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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 dates7,927Searchable applications
242Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 6,829 approved or refused records
337Refused applications
6,492 approved · 337 refused · 603 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided23/00250/AMC
Approval of Matters Specified in conditions 1-11 imposed on planning consent ref 20/00365/PPP to erect dwellinghouse on 150m East of Gardeners Cottage, Aberlour
Site 150M East Of Gardeners Cottage Aberlour Moray
Received 13 Feb 2023 - Decided23/00255/APP
Erect solar panel array at
Duncarran Forres Moray IV36 2TA
Received 13 Feb 2023 - Decided23/00261/APP
Remove sheds and erect extension at
Collie Cottage 43 High Street Rothes Aberlour Moray AB38 7AU
Received 14 Feb 2023 - Unknown23/00262/PNOT
Erect dutch barn at
Haughs Of Grange Farm Grange Keith Moray AB55 6SD
Received 14 Feb 2023 - Unknown23/00263/PPP
Proposed dwellinghouse on
Site Adjacent To Moss-side Newmill Keith Moray
Received 14 Feb 2023 - Decided23/00269/AMC
Approval of Matters Specified in conditions 1-18 imposed on planning consent ref 19/01535/PPP to erect dwellinghouse on
Site 250M North Of Poolside Cottage Rothiemay Huntly
Received 15 Feb 2023 - Decided23/00270/AMC
Approval of Matters Specified in conditions 1-17 imposed on planning consent ref 20/00173/PPP to erect dwellinghouse on
Land 80M North Of Poolside Cottage Rothiemay Moray
Received 15 Feb 2023 - Unknown23/00274/SCN
Development of a battery energy storage system on
Land To West Of Berryburn Substation Moray
Received 15 Feb 2023 - Decided23/00275/APP
Erect hut on
Site At Attin Wood Clochan Moray
Received 16 Feb 2023 - Decided23/00276/APP
Extend existing distillery to house plant room store and linking pipe bridge at
Dalmunach Distillery Carron Aberlour Moray AB38 7QP
Received 16 Feb 2023 - Decided23/00281/APP
Use whole property as dwellinghouse and and Air BnB at
1 Church Street Burghead Elgin Moray IV30 5TY
Received 17 Feb 2023 - Decided23/00282/APP
Amend condition 4 of 22/00357/APP to allow the property to be used for short term lets at
The Spruce Hoose Edinvillie Aberlour Moray AB38 9NB
Received 17 Feb 2023 - Unknown23/00290/APP
Erection of house on site of Mill ruin
Refrieish Auchnarrow Ballindalloch Moray AB37 9JP
Received 20 Feb 2023 - Decided23/00292/APP
Installation of 16 solar panels on the extension roofs at
Beach Cottage Beach Road Kingston Fochabers Moray IV32 7NP
Received 20 Feb 2023 - Decided23/00302/APP
Change of use from amenity to garden ground and erect 1.8m high timber fence at
90 Inchbroom Avenue Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6HJ
Received 21 Feb 2023 - Decided23/00303/APP
Erect dwellinghouse two studio outbuildings and site temporary static caravan at
Land At Upper Coul Morinsh Glenlivet Ballindalloch Moray
Received 21 Feb 2023 - Unknown23/00304/APP
Revised house type detached garage and boundaries approved under ref 18/01477/APP on
Land Adjacent To Easter Covesea Cottage Duffus Moray
Received 21 Feb 2023 - Decided23/00312/APP
Revise house design on planning consent ref 18/00168/APP on
Site To The Rear Of The Cottage Lower Auchenreath Fochabers Moray
Received 22 Feb 2023 - Decided23/00314/APP
Erect cooperage including office staff facilities storage yard and associated works on
Land Adjacent To Kynoch Park Keith Moray
Received 22 Feb 2023 - Decided23/00316/APP
Erect extension and new garage at
69 Fife Street Keith Moray AB55 5EG
Received 23 Feb 2023 - Decided23/00317/APP
Alterations and extension at
2 Blantyre Place Portknockie Buckie Moray AB56 4LJ
Received 23 Feb 2023 - Decided23/00318/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse (including demolition works) and erect associated outbuildings for biomass boiler at
Spynie House Elgin Moray IV30 5PG
Received 23 Feb 2023 - Unknown23/00322/PNOT
Erect general purpose agricultural building at
Broombank Cottage Moss Of Barmuckity Elgin Moray IV30 8QW
Received 24 Feb 2023 - Decided23/00323/APP
Partial conversion to maisonette (Amended Proposals to 22/00954/APP)
The Old Coach House Hotel 28 High Street Buckie Moray AB56 1AR
Received 24 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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