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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 dates7,786Searchable applications
240Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 6,697 approved or refused records
326Refused applications
6,371 approved · 326 refused · 599 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided22/00424/APP
Installation of new water treatment building access kiosk and solar PV array at
New Waterworks Herricks Keith Moray AB55 5NT
Received 18 Mar 2022 - Decided22/00425/APP
Amended house design approved under ref 20/01515/APP to convert loft to habitable accommodation on
Plot 1 Bydand Walk Keith Moray
Received 18 Mar 2022 - Decided22/00427/APP
Erect height restriction barrier
Site At Burghead North Foreshore Burghead Moray
Received 18 Mar 2022 - Decided22/00429/APP
Proposed internal alterations attic conversion and formation of balcony at
Bruntland View Wester Buthill Roseisle Elgin Moray IV30 5YQ
Received 21 Mar 2022 - Decided22/00434/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
1 Braehead Cottage Edinvillie Aberlour Moray AB38 9NB
Received 22 Mar 2022 - Decided22/00435/APP
Vary conditions 8, 9 and 11 of planning ref 21/01265/APP to use of single ply membrane on main building roof rather than the approved finish of dark grey corrugated metal and proposed modifications to the approved landscaping works involving new tree species and minor change of location of new proposed trees at
Kinloss Barracks Burghead Road Kinloss Forres Moray IV36 3UH
Received 22 Mar 2022 - Decided22/00436/APP
Alterations to existing dwelling at
2 Paradise Lane Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6QW
Received 22 Mar 2022 - Decided22/00442/APP
Revise house design and change house position consent ref 19/01362/APP to erect dwellinghouse on
Site 200M West Of Torehead Pluscarden Elgin Moray
Received 23 Mar 2022 - Unknown22/00443/PNOT
Erect an agricultural shed at
Bugalow Holl Mulben Keith Moray AB55 6XQ
Received 23 Mar 2022 - Unknown22/00446/APP
Erect annex within garden
Largymore 2 Bracany Gardens Longmorn Elgin Moray IV30 8SY
Received 24 Mar 2022 - Decided22/00447/APP
Change of house type approved under ref 21/01218/APP for erection of dwellinghouse and attached garage on
Plot 2 Easter Whitewreath Longmorn Moray
Received 24 Mar 2022 - Decided22/00448/APP
Alter roof finish approved under ref 21/01176/APP on
Land North West Of Sunningdale Rafford Moray
Received 24 Mar 2022 - Decided22/00451/APP
Erect dwellinghouse and garage at
Site 2 Bogs Of Blervie Steading Forres Moray
Received 24 Mar 2022 - Decided22/00457/APP
Proposed storage facility including steel containers on
Land Adjacent To No 31 Grampian Road Elgin Moray
Received 25 Mar 2022 - Decided22/00458/APP
Proposed storage facility including steel containers on
Site Adjacent To No 33 Grampian Road Elgin Moray
Received 25 Mar 2022 - Decided22/00459/APP
Alter and refurbish existing semi-detached dwelling and erect semi-detached garage at
2 Upper Bogside Cottages Elgin Moray IV30 8TW
Received 25 Mar 2022 - Decided22/00460/APP
Alter and refurbish existing semi-detached dwelling and erect an ancillary semi-detached garden office at
1 Upper Bogside Cottages Elgin Moray IV30 8TW
Received 25 Mar 2022 - Decided22/00461/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
Ewe House Whiteinch Small Holdings Forres Moray IV36 3TS
Received 25 Mar 2022 - Unknown22/00470/PAPP
Upgrade forestry track at
Land At Jock's Hill Dufftown Moray
Received 24 Mar 2022 - Decided22/00478/APP
Proposed alterations and extension to provide an annex at
Midsummer Cottage Lein Road Kingston Fochabers Moray IV32 7NW
Received 28 Mar 2022 - Decided22/00479/APP
Demolish outbuilding and erect annexe at
Mill House Of Achnascraw Chapeltown Ballindalloch Moray AB37 9JT
Received 28 Mar 2022 - Decided22/00480/AMC
Approval of Matters Specified in Conditions 1 - 15 of planning consent ref 19/01480/PPP to erect dwellinghouse with single garage on
Site West Of Bruach Garmouth Moray
Received 28 Mar 2022 - Decided22/00481/AMC
Approval of Matters Specified in Conditions 1-15 on planning consent ref 19/01562/PPP to form a house plot on
Site North Of Binns Garmouth Fochabers Moray
Received 28 Mar 2022 - Unknown22/00482/PPP
Proposed dwellinghouse and detached garage on
Site Adjacent To March Croft Cottage Lhanbryde Elgin Moray
Received 28 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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