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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.
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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 dates7,884Searchable applications
242Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 6,791 approved or refused records
334Refused applications
6,457 approved · 334 refused · 600 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Oct 2016 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided22/01880/APP
Solar PV installation at
Glenfarclas Distillery Ballindalloch Moray AB37 9BD
Received 14 Dec 2022 - Decided22/01881/APP
Demolish existing building and erect 8 no serviced apartments, parking, cycle storage and 2no. retail units to ground floor
25 Pitgaveny Street Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6NT
Received 14 Dec 2022 - Decided22/01882/LBC
Erect covered canopy and retrospective consent for alterations to former bedroom accommodation to cafe seating and provision of outdoor seating area at
Garmouth Hotel South Road Garmouth Fochabers Moray IV32 7LU
Received 14 Dec 2022 - Decided22/01883/APP
Erect covered canopy and retrospective consent for alterations to former bedroom accommodation to cafe seating and provision of outdoor seating area at
Garmouth Hotel South Road Garmouth Fochabers Moray IV32 7LU
Received 14 Dec 2022 - Decided22/01884/PPP
Proposed dwellinghouse and associated works on
Ground Adjacent To Kintail South Street Fochabers Moray
Received 14 Dec 2022 - Unknown22/01885/APP
Retrospective consent to replace existing upvc casement windows with upvc sash & case style window replace window with french door opening replace kitchen windows with glazed doors and internal alterations at
Singapore Cottage Leask Road Forres Moray IV36 1SW
Received 14 Dec 2022 - Decided22/01886/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
Dunconusg Aberlour Moray AB38 9LS
Received 14 Dec 2022 - Unknown22/01888/PPP
Proposed dwellinghouse and detached garage on
Site At Wellhill Farm Kintessack Forres Moray
Received 14 Dec 2022 - Decided22/01889/APP
Vary house type approved under ref 17/00941/APP on
Plot A Site To Rear Of Laich Medical Centre Quarry Road Lossiemouth Moray
Received 15 Dec 2022 - Unknown22/01891/APP
Erect dog grooming facility with domestic storage at
2B Argyle Street Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6QF
Received 15 Dec 2022 - Decided22/01892/ADV
Erect a fascia sign at
Garmouth Hotel South Road Garmouth Fochabers Moray IV32 7LU
Received 15 Dec 2022 - Decided22/01893/APP
Revised house design and amended access approved under 18/01410/APP to 4 bed dwellinghouse with double garage/carport on
Site In Front Of Hillwood Carron Moray
Received 15 Dec 2022 - Decided22/01894/APP
Change of use of former pagoda to create tourist let at
Coleburn Distillery Longmorn Elgin Moray IV30 8SN
Received 15 Dec 2022 - Decided22/01895/LBC
Alterations to existing pagoda at
Coleburn Distillery Longmorn Elgin Moray IV30 8SN
Received 15 Dec 2022 - Decided22/01896/APP
Replace UPVC windows and doors with timber framed double glazed windows and insulated timber doors at
174 Findhorn Forres Moray IV36 3YN
Received 15 Dec 2022 - Unknown22/01903/SCN
Construct new water abstraction for Aberlour Distillery including abstraction in River Spey erect control building underground pipeline directional drilling below A95 underground and aboveground pipeline through the distillery and associated infrastructure on
Aberlour Distillery Aberlour Moray AB38 9PJ
Received 15 Dec 2022 - Unknown22/01911/APP
Demolish existing steading and erect 4 new dwellinghouses
Wester Oldtown Roseisle Elgin Moray IV30 5YD
Received 16 Dec 2022 - Decided22/01916/LBC
Convert church to dwellinghouse at
Alves Old Parish Church Alves Moray
Received 19 Dec 2022 - Decided22/01918/APP
Change of use from former betting office to cafe and hot food takeaway at
23 Pitgaveny Street Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6NT
Received 19 Dec 2022 - Decided22/01919/APP
Demolish existing kennels and erect ancillary anglers lodge (annex) at
Upper Tominachty Craigellachie Aberlour Moray AB38 9QR
Received 19 Dec 2022 - Decided22/01921/APP
Retrospective siting of caravan for temporary period and use for letting at
Plot 2 Easter Wards Of Alves Mosstowie Elgin Moray
Received 19 Dec 2022 - Decided22/01925/APP
Alterations and extension at
5 Conon Crescent Elgin Moray IV30 1SZ
Received 20 Dec 2022 - Unknown22/01926/LBC
Replacement windows at
Quay Cottage Findhorn Forres Moray IV36 3YE
Received 20 Dec 2022 - Decided22/01927/APP
Extend shop and car park at
Glenallachie Distillery Glenallachie Aberlour Moray AB38 9LR
Received 20 Dec 2022
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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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