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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 dates7,802Searchable applications
242Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 6,711 approved or refused records
326Refused applications
6,385 approved · 326 refused · 599 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided22/00526/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
Franscot 2 Burdshaugh Forres Moray IV36 1NQ
Received 1 Apr 2022 - Decided22/00527/APP
Erect workshop at
Berry Burn Wind Farm Dunphail Forres Moray
Received 1 Apr 2022 - Unknown22/00529/PNOT
Erect an agricultural building at
Tomcork Dunphail Forres Moray IV36 2QH
Received 1 Apr 2022 - Decided22/00531/APP
Vary condition 1 of 20/013131/APP to erect 1.8m timber panelling instead of 1.8m opaque screening at
9 Ferrier Terrace Elgin Moray IV30 4JU
Received 1 Apr 2022 - Decided22/00532/APP
Construction and operation of gas compression and injection infrastructure with a buried propane tank and switch room to connect developments at the Portgordon Maltings to the new SGN High Pressure gas line and new electrical power lines for the area on
Land Adjacent To Portgordon Maltings Buckie Moray
Received 1 Apr 2022 - Decided22/00533/APP
Convert former stable to granny flat and ancillary accommodation at
The Old Manse Dyke Forres Moray IV36 2TF
Received 1 Apr 2022 - Decided22/00534/APP
Erection of post and wire fence with gates at
8B Fairway Heights Kinloss Forres Moray IV36 2UJ
Received 1 Apr 2022 - Decided22/00536/PPP
Erect dwellinghouse to replace caravan at
Beechwood Garden House Calcots Elgin Moray IV30 8NQ
Received 31 Mar 2022 - Decided22/00539/APP
Proposed alterations and extension at
73 Fife Street Keith Moray AB55 5EG
Received 4 Apr 2022 - Decided22/00540/APP
Proposed change of use of part of bar area to form coffee shop
Red Lion Tavern 65 - 67 High Street Fochabers Moray IV32 7DU
Received 4 Apr 2022 - Decided22/00541/PPP
Erect dwellinghouse on
Site To Rear Of 20 Albert Place Dufftown Keith Moray
Received 4 Apr 2022 - Decided22/00542/PPP
Proposed dwellinghouse and detached garage on
Site Adjacent To 1-5 South Darklands Lhanbryde Elgin Moray
Received 4 Apr 2022 - Unknown22/00543/PNOT
Erect a general purpose forestry building and associated works at
Bluehill Craigellachie Moray
Received 4 Apr 2022 - Decided22/00550/LBC
Replace of 4no rooflights with conservation type roof lights removal of 1no rooflight and opening built up replace existing skew stones to west gable only and replace existing guttering with new alutec deep flow gutters at
154 Seatown Cullen Buckie Moray AB56 4SL
Received 5 Apr 2022 - Decided22/00551/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
75 New Street Rothes Aberlour Moray AB38 7BJ
Received 5 Apr 2022 - Decided22/00554/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
Lamlash 46 Lower Blantyre Street Cullen Buckie Moray AB56 4RQ
Received 6 Apr 2022 - Decided22/00555/APP
Change of use from treatment plant building to biomass housing at
Wardend Yard Altyre Forres Moray IV36 2SH
Received 6 Apr 2022 - Decided22/00563/APP
Erection of 3 Wind Turbines (at max height 149.9m to blade tip) control building and substation and formation of access tracks (including turning heads) hardstanding temporary construction compound and associated works and infrastructure at
Lurg Hill Deskford Moray
Received 7 Apr 2022 - Decided22/00564/APP
Erect 2no glamping pods road access and landscaping at
Lynn Of Shenval And Bothy Glenlivet Ballindalloch Moray AB37 9DP
Received 7 Apr 2022 - Decided22/00565/APP
Erect replacement extension to rear at
36 - 38 High Street Rothes Aberlour Moray AB38 7AY
Received 7 Apr 2022 - Unknown22/00572/PNOT
Erect an agricultural store on
Site Adjacent To The Wood Of Coneloch Birnie Moray
Received 7 Apr 2022 - Decided22/00574/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse demolish garage and form extended parking area at
15 Glebe Park Crescent Cullen Buckie Moray AB56 4YF
Received 8 Apr 2022 - Decided22/00575/APP
Erect three holiday lodges associated parking surface water treatment provision landscaping woodland removal and new planting at
Kinloss Country Golf Club Kinloss Forres Moray IV36 2UB
Received 8 Apr 2022 - Unknown22/00576/PNOT
Form an access road at
Pitcragie Glen Of Rothes Rothes Aberlour Moray
Received 8 Apr 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.
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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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