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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 dates7,854Searchable applications
242Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 6,761 approved or refused records
330Refused applications
6,431 approved · 330 refused · 600 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided22/01253/LBC
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
223 Seatown Cullen Buckie Moray AB56 4SL
Received 25 Aug 2022 - Unknown22/01255/HHCOMP
Application for High Hedge Notice at
Kilmorack Broomhill Road Keith Moray AB55 5EX
Received 25 Aug 2022 - Decided22/01257/APP
Develop 3 yards for class 4,5 and 6 uses and erect galvanised palisade security fencing with gated access on
Site At March Road Development I3 Buckie Moray
Received 26 Aug 2022 - Decided22/01258/LBC
Complete repairs to a failed section of the groyne at the entrance to
Burghead Harbour Church Street Burghead Moray
Received 26 Aug 2022 - Decided22/01259/APP
Install 8 electric vehicle charging points and control barrier on car park associated with 1-8 Varis Wynd on
Site To Rear Of 22, 24 & 26 High Street Forres Moray
Received 26 Aug 2022 - Decided22/01262/APP
Kennel conversion to create domestic annex at
Upper Tominachty Craigellachie Aberlour Moray AB38 9QR
Received 29 Aug 2022 - Decided22/01263/APP
Alter an extend to form a utility room wc/shower room and annex
Suilven Market Street Forres Moray IV36 1EF
Received 29 Aug 2022 - Decided22/01264/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
2 Easter Road Kinloss Forres Moray IV36 3XZ
Received 29 Aug 2022 - Decided22/01267/APP
Extend dwellinghouse to rear at
4 Grant Street Buckie Moray AB56 1SD
Received 30 Aug 2022 - Decided22/01269/APP
Erect storage warehouses and ancillary development (amenity block sprinkler tank and pump house) land engineering (cut and fill),realignment of Core Burn and associated engineering and infrastructure works including access and sub-station on
Land To The South Of Crisp Maltings Portgordon Buckie Moray
Received 30 Aug 2022 - Decided22/01271/APP
Extend dwellinghouse at
2 Janitors House Morriston Road Elgin Moray IV30 4NB
Received 31 Aug 2022 - Decided22/01272/APP
Proposed extension
34 York Street Dufftown Keith Moray AB55 4AU
Received 31 Aug 2022 - Unknown22/01274/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
Skaffie Cottage 51 Seatown Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6JJ
Received 31 Aug 2022 - Decided22/01278/APP
Erect single storey office accommodation on
Plot 14A Elgin Business Park Elgin Moray
Received 1 Sept 2022 - Unknown22/01279/APP
Erect dwellinghouse on
Site Adjacent To Hillside Cottage Grange Keith Moray
Received 1 Sept 2022 - Unknown22/01280/APP
Change of use and development to form 8 separate apartments at
Norland Stotfield Road Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6QP
Received 1 Sept 2022 - Decided22/01281/APP
Erect open steel framed pavillion on existing masonry raised rotunda at
Arndilly House Craigellachie Aberlour Moray AB38 9QS
Received 1 Sept 2022 - Decided22/01282/LBC
Erect open steel framed pavilion on existing raised masonry rotunda at
Arndilly House Craigellachie Aberlour Moray AB38 9QS
Received 1 Sept 2022 - Unknown22/01290/APP
Convert existing garage to living accommodation annexe at
Solas Broom Of Moy Forres Moray IV36 2SR
Received 2 Sept 2022 - Decided22/01291/APP
Change of use of offices to dog grooming parlour at
Moycroft House Moycroft Road Elgin Moray IV30 1XZ
Received 2 Sept 2022 - Decided22/01292/APP
Erect dwellinghouse on
Plot 3 Minduff Drybridge Buckie Moray
Received 2 Sept 2022 - Unknown22/01293/APP
Proposed alterations and extension with infinity pool
Highfield Muiryhall Urquhart Elgin Moray IV30 8LW
Received 2 Sept 2022 - Decided22/01297/PPP
Erect dwellinghouse and associated works on
Ground At Rear Of 36 To 38 Hill Street Elgin Moray
Received 5 Sept 2022 - Decided22/01298/APP
Vehicle gate access to land for maintenance purposes on
Land Adjacent To The Lodge Stotfield Road Lossiemouth Moray
Received 5 Sept 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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