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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 dates7,980Searchable applications
243Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 6,879 approved or refused records
339Refused applications
6,540 approved · 339 refused · 605 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided23/00741/APP
Repaint walls window door surrounds replace gutters and downpipes at
1 Old Street Findochty Buckie Moray AB56 4PF
Received 5 May 2023 - Decided23/00745/APP
Demolish existing barn and erect extension to dwelling and form residential annexe at
Schoolhill Croft Drybridge Buckie Moray AB56 5JD
Received 8 May 2023 - Unknown23/00746/PNOT
Erect replacement agricultural building at
Kininvie Farm Craigellachie Aberlour Moray AB38 9RD
Received 8 May 2023 - Decided23/00747/APP
Replacement of existing cattle shed
Deskie Farm Bridgend Of Glenlivet Ballindalloch Moray AB37 9BX
Received 8 May 2023 - Unknown23/00749/CLE
Certificate of lawfulness to use part of our home (the annex / extension) as a guest house at
Yellow Sands Findhorn Forres Moray IV36 3YY
Received 8 May 2023 - Decided23/00755/APP
Proposed borehole & track (Phase 3 of Newton Nursery Redevelopment) at
Newton Nursery Elgin Moray IV30 8XR
Received 10 May 2023 - Unknown23/00757/APP
Erect domestic garage at
14 Victoria Place Keith Moray AB55 5FU
Received 10 May 2023 - Decided23/00758/APP
Retrospective consent to change of use of owners dwellinghouse to holiday let at
Lossiemouth Caravan Park Seatown Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6NW
Received 10 May 2023 - Decided23/00759/APP
Change of use from retail to gym together with external alterations and the installation of plant at
Unit 8 Elgin Retail Park Edgar Road Elgin Moray IV30 6RP
Received 10 May 2023 - Decided23/00761/LBC
Proposal to lime harl and limewash the rubble elevations at
58 South Street Elgin Moray IV30 1JZ
Received 10 May 2023 - Decided23/00762/APP
Lime harling to rubble elevations at
58 South Street Elgin Moray IV30 1JZ
Received 10 May 2023 - Decided23/00770/APP
Single storey extension to rear at
21 Schoolhill Terrace Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6JZ
Received 10 May 2023 - Decided23/00774/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
32 South Deskford Street Cullen Buckie Moray AB56 4XE
Received 11 May 2023 - Decided23/00775/APP
Change of use of Council ground to garden ground at
Forres Bowling Club St Catherines Road Forres Moray IV36 1LL
Received 11 May 2023 - Decided23/00785/APP
Change of house type at Plot 8
Site Opposite Ghilliebog House Elgin Moray
Received 12 May 2023 - Unknown23/00786/PNOT
Erect a forestry equipment store at
Sunnyhill Birnie Elgin Moray IV30 8ST
Received 12 May 2023 - Decided23/00787/AMC
Approval of Matters Specified in Conditions 1-17 imposed on planning consent ref: 20/00354/PPP to erect dwellinghouse on
Site At Shougle Farm Birnie Moray
Received 12 May 2023 - Decided23/00789/APP
Convert office to self contained flat at
44 Regent Street Keith Moray AB55 5EW
Received 12 May 2023 - Decided23/00790/PPP
Proposed house plot on
Site To Rear Of 44 Regent Street Keith Moray
Received 12 May 2023 - Decided23/00791/APP
Extension to existing dwellinghouse
Herrickside Keith Moray AB55 5NT
Received 12 May 2023 - Decided23/00792/APP
Revised house type detached garage and boundaries approved under ref 18/01477/APP on
Land Adjacent To Easter Covesea Cottage Duffus Moray
Received 15 May 2023 - Decided23/00793/CLP
Use hotel and leisure centre as accommodation for asylum seekers at
Eight Acres Hotel Morriston Road Elgin Moray IV30 6UL
Received 15 May 2023 - Decided23/00794/APP
Proposed pavilion at
The Gleaner Arena Borough Briggs Road Elgin Moray IV30 1AP
Received 15 May 2023 - Decided23/00795/APP
Change of use of garage fitness centre and office to builders merchants at
13 Greshop Road Forres Moray
Received 15 May 2023
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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