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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 dates7,939Searchable applications
242Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 6,840 approved or refused records
337Refused applications
6,503 approved · 337 refused · 604 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided23/00377/LBC
Removal of internal swing doors add sliding automatic entrance door and trim back of an internal stud wall at
WDC Scottish Dolphin Centre Spey Bay Fochabers Moray IV32 7PJ
Received 3 Mar 2023 - Decided23/00378/LBC
Repairs including mass concrete underpinning and structural crack repairs at
Dovecot Leitcheston Farm Enzie Buckie Moray
Received 3 Mar 2023 - Decided23/00379/APP
Retrospective change of use from residential dwelling to guest house at
Blervie House Rafford Forres Moray IV36 2RU
Received 3 Mar 2023 - Decided23/00385/LBC
Ceiling repair to collapse in pend between Ivy Cottage 1 and 2 at
2 Ivy Cottages Spey Bay Fochabers Moray IV32 7PJ
Received 6 Mar 2023 - Decided23/00386/LBC
Erect a fascia sign and projecting sign at
122 High Street Elgin Moray IV30 1BW
Received 6 Mar 2023 - Unknown23/00387/PNOT
Forestry shelter and store at
Drumin Wood Ballindalloch Moray
Received 6 Mar 2023 - Decided23/00388/APP
Erect 1.8m high wall and fence to western garden boundary at
14 Turnberry Crescent Elgin Moray IV30 8BE
Received 6 Mar 2023 - Decided23/00389/APP
Convert part of shop storage area to proprietors flat at
183 Mid Street Keith Moray AB55 5BL
Received 6 Mar 2023 - Decided23/00390/APP
Convert store to workshop and erect extension at
Thornwood Birnie Elgin Moray IV30 8SW
Received 6 Mar 2023 - Decided23/00391/APP
Erect porch and summerhouse in rear garden at
15 Hawthorn Road Elgin Moray IV30 1PG
Received 7 Mar 2023 - Decided23/00392/APP
Proposed alterations to existing building at
Store Baker Street Lossiemouth Moray
Received 7 Mar 2023 - Decided23/00393/CLE
Operate annexe as a short term holiday letting business at
The Old Byre Blacksboat Ballindalloch Moray AB37 9BR
Received 7 Mar 2023 - Decided23/00394/APP
Proposed treatment shed at
Glenfarclas Distillery Ballindalloch Moray AB37 9BD
Received 7 Mar 2023 - Decided23/00397/APP
Erect domestic garage at
Stripeside House Newmill Keith Moray AB55 6AE
Received 8 Mar 2023 - Decided23/00398/APP
Section 42 application to develop land without compliance with conditions 12 of planning permission 15/01605/PPP to amend the means of vehicular egress/exit from the site by altering the boundary walling to No 7 Seapark Road thus creating an acceptable visibility splay at
Woodland To West Of Seapark House Seapark Estate Kinloss Forres Moray
Received 8 Mar 2023 - Decided23/00404/APP
Convert garage and extend to the rear to create annexe accommodation at
3 Malin Place Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6TQ
Received 9 Mar 2023 - Unknown23/00405/PNOT
Erect a storage shed at
Dipple Farm Fochabers Moray IV32 7QA
Received 9 Mar 2023 - Decided23/00410/AMC
Approval of Matters Specified in Conditions 1-15 imposed on planning consent ref: 19/00709/PPP to erect dwellinghouse on
Site Opposite May Park Glen Of Rothes Rothes Moray
Received 10 Mar 2023 - Decided23/00411/APP
Erect garden room at
Broughnamary Croft Mulben Keith Moray AB55 6XU
Received 10 Mar 2023 - Decided23/00412/AMC
Approval of Matters Specified in Conditions 1-10 imposed on planning consent ref: 18/01511/PPP to erect dwellinghouse on
Site At Glen Of Rothes Fishery Glen Of Rothes Rothes Moray
Received 10 Mar 2023 - Decided23/00413/AMC
Approval of Matters Specified in Conditions 1-15 imposed on planning consent ref: 19/00711/PPP to erect dwellinghouse on
Site South Of Clash Wood Glen Of Rothes Rothes Moray
Received 10 Mar 2023 - Decided23/00414/AMC
Approval of Matters Specified in Conditions 1-15 imposed on planning consent ref: 19/00708/PPP to erect dwellinghouse on
Site On North Edge Of Clash Wood Rothes Moray
Received 10 Mar 2023 - Decided23/00415/AMC
Approval of Matters Specified in Conditions 1-13 imposed on planning consent ref 18/01510/PPP to erect dwellinghouse on
Site 300M SW Of Pitcraigie Steading Glen Of Rothes Rothes Moray
Received 10 Mar 2023 - Decided23/00423/PPP
Erect dwellinghouse and detached garage at
Site At Boharm Neuk Boharm Craigellachie Moray
Received 13 Mar 2023
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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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