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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 dates7,534Searchable applications
238Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 6,466 approved or refused records
316Refused applications
6,150 approved · 316 refused · 587 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided21/01112/APP
Proposed alterations at
17D Clifton Road Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6DJ
Received 19 Jul 2021 - Decided21/01113/APP
Revise house design approved under 20/00630/APP on
Plot 9 Kinloss Country Golf Club Kinloss Moray
Received 19 Jul 2021 - Unknown21/01121/APP
Erect dwellinghouse and associated works on
Site North Of Feddan Farm Brodie Moray
Received 21 Jul 2021 - Decided21/01123/APP
Extend garage and alterations
27 Birnie Crescent Elgin Moray IV30 6JG
Received 21 Jul 2021 - Decided21/01124/APP
Extend dwellinghouse and convert loft to habitable accommodation at
15 Cathcart Grove Buckie Moray AB56 1LA
Received 21 Jul 2021 - Decided21/01125/LBC
Re-slate part of roof and roof repairs and replace gutters and downpipes and replace roof window and install new roof window at
Deanshaugh House Waterside Street Elgin Moray IV30 4NU
Received 21 Jul 2021 - Decided21/01128/DEM
Discharge of condition 10 imposed on 17/01578/APP on
Site At Kirkton Alves Moray
Received 21 Jul 2021 - Decided21/01129/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
Newton Cottage Coulardbank Road Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6ED
Received 22 Jul 2021 - Decided21/01130/APP
Erect dwellinghouse and car port on
Plot 5 Fairway Heights Kinloss Forres Moray
Received 22 Jul 2021 - Unknown21/01131/APP
Erect dwellinghouse and associated works on
Site Adjacent To Feddan Cottar House Feddan Farm Brodie Moray
Received 22 Jul 2021 - Decided21/01143/APP
Erect car port extension and detached garage at
Muckleburn Neuk Oldmills Fochabers Moray IV32 7HH
Received 23 Jul 2021 - Decided21/01144/LBC
Alterations to dwellinghouse at
The Fisheries Findhorn Forres Moray IV36 3YE
Received 23 Jul 2021 - Unknown21/01145/APP
Erect dwellinghouse and associated works on
Land North Of Feddan Cottages Brodie Forres Moray
Received 23 Jul 2021 - Decided21/01146/APP
Erect a hot sandwich shop including drive thru at
4 Riverside Road Elgin Moray IV30 6LS
Received 23 Jul 2021 - Decided21/01147/CON
Conservation area consent to demolish
The Store Seatown Cullen Buckie Moray AB56 4SJ
Received 23 Jul 2021 - Decided21/01148/APP
Erect 2no holiday pods (including hot tubs) and associated landscaping on
Site To North Of Former United Free Church Gallowhill Grange Keith Moray
Received 23 Jul 2021 - Decided21/01151/APP
Erect 2no blocks of serviced apartments (8 units - 4 x 2 bed/ 4 x 1 bed) and 1detached dwellinghouse on
Site At Kinloss Park Kinloss Forres Moray
Received 26 Jul 2021 - Decided21/01153/APP
Retrospective consent to erect carport with balcony area above at
20 Elmfield Road Elgin Moray IV30 6HQ
Received 26 Jul 2021 - Decided21/01154/LBC
Infill voids and reface the whole wall at
Cullen Harbour Cullen Moray
Received 26 Jul 2021 - Unknown21/01155/PAPP
Formation of new forestry road at
Bruach Hill Rothes Forest 3km West Of Rothes Moray
Received 26 Jul 2021 - Decided21/01163/APP
Residential development landscaping and associated infrastructure at
Glassgreen Village Phase 2 Elgin South Elgin Moray
Received 27 Jul 2021 - Decided21/01164/APP
Alter and extend cottage at
2 Newton Of Struthers Cottages Kinloss Forres Moray IV36 2UD
Received 27 Jul 2021 - Decided21/01171/APP
Extension to form MOT bay to existing motor vehicle workshop at
Unit 1 Springfield Yard The Wards Elgin Moray IV30 6AA
Received 28 Jul 2021 - Decided21/01172/APP
Erect dwellinghouse and single domestic garage on
Land Within Grounds Of Don Cottage No 45 Balnacoul Road Mosstodloch Moray
Received 28 Jul 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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