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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 dates7,632Searchable applications
240Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 6,556 approved or refused records
320Refused applications
6,236 approved · 320 refused · 590 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided21/01985/APP
Alter and extend dwelling house install air source heat pump re-roof garage replace garage door install new solar PV panels and change colour of contrasting wall margins to white at
11 High Street Portknockie Buckie Moray AB56 4LD
Received 20 Dec 2021 - Decided21/01987/LBC
Alter and extend dwelling house install air source heat pump re-roof garage replace garage door install new solar PV panels and change colour of contrasting wall margins to white at
11 High Street Portknockie Buckie Moray AB56 4LD
Received 20 Dec 2021 - Decided21/01988/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
7 Wittet Drive Elgin Moray IV30 1SE
Received 20 Dec 2021 - Decided21/01993/APP
Non-material variation ref 21/01993/APP
4 Logie Cottages Market Street Forres Moray IV36 1EG
Received 21 Dec 2021 - Decided21/01994/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
Acarsaid 7 Haig Street Portknockie Buckie Moray AB56 4NT
Received 21 Dec 2021 - Decided21/02001/APP
Construction of a three storey accommodation building construction of car park and demolition of building 7 at
Kinloss Barracks Burghead Road Kinloss Forres Moray IV36 3UH
Received 21 Dec 2021 - Decided21/02007/APP
Convert 2 houses into one and extend to the rear at
57 Harbour Street Hopeman Elgin Moray IV30 5RU
Received 23 Dec 2021 - Decided21/02008/APP
Demolish 2 no agricultural sheds and erect 2 no whisky storage warehouses at
Viewfield Farm Craigellachie Aberlour Moray AB38 9QT
Received 23 Dec 2021 - Decided21/02009/APP
Erect dwellinghouse at
7 Burnbank Buckie Moray AB56 1BW
Received 23 Dec 2021 - Decided21/02010/APP
Install internal wall insulation install/upgrade mechanical ventilation to the bathroom and kitchen at
Garmouth Church Hall Spey Street Garmouth Fochabers Moray IV32 7NJ
Received 23 Dec 2021 - Decided21/02011/LBC
Internal slapping between dining room and sitting room at
Craigmount Prospect Terrace Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6JS
Received 23 Dec 2021 - Decided21/02018/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
4 Fyrish Road Findhorn Forres Moray IV36 3YT
Received 24 Dec 2021 - Decided21/02019/APP
Extension to and refurbishment of
39 Seatown Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6JJ
Received 24 Dec 2021 - Decided21/02020/APP
Site a storage container at
Duffus Village Hall Hopeman Road Duffus Elgin Moray IV30 5RR
Received 24 Dec 2021 - Unknown22/00001/APP
Alter extend and change of use of fishermans store to dwellinghouse at
43C Findhorn Forres Moray
Received 4 Jan 2022 - Decided22/00003/LBC
Install internal wall insulation install/upgrade mechanical ventilation to the bathroom and kitchen at
Garmouth Church Hall Spey Street Garmouth Fochabers Moray IV32 7NJ
Received 5 Jan 2022 - Decided22/00008/APP
Proposed change of use from warehouse building to indoor inflatable activity centre at
14 - 16 Chanonry Road South Elgin Moray IV30 6NG
Received 6 Jan 2022 - Decided22/00009/APP
Erect a fishing hut
Site On Orton Estate Fochabers Moray
Received 6 Jan 2022 - Decided22/00017/APP
Change of use of beauty therapy shop to bed and breakfast holiday let at
Beauty On The Green 1 High Street Archiestown Aberlour Moray AB38 7QZ
Received 7 Jan 2022 - Decided22/00018/APP
Change of use of vacant shop unit to restaurant with erection of flue to rear at
122 High Street Elgin Moray IV30 1BW
Received 7 Jan 2022 - Decided22/00019/LBC
Erection of flue to rear at
122 High Street Elgin Moray IV30 1BW
Received 7 Jan 2022 - Unknown22/00020/APP
Change of use of existing bookmakers to restaurant with erection of flue within lightwell at
144 - 148 High Street Elgin Moray IV30 1BD
Received 7 Jan 2022 - Decided22/00021/APP
Proposed renovation and extension of former dwellinghouse at
Hole Of Dounduff Forres Moray
Received 7 Jan 2022 - Unknown22/00023/PPP
Erect dwellinghouse on
Site Within Grounds Of Clarepoint Findhorn Forres Moray
Received 7 Jan 2022
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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