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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 dates7,682Searchable applications
240Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 6,603 approved or refused records
322Refused applications
6,281 approved · 322 refused · 593 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided22/00323/APP
Install flue to serve a dual fuel gas and wood fired pizza oven at
3 Batchen Street Elgin Moray IV30 1BH
Received 3 Mar 2022 - Decided22/00324/APP
Temporary extension to timber kit workshop at
Site Adjacent To The Level Farm Birnie Moray
Received 3 Mar 2022 - Decided22/00327/APP
Change of use of amenity land to garden ground at
Rockside 8 Jubilee Terrace Findochty Buckie Moray AB56 4QA
Received 4 Mar 2022 - Decided22/00328/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
Dalhousie 280 High Street Elgin Moray IV30 1AG
Received 4 Mar 2022 - Decided22/00329/APP
Retrospective permission to erect replacement utility block at
1 The Pines Coxton Elgin Moray IV30 8QS
Received 4 Mar 2022 - Decided22/00330/APP
Retrospective application to slap existing window opening into a new door opening Install new patio doors internal alterations and new steel flue for stove at
1 Loanhead Steading Buckie Moray AB56 4DE
Received 4 Mar 2022 - Unknown22/00331/APP
Change of use of existing barn to dwellinghouse at
Caravans Rhynagoup Dallas Forres Moray IV36 2RZ
Received 4 Mar 2022 - Decided22/00338/APP
Change of use of retail shop to family centre at
Highland Mobiles 85 High Street Elgin Moray IV30 1EA
Received 7 Mar 2022 - Decided22/00339/APP
Section 42 Application to modify Condition 1 of planning permission (17/01198/EIA / PPA-300-2052) granting permission for "a period of 30 years from the date when electricity if first exported from any wind turbine within the development to the electricity network (First Export Date)" to granting a permission for a period of 35 years
Lurg Hill Deskford Moray
Received 7 Mar 2022 - Decided22/00341/APP
Proposed extension at
16 Clarendon Court Elgin Moray IV30 6TA
Received 7 Mar 2022 - Decided22/00342/PAMAST
Proposed 25m high steel lattice tower and association ancillary works on
Off A940 Sign For Half Davoch And Tomnamoon Dunphail Forres Moray
Received 7 Mar 2022 - Decided22/00345/APP
Erect a sun room at
Apnaghar 37 Duff Avenue Elgin Moray IV30 1QS
Received 8 Mar 2022 - Decided22/00347/APP
Remove glass conservatory and erect a utility extension replace front door and add 3no velux rooflights to kitchen roof at
Auchindoun 20 The Square Fochabers Moray IV32 7DF
Received 8 Mar 2022 - Decided22/00349/APP
Erect replacement conservatory at
Rainbows End 12 Argyle Street Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6PS
Received 8 Mar 2022 - Decided22/00355/APP
Change of use of Guest House to dwellinghouse at
34 Clifton Road Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6DJ
Received 9 Mar 2022 - Decided22/00356/APP
Amended design approved under ref 18/01024/APP for erection of dwellinghouse on
Site At Blackmyre Farm Dallas Forres Moray
Received 9 Mar 2022 - Decided22/00357/APP
Proposed erection of residential annexe at
The Spruce Hoose Edinvillie Aberlour Moray AB38 9NB
Received 9 Mar 2022 - Decided22/00358/APP
Retrospective application to amended house design approved under ref 18/01417/APP to include a dormer window and reposition wood burning stove flue outlet at
1A Smith Drive Elgin Moray IV30 4NE
Received 9 Mar 2022 - Decided22/00359/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
31 Kirkland Hill Lhanbryde Elgin Moray IV30 8QH
Received 9 Mar 2022 - Decided22/00368/APP
Alter extension approved under ref 21/00836/APP at
1 Auchincrieve Cottages Rothiemay Huntly Moray AB54 7JR
Received 10 Mar 2022 - Decided22/00369/APP
Amend cladding to timber and erect decking area at
Woodpecker Cottage Kintessack Forres Moray IV36 2TG
Received 10 Mar 2022 - Decided22/00370/APP
Erect extension at
Northern Fabricators Ltd 1 Chanonry Spur Elgin Moray IV30 6ND
Received 10 Mar 2022 - Decided22/00371/APP
Erect 3no dormer extensions to the front of
Struan 132 Moss Street Keith Moray AB55 5EZ
Received 10 Mar 2022 - Decided22/00372/APP
Change of house type and erection of ancillary building on
Plot 14 Kinloss Country Club Kinloss Forres Moray
Received 10 Mar 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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