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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 dates7,897Searchable applications
242Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 6,802 approved or refused records
334Refused applications
6,468 approved · 334 refused · 601 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided23/00114/PAMAST
Replacement radio tower at
Site 300M North East Kerrow Forres Moray
Received 25 Jan 2023 - Decided23/00119/APP
Demolish existing cottage and erect new dwellinghouse at
Dorranlea Kinloss Forres Moray IV36 2UA
Received 26 Jan 2023 - Decided23/00120/APP
Replace existing timber windows with double glazed PVCu windows at
Police Station Turner Street Keith Moray AB55 5DJ
Received 26 Jan 2023 - Decided23/00121/APP
Section 42 to vary condition 22 part (a) relating to the frequency of operational noise surveys from biennial to 5 yearly
Edintore Wind Farm Keith Moray AB55 5PJ
Received 26 Jan 2023 - Decided23/00123/APP
New net zero distillery process building alterations to existing building to house bio-plant/evaporator with associated tank farm partial landscape re-contouring community orchard and new office/labs building with associated infrastructure including a new access road at
Miltonduff Distillery Miltonduff Elgin Moray IV30 8TQ
Received 26 Jan 2023 - Decided23/00131/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
29 St Paul Street Buckie Moray AB56 1EJ
Received 27 Jan 2023 - Decided23/00132/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
9 Pitgaveny Street Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6NS
Received 27 Jan 2023 - Decided23/00133/APP
Retrospective application for formation of access and track at
Mill Of Towieburn Keith Moray AB55 5JA
Received 27 Jan 2023 - Decided23/00135/LBC
Fit secondary glazing at
5 Bank Lane Forres Moray IV36 1NU
Received 27 Jan 2023 - Decided23/00143/APP
Amendment to 21/01757/APP to provide air source heat pumps and internal alterations at
The Warehouse Theatre Pitgaveny Quay Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6TW
Received 31 Jan 2023 - Decided23/00144/APP
Upgrade works to the existing access track running south of the A920 to
Garbet Windfarm Site 5.5km Southeast Of Dufftown Moray
Received 31 Jan 2023 - Decided23/00145/APP
Proposed store building at
Elgin City Football Club Borough Briggs Road Elgin Moray IV30 1AP
Received 31 Jan 2023 - Decided23/00146/APP
Revise boundaries on planning consent ref 14/00381/APP to erect dwellinghouse on
Site At Castlehill Thomshill Elgin Moray
Received 31 Jan 2023 - Decided23/00152/APP
Alter and extend cottage at
Meulach Cottage Auchindoun Keith Moray AB55 4DQ
Received 1 Feb 2023 - Decided23/00154/APP
Erect replacement extension at
Craigievar 29 Reidhaven Street Elgin Moray IV30 1QH
Received 1 Feb 2023 - Decided23/00155/LBC
Replace existing lighting with new lighting units and supports at
Telford Bridge Aberlour Moray
Received 1 Feb 2023 - Decided23/00156/APP
Replace existing new lighting units and supports at
Telford Bridge Aberlour Moray
Received 1 Feb 2023 - Decided23/00163/APP
Extend dwelling house at
19 Community Way Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6RL
Received 2 Feb 2023 - Decided23/00164/AMC
Approval of Matters Specified in conditions 1-16 imposed on planning consent ref 19/01227/PPP to erect dwellinghouse on
Site 700M South Of Newton Of Dalvey Forres Moray
Received 2 Feb 2023 - Decided23/00165/APP
Convert existing garage to playroom and erect double garage at
10 Siwalik Hill Forres Moray IV36 2PH
Received 2 Feb 2023 - Unknown23/00176/APP
Vary condition no1 of planning consent 21/00001/APP to use garden room as a multi-purpose function room on
Site At Beechbank Rothes Aberlour Moray AB38 7AW
Received 3 Feb 2023 - Decided23/00177/PPP
Proposed dwellinghouse on
Site Within Garden Ground Of Old Mills House Jock Inkson Brae Elgin Moray
Received 3 Feb 2023 - Decided23/00178/LBC
Erect replacement extension at
Craigievar 29 Reidhaven Street Elgin Moray IV30 1QH
Received 3 Feb 2023 - Decided23/00179/APP
Erect 2no dwellinghouses at
57 Main Street Tomintoul Ballindalloch Moray AB37 9HA
Received 3 Feb 2023
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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