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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 dates7,858Searchable applications
242Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 6,765 approved or refused records
330Refused applications
6,435 approved · 330 refused · 600 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided22/01299/APP
Erect dwellinghouse on
Site Adjacent To Lochiel Cottage Cummingston Moray
Received 5 Sept 2022 - Decided22/01300/APP
Proposed rear extension with internal alterations at
6 Pringle Road Elgin Moray IV30 4HN
Received 5 Sept 2022 - Decided22/01308/APP
Remove glass panes from two windows on the first floor southwest elevation and install cowl remove glass from northwest elevation and install two acoustic louvers at
Telephone Exchange Manse Wynd Forres Moray IV36 1PX
Received 7 Sept 2022 - Decided22/01311/APP
Conversion of steading to dwellinghouse at
Clunehill Deskford Buckie Moray AB56 5XS
Received 8 Sept 2022 - Decided22/01312/APP
Retrospective application to erect fence at
20 Maisondieu Road Elgin Moray IV30 1RH
Received 8 Sept 2022 - Decided22/01313/APP
Proposed replacement windows to the High Street/North Street corner elevations and installation of awning to the cafe at
79 High Street Forres Moray IV36 1AE
Received 8 Sept 2022 - Decided22/01314/LBC
Proposed replacement windows to the High Street/North Street corner elevations and installation of awning to the cafe at
79 High Street Forres Moray IV36 1AE
Received 8 Sept 2022 - Decided22/01315/APP
Erect 3 dwellinghouses at
R3 Fir Park Road Dyke Forres Moray
Received 8 Sept 2022 - Decided22/01316/ADV
Erect a fascia sign box sign and flag at
Phase 2 Findrassie Elgin Moray
Received 8 Sept 2022 - Decided22/01318/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
223 Seatown Cullen Buckie Moray AB56 4SL
Received 8 Sept 2022 - Unknown22/01321/SCN
Construction and operation of an Anaerobic Digestion (AD) facility to process by-products of the distilling industry and produce up to 4mw of renewable energy in the form of bio methane fro injection into the gas network
Portgordon Maltings Buckie Moray AB56 5BU
Received 8 Sept 2022 - Decided22/01322/APP
Form new dormer windows and replacement window and doors and re-roughcast external walls
Kia Lat High Street Garmouth Fochabers Moray IV32 7NQ
Received 9 Sept 2022 - Decided22/01323/APP
Erect temporary guyed anemometry mast up to 100m in height for a up to 5 years on
Land At Teindland Forest Fochabers Moray
Received 9 Sept 2022 - Decided22/01324/APP
Section 42 Application to modify Condition 1 of planning permission 19/00908/APP to amend the expiration period from 30 September 2022 to 30 September 2025 at
Lurg Hill Deskford Moray
Received 12 Sept 2022 - Decided22/01325/APP
Erect 2 linked Parkmore house types on
Parcel A Corsemaul Drive Dufftown Moray
Received 12 Sept 2022 - Decided22/01326/APP
Demolish rear extension and erect new extension and erect new garage at
Hollybank Linkwood Road Elgin Moray IV30 6DJ
Received 12 Sept 2022 - Decided22/01330/LBC
Repairs at
Mercat Cross Monument High Street Forres Moray
Received 12 Sept 2022 - Decided22/01332/APP
Erect 11 dwellinghouses and associated works on
Floras Land Knockomie Braes Forres Moray
Received 13 Sept 2022 - Decided22/01339/APP
Erect dwellinghouse on
Site On Newlands Lane Buckie Moray
Received 14 Sept 2022 - Unknown22/01340/APP
Extend toilet facilities to Tasting Room at
Glenallachie Distillery Glenallachie Aberlour Moray AB38 9LR
Received 14 Sept 2022 - Decided22/01341/APP
Change of use from agricultural to community use with erection of polytunnel sheds for horticultural use and compost toilet on
Land At Chapelton Farm St Leonards Road Forres Moray
Received 14 Sept 2022 - Unknown22/01342/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse remove oil tank and new air source heat pump at
200 Findhorn Forres Moray IV36 3YS
Received 14 Sept 2022 - Decided22/01346/APP
Extend house to form additional residential accommodation at
8 Midmar Street Buckie Moray AB56 1BJ
Received 15 Sept 2022 - Decided22/01349/APP
Erect sunroom at
Briar Cottage Lein Road Kingston Fochabers Moray IV32 7NW
Received 15 Sept 2022
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsResearching a proposal in Moray
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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