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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 dates7,589Searchable applications
240Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 6,517 approved or refused records
318Refused applications
6,199 approved · 318 refused · 588 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Mar 2017 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided21/01613/APP
Revise roof finish to metal sheeting to new dwellinghouse and revise site boundaries approved under ref 21/00577/AMC at
Land Adjacent To Twin Pines Mossend Mulben Moray
Received 11 Oct 2021 - Decided21/01614/APP
Internal alterations to layout of main house and use coach house as granny flat including amend layout and standard velux in lieu of smoke vent (approved under ref 18/00537/APP) at
6 Institution Road Elgin Moray IV30 1RP
Received 11 Oct 2021 - Decided21/01615/EIA
South western extension of cobble and sand quarry at
Lossie Forest Quarry Moray
Received 11 Oct 2021 - Decided21/01616/APP
Balcony extension to rear elevation at
20 Keith Road Burghead Elgin Moray IV30 5YJ
Received 11 Oct 2021 - Decided21/01617/APP
Proposed 25m high steel lattice tower and associated ancillary works on
Land 295M Southwest Of Nether Ardwell Lower Cabrach Huntly Moray
Received 11 Oct 2021 - Decided21/01618/APP
Extend garage at
Ordies Alves Forres Moray IV36 2RB
Received 11 Oct 2021 - Decided21/01628/APP
Change of use from butcher shop to hot food takeaway at
John Stewart Ltd 29 West Church Street Buckie Moray AB56 1BP
Received 12 Oct 2021 - Decided21/01629/APP
Erect a storage building at
The Maltings 20 March Road East Buckie Moray AB56 4BY
Received 12 Oct 2021 - Decided21/01644/APP
Alterations and garage conversion at
13 Sandstone Place Elgin Moray IV30 6LL
Received 14 Oct 2021 - Decided21/01645/APP
Amendment planning consent 20/00812/APP to change of design of bay window to master bedroom and window type to sash and case windows on front elevation and altered drainage proposals at
Elderslie House Findhorn Forres Moray IV36 3YY
Received 14 Oct 2021 - Decided21/01646/APP
Proposed removal of existing fuel tanks and erection of storage building at
Coleburn Distillery Longmorn Elgin Moray IV30 8SN
Received 15 Oct 2021 - Unknown21/01647/LBC
Removal of fuel tanks and erection of storage building
Coleburn Distillery Longmorn Elgin Moray IV30 8SN
Received 15 Oct 2021 - Unknown21/01648/APP
Proposed storage warehouse including formation of new access track at
Coleburn Distillery Longmorn Elgin Moray IV30 8SN
Received 15 Oct 2021 - Unknown21/01649/LBC
Proposed storage warehouse at
Coleburn Distillery Longmorn Elgin Moray IV30 8SN
Received 15 Oct 2021 - Decided21/01657/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse including a balcony at
31 Commercial Street Findochty Buckie Moray AB56 4PX
Received 18 Oct 2021 - Decided21/01658/APP
Erection of clubhouse at
Riverview Country Park Mundole Forres Moray
Received 18 Oct 2021 - Unknown21/01659/PNOT
Erect a general purpose agricultural building at
Inverharroch Lower Cabrach Huntly Moray
Received 18 Oct 2021 - Decided21/01660/APP
Erect a garden shed within curtilage of flats garden area at
1 Jamieson Place Elgin Moray
Received 18 Oct 2021 - Unknown21/01661/APP
Dormer extension to rear of
2 Land Street Keith Moray AB55 5AU
Received 18 Oct 2021 - Unknown21/01662/APP
Remove hedge extend existing wall erect a 1.2m high timber fence on top of wall at
14 Woodlands Crescent Elgin Moray IV30 4LY
Received 18 Oct 2021 - Decided21/01664/PPP
Erect dwellinghouse on
Site At Stratton Wood Fochabers Moray
Received 19 Oct 2021 - Decided21/01665/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
7 Fleurs Place Elgin Moray IV30 1ST
Received 19 Oct 2021 - Decided21/01669/APP
Alterations to dwellinghouse including installation of air source heat pump at
29 Commercial Street Findochty Buckie Moray AB56 4PX
Received 20 Oct 2021 - Decided21/01670/APP
Amend road layout add new informal footpath and new house types on Plots 40 41 and 44 Phase 2 at
Inchbroom Development Lossiemouth Moray
Received 20 Oct 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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