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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 dates7,608Searchable applications
240Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 6,532 approved or refused records
319Refused applications
6,213 approved · 319 refused · 590 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided21/01810/APP
Formation and installation of a temporary car park and access point for sales area at
Findrassie Lossiemouth Road Elgin Moray
Received 16 Nov 2021 - Decided21/01811/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse and extend garage at
Corshellach Carron Aberlour Moray AB38 7RD
Received 16 Nov 2021 - Decided21/01812/APP
Erect wall at
3 Harbour Road Portknockie Buckie Moray AB56 4QP
Received 17 Nov 2021 - Decided21/01813/APP
Retrospective application for the retention of existing workshop/sawmill for use as a timber processing business and proposed erection of new sawmill workshop at
Ardoch Sawmill Dunphail Forres Moray IV36 2QQ
Received 17 Nov 2021 - Decided21/01819/APP
Change of use of amenity land to garden ground and erect extension at
Rolyat 41 Dyce Crescent Findochty Buckie Moray AB56 4QH
Received 18 Nov 2021 - Decided21/01821/APP
Substitution of house types at plots nos 467- 482 on Phase 3 (as per application 18/01142/APP) at
R2 Ferrylea Forres Moray
Received 19 Nov 2021 - Decided21/01831/APP
Extend dwellinghouse at
The Paddock Birnie Elgin Moray IV30 8SW
Received 22 Nov 2021 - Decided21/01832/APP
Split bar from first floor plan and change of use of bar to mixed use community hub at
1 - 3 Seafield Square Rothes Aberlour Moray AB38 7AZ
Received 22 Nov 2021 - Decided21/01833/APP
Installation of air source heat pump at
8 The Poplars Easter Buthill Roseisle Elgin Moray IV30 8XN
Received 22 Nov 2021 - Decided21/01835/APP
Erect dwellinghouse with integral garage at
Moray Firth View Drybridge Buckie Moray
Received 22 Nov 2021 - Decided21/01836/APP
Siting of 1 residential caravan and 1 storage caravan during house construction at
6 Seapark Lane Kinloss Forres Moray IV36 3SZ
Received 22 Nov 2021 - Unknown21/01847/APP
Installation and operation of a synchronous condenser and associated infrastructure at
Blackhillock Quarry Keith Moray AB55 5PA
Received 23 Nov 2021 - Decided21/01848/APP
Revise house type design approved under ref 17/01808/APP and provide additional details in relation to drainage landscaping and boundary treatments on
Site 215M South East Of Hardhillock Elgin Moray
Received 23 Nov 2021 - Decided21/01855/APP
Reconstruct and extend part of the steading building to annexe at
Alton Carron Aberlour Moray AB38 7QT
Received 24 Nov 2021 - Decided21/01859/APP
Take down conservatory and erect a sun room at
5 Bailies Road Forres Moray IV36 1JA
Received 25 Nov 2021 - Decided21/01860/APP
Install new door roof windows and recovering of existing flat roof at
Aldersyde 22 The Square Cullen Buckie Moray AB56 4RL
Received 25 Nov 2021 - Decided21/01861/LBC
Installation of new door and roof windows including recovering of existing flat roof at
Aldersyde 22 The Square Cullen Buckie Moray AB56 4RL
Received 25 Nov 2021 - Decided21/01862/APP
Erect double garage at
99 Moss Street Keith Moray AB55 5HE
Received 25 Nov 2021 - Decided21/01863/APP
Substitution of house types at plots nos 5 - 12 (renumbered 5 - 10) reducing total nos to approved under ref 19/00547/APP on
Land At Bain Avenue Elgin Moray
Received 25 Nov 2021 - Decided21/01865/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
10 Findhorn Forres Moray IV36 3YE
Received 26 Nov 2021 - Decided21/01866/APP
Erect sunroom to rear at
Kinnoull 9 Fyrish Road Findhorn Forres Moray IV36 3YT
Received 26 Nov 2021 - Decided21/01867/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
Mdina 13 Mid Street Hopeman Elgin Moray IV30 5TF
Received 26 Nov 2021 - Decided21/01873/PPP
Erect dwellinghouse on
Site At Tomnamoon Altyre Forres Moray
Received 29 Nov 2021 - Decided21/01880/APP
Installation of access ramp at
9 Seaview Place Portknockie Buckie Moray AB56 4JZ
Received 30 Nov 2021
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsResearching a proposal in Moray
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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