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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 dates7,864Searchable applications
242Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 6,771 approved or refused records
331Refused applications
6,440 approved · 331 refused · 600 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Unknown22/01398/APP
Extend dwelling demolish existing shed/garage and erection of replacement outbuilding for ancillary office use at
Managers House Coleburn Distillery Longmorn Elgin Moray IV30 8SN
Received 28 Sept 2022 - Decided22/01401/HAZ
Hazardous substance consent
Portgordon Maltings Buckie Moray AB56 5BU
Received 28 Sept 2022 - Decided22/01405/APP
Renew temporary consent 19/01209/APP to site a portable office building adjacent to
The Phoenix Centre 156 The Park Findhorn Forres Moray IV36 3TD
Received 28 Sept 2022 - Decided22/01406/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
The Orchard Dyke Forres Moray IV36 2TF
Received 29 Sept 2022 - Decided22/01408/APP
Proposed access road and associated landscaping (Phase 1 of Newton Nursery Redevelopment) at
Newton Nursery Elgin Moray IV30 8XR
Received 29 Sept 2022 - Decided22/01417/APP
Extend dwellinghouse at rear at
133 Morriston Road Elgin Moray IV30 4NB
Received 30 Sept 2022 - Decided22/01418/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
9 Sea Park Hopeman Elgin Moray IV30 5RY
Received 30 Sept 2022 - Decided22/01420/LBC
Minor alterations to the interior of the building for the temporary change of use for 3 years from nurses living accommodation (class 8) to veterans activity centre/day centre (class 10)
Leanchoil Hospital Staff Home 89 St Leonards Road Forres Moray IV36 2RE
Received 3 Oct 2022 - Decided22/01421/APP
Retrospective consent to install 2no velux roof windows and associated upstands within existing flat roofed extension at
Dulsie Cottage 20 Balmoral Terrace Elgin Moray IV30 4JH
Received 3 Oct 2022 - Decided22/01422/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
Braemoray Forsyth Street Hopeman Elgin Moray IV30 5SY
Received 3 Oct 2022 - Decided22/01423/APP
Change of use from amenity to garden ground and erect a 1.8m high timber fence at
10 Linksfield Road Mosstodloch Fochabers Moray IV32 7LB
Received 3 Oct 2022 - Decided22/01430/APP
Installation of malt silos to support the operation of the
Cabrach Distillery Lower Cabrach Huntly Moray AB54 4EU
Received 5 Oct 2022 - Decided22/01432/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
15 Duffus Heights Elgin Moray IV30 5PA
Received 5 Oct 2022 - Decided22/01433/CLE
Use of property for short term lets at
21 Albert Terrace Cullen Buckie Moray AB56 4TY
Received 5 Oct 2022 - Decided22/01434/CLE
Use of property as self- contained residential unit
53A Moss Street Keith Moray AB55 5HF
Received 5 Oct 2022 - Decided22/01443/APP
Proposed enlarged kitchen window and balcony upon kitchen roof at
Mdina 13 Mid Street Hopeman Elgin Moray IV30 5TF
Received 6 Oct 2022 - Decided22/01445/APP
Extension to provide toilet facilities for tasting room at
Glenallachie Distillery Glenallachie Aberlour Moray AB38 9LR
Received 6 Oct 2022 - Decided22/01446/APP
Retrospective planning permission for change of use of study to self-contained short term let
35 Mannachie Grove Forres Moray IV36 2WE
Received 6 Oct 2022 - Decided22/01448/CLP
Confirmation the planning consent 08/02157/REM for new dwellinghouse is extant at
2 Barlatch Cottages Rothiemay Moray
Received 6 Oct 2022 - Unknown22/01449/APP
Erect replacement 1.5 storey dwellinghouse garage parking and associated services at
Diviebrae Dunphail Forres Moray
Received 6 Oct 2022 - Unknown22/01450/APP
Erect dwellinghouse and garage on
Site At Brookfield Rafford Moray
Received 6 Oct 2022 - Decided22/01451/APP
Retrospective permisson for boundary fence at
94 Springfield Road Elgin Moray IV30 6YU
Received 6 Oct 2022 - Decided22/01465/APP
Replace windows with UPVC double glazed units at
52 High Street Aberlour Moray AB38 9QD
Received 7 Oct 2022 - Decided22/01468/APP
Proposed internal alteration attic conversion including balcony at
50 Nelson Terrace Keith Moray AB55 5EF
Received 10 Oct 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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