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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 dates7,615Searchable applications
240Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 6,539 approved or refused records
319Refused applications
6,220 approved · 319 refused · 590 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided21/01882/APP
Erect summerhouse at
8 Laich O' Moray View Elgin Moray IV30 4PG
Received 30 Nov 2021 - Decided21/01884/APP
Erect single storey extension at
51 St Peters Road Buckie Moray AB56 1DQ
Received 30 Nov 2021 - Decided21/01889/APP
Proposed replacement rooflights at
Cragganspey Leslie Terrace Craigellachie Aberlour Moray AB38 9SY
Received 1 Dec 2021 - Decided21/01894/APP
Convert hairdressing salon to 1 bedroom holiday let at
24 Park Street Portknockie Buckie Moray AB56 4LT
Received 2 Dec 2021 - Decided21/01895/AMC
Approval of Matters Specified in conditions 1-14 on planning consent 20/00384/PPP to erect dwellinghouse and garage on
Site Adjacent To Lewmor Windyridge Lossiemouth Moray
Received 2 Dec 2021 - Unknown21/01896/APP
Erect a dwellinghouse on
Land On Corner Of Macduff Street/Elgin Road Lossiemouth Moray
Received 2 Dec 2021 - Decided21/01897/LBC
Repair stone walls within cemetery/church yard at
Birnie Parish Church & Cemetery Birnie Elgin Moray IV30 8SU
Received 2 Dec 2021 - Unknown21/01900/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
16 St Peter's Road Duffus Elgin Moray IV30 5QL
Received 3 Dec 2021 - Decided21/01901/EIA
Proposed 100,000 tonnes per annum malt producing facility on
Land At Greens Of Rothes Rothes Moray
Received 3 Dec 2021 - Unknown21/01902/EIA
Install pipeline from proposed maltings with discharge point at River Spey (Option A) on
Land At Greens Of Rothes Rothes Moray
Received 3 Dec 2021 - Unknown21/01903/EIA
Install pipeline from proposed maltings with discharge point at River Spey (Option B) on
Land At Greens Of Rothes Rothes Moray
Received 3 Dec 2021 - Unknown21/01904/EIA
Heat and power connection between Rothes CoRDE and proposed maltings on
Land At Greens Of Rothes Rothes Moray
Received 3 Dec 2021 - Decided21/01916/APP
Variation of condition i)e of planning permission MP/930/80 to allow for an amendment to the layout of the approved caravan site at
Silver Sands Leisure Park Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6SP
Received 7 Dec 2021 - Decided21/01918/APP
Proposed enlargement of dwelling to incorporate derelict steading at
Kilcluan House Elgin Moray IV30 8LA
Received 7 Dec 2021 - Decided21/01920/LBC
Proposed enlargement of dwelling to incorporate derelict steading at
Kilcluan House Elgin Moray IV30 8LA
Received 7 Dec 2021 - Decided21/01928/APP
Erect dwellinghouse with integral garage and site temporary caravan during build on
Site 400M East Of Balormie Cottage Lossiemouth Moray
Received 8 Dec 2021 - Decided21/01934/APP
Erect dwellinghouse and detached garage and install temporary static caravan for accommodation during the build on
Plot 4 Wester Buthill Farm Roseisle Elgn Moray
Received 9 Dec 2021 - Decided21/01935/APP
Retrospective consent to site caravan and attached wooden utility building for temporary period of 3 years at
Beechtree Farm Keith Moray AB55 6RE
Received 9 Dec 2021 - Decided21/01936/APP
Change of use to horse livery and retrospective permission for the formation of manege
Beechtree Farm Keith Moray AB55 6RE
Received 9 Dec 2021 - Decided21/01937/APP
Change of use from farm land to temporary private way
Shougle Bridge Birnie Elgin Moray
Received 9 Dec 2021 - Decided21/01943/APP
Conversion of nursery to to a holiday let at
16 Main Street Elgin Moray IV30 6BH
Received 10 Dec 2021 - Decided21/01946/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
8 Ramsay Lane Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6DZ
Received 13 Dec 2021 - Decided21/01947/APP
Construct feature entrance to
Wallfield House Newton Elgin Moray IV30 8XW
Received 13 Dec 2021 - Decided21/01948/APP
Installation of a single meteorological mast up to 100 meters in height supported by guy-wires with a 80 m radius on
Land South Of Kellas Elgin Moray
Received 13 Dec 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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