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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 dates7,596Searchable applications
240Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 6,522 approved or refused records
319Refused applications
6,203 approved · 319 refused · 590 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided21/01671/APP
Conversion of garden bothy a self contained self catering business at
Lower Towie Steading Keith Moray AB55 5JA
Received 20 Oct 2021 - Decided21/01686/APP
Change of use of former bakery to a takeaway restaurant at
212 High Street Elgin Moray IV30 1BA
Received 22 Oct 2021 - Unknown21/01690/PNOT
Erect replacement agricultural building at
Allarburn Elgin Moray IV30 8TE
Received 22 Oct 2021 - Decided21/01692/APP
Erect a dwellinghouse at
Ringorm Lodge Craigellachie Moray
Received 25 Oct 2021 - Decided21/01693/APP
Change of use from agricultural and erect a nursery building on
Land To West Of Spynie Village Hall Elgin Moray
Received 25 Oct 2021 - Decided21/01694/APP
Proposed 27.0m high 5SH Lattice Tower on concrete base at
Telecommunications Mast Cone Rock Rothes Moray
Received 25 Oct 2021 - Decided21/01697/APP
Amended planning consent 21/00303/APP to include the addition of a traffic light and tactile paving on
Land East Of RAF Lossiemouth Lossiemouth Moray
Received 26 Oct 2021 - Decided21/01698/APP
Change of Use from business (Class 4) to commercial kitchen (Class 5) and installation of ventilation system at
Unit 14 Horizon Scotland Forres Enterprise Park Forres Moray IV36 2AB
Received 26 Oct 2021 - Decided21/01705/APP
Alter and exted dwellinghouse at
Glenwood 80 Pluscarden Road Elgin Moray IV30 1SU
Received 27 Oct 2021 - Decided21/01709/APP
Erect a dwellinghouse on
Site At Upper Torehead Pluscarden Elgin Moray
Received 28 Oct 2021 - Decided21/01710/ADV
Retrospective consent to erect a fascia sign at
Unit 1 Elgin Trade Park Ashgrove Road Elgin Moray IV30 1AZ
Received 28 Oct 2021 - Decided21/01711/APP
Installation of a buried pipeline from the Portgordon Maltings to the MLWS at Tannachy Sands and a 1000m3 tank at
Portgordon Maltings Buckie Moray AB56 5BU
Received 28 Oct 2021 - Unknown21/01712/APP
Erect replacement dwellinghouse garage and associated services at
Sandwood 3 Fleurs Drive Elgin Moray IV30 1SS
Received 28 Oct 2021 - Decided21/01715/APP
Extension and alterations at
The Brackens Inchbroom Elgin Moray IV30 8NQ
Received 29 Oct 2021 - Decided21/01716/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
27 Academy Street Elgin Moray IV30 1LP
Received 29 Oct 2021 - Decided21/01717/APP
Substitution of house types at plots nos 156-160 204-211 246 247 and 257-259 renumbered 443-454 Phase 3 (as per application 18/01142/APP)
R2 Ferrylea Forres Moray
Received 29 Oct 2021 - Unknown21/01721/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
49 Dunbar Street Burghead Elgin Moray IV30 5XQ
Received 1 Nov 2021 - Decided21/01734/APP
Retrospective consent to site a coffee and cake trailer for the sale of take away drinks and cakes on the site of the former
Fourtwo HQ Forres Moray IV36 2SP
Received 2 Nov 2021 - Decided21/01740/APP
Erect sun lounge to rear at
74 Farquhar Street Hopeman Elgin Moray IV30 5SL
Received 3 Nov 2021 - Decided21/01741/APP
Erect dwellinghouse on
Plot 2 The Paddock South Of The Croft Archiestown Moray
Received 3 Nov 2021 - Decided21/01742/APP
Form a dormer to the west elevations replace dormer windows on east elevations and removing the dormer to the south elevation at
14 Academy Street Elgin Moray IV30 1LP
Received 3 Nov 2021 - Decided21/01743/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
The House Main Road Rathven Buckie Moray AB56 4DW
Received 3 Nov 2021 - Decided21/01746/APP
Change of use alter and extend meeting hall to form dwellinghouse at
30 King Street Burghead Elgin Moray IV30 5XA
Received 4 Nov 2021 - Decided21/01747/APP
Renew temporary consent for residential caravan approved under ref 18/01515/APP for use during construction of dwellinghouse on
Site At Shanti Lea Rafford Forres Moray
Received 4 Nov 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.
Planning procedures in Scotland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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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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