01030/APP
Retrospective application for fence erected to side of house at
94 Springfield Road Elgin Moray IV30 6YU
Received 2 Jul 2021 - Decided21/01031/APP
Amend house type on previously approved ref 20/00350/APP at
Stratton Wood Fochabers Moray
Received 2 Jul 2021 - Decided21/01032/APP
Conversion of office/store to form accessible ground floor bedroom and erection of single storey extension to form new office staff room and store to facilitate adaption of corporate hospitality venue for guest house use at
Linn Home Station Road Keith Moray AB55 5BU
Received 2 Jul 2021 - Decided21/01038/PNOTRE
Conversion of agricultural building to dwellinghouse at
Smallburn Farm Rothes Aberlour Moray AB38 7AG
Received 2 Jul 2021 - Decided21/01040/APP
Erection of decking at
Craigellachie Lodge Edward Avenue Craigellachie Aberlour Moray AB38 9ST
Received 5 Jul 2021 - Decided21/01041/APP
Alterations and attic conversion at
14 Woodside Place Fochabers Moray IV32 7HE
Received 5 Jul 2021 - Decided21/01042/APP
Proposed alterations to dwellinghouse at
Kilbuiack Forres Moray IV36 2QU
Received 5 Jul 2021 - Decided21/01044/APP
Erect a domestic ground-mounted solar array (6kW) and a wind turbine at
Linnet Hill Newmill Keith Moray AB55 6UE
Received 5 Jul 2021 - Decided21/01047/APP
Formation of covered seating area to cafe at
Bike Glenlivet Glenlivet Bike Trails Tomintoul Ballindalloch Moray AB37 9AR
Received 6 Jul 2021 - Decided21/01048/APP
Alterations and replacement extension at
24 Hamilton Drive Elgin Moray IV30 4NN
Received 6 Jul 2021 - Unknown21/01049/APP
Erect dwellinghouse on
Plot 2 The Paddock Tombain Aberlour Moray
Received 6 Jul 2021 - Unknown21/01052/PNOT
Upgrade existing forestry track at
Brown Hill Forest Lower Cabrach Moray
Received 6 Jul 2021
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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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