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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 dates8,075Searchable applications
243Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 6,968 approved or refused records
343Refused applications
6,625 approved · 343 refused · 609 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Jul 2016 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided23/01516/LBC
Addition of extractor fan including core through external wall at
Byres Fochabers Moray IV32 7PH
Received 5 Sept 2023 - Decided23/01517/APP
Proposed extension at
Hillhead 29 Spey Road Nether Dallachy Fochabers Moray IV32 7PY
Received 5 Sept 2023 - Decided23/01518/CLE
Continue use as self catering holiday let at
Flat 21 Culbin Sands Apartments Findhorn Forres Moray IV36 3QJ
Received 5 Sept 2023 - Decided23/01529/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
Tomachlaven Glenlivet Ballindalloch Moray AB37 9DR
Received 6 Sept 2023 - Decided23/01530/CLP
Install a secondary digester tank with alterations to an existing concrete containment bund all works to be located within existing consented anaerobic digestion facility and energy plant at
Glenfiddich Distillery Castle Road Dufftown Keith Moray AB55 4DH
Received 6 Sept 2023 - Decided23/01531/APP
Construct two small business units with potential use classes 4/5/6 with associated parking and landscaping on
Site At Forres Enterprise Park Forres Moray
Received 6 Sept 2023 - Unknown23/01532/APP
Install temporary container for period of five years to be used as microbrewery for The Station Hotel at
The Villa Station Street Rothes Aberlour Moray AB38 7AD
Received 6 Sept 2023 - Decided23/01547/APP
Construct workshop at
9 Waterford Circle Forres Moray IV36 3EF
Received 7 Sept 2023 - Unknown23/01549/SCN
Proposed residential development of 268 homes including affordable housing with landscaping parking access and associated works at
R11 Findrassie Elgin Moray
Received 7 Sept 2023 - Decided23/01551/LBC
Erect replacement signage and internal alterations at
96 High Street Forres Moray IV36 1NX
Received 8 Sept 2023 - Decided23/01573/APP
Proposed stables at
Sillyearn Mains Grange Keith Moray AB55 6TJ
Received 13 Sept 2023 - Unknown23/01574/APP
Erect a dwellinghouse with associated works on
Land Adjacent To Wester Oldtown Roseisle Moray
Received 13 Sept 2023 - Unknown23/01575/APP
Proposed change of use from existing barber shop to dwellinghouse at
6 St Andrews Square Buckie Moray AB56 1BT
Received 13 Sept 2023 - Unknown23/01587/MARLIC
Maintenance dredging and sea deposit at
Lossiemouth Harbour Pitgaveny Street Lossiemouth Moray
Received 13 Sept 2023 - Decided23/01589/PNOT
Erect a forestry storage shed at
Woodland Adjacent To Broadle Buckie Moray
Received 14 Sept 2023 - Decided23/01590/APP
Proposed extension at
Bellachnockan Auchnarrow Ballindalloch Moray AB37 9JQ
Received 14 Sept 2023 - Decided23/01591/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
Easter Whitewreath Longmorn Elgin Moray IV30 8RJ
Received 14 Sept 2023 - Decided23/01605/APP
Install electric vehicle system to furnish 8 bays which constitutes 4 EV chargers associated hardware including a local substation on
Site Opposite 4 Linkwood Place Elgin Moray
Received 15 Sept 2023 - Decided23/01606/APP
Internal alterations and installation of new window and rooflights at
2 Chapel Street Findochty Buckie Moray AB56 4QX
Received 15 Sept 2023 - Decided23/01608/CLE
Certificate of lawfulness for existing use for the 1st floor four bedrooms of Rainbow Lodge for bed and breakfast
411 Field of Dreams Findhorn Forres Moray IV36 3TA
Received 15 Sept 2023 - Decided23/01613/APP
Retrospective consent to erect a fishing hut and bothy
Mill Brae Fishery Mill Brae House Mill Of Tynet Buckie Moray AB56 5HJ
Received 18 Sept 2023 - Decided23/01614/APP
Change of use of flat to short-term let
17D Clifton Road Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6DJ
Received 18 Sept 2023 - Decided23/01615/APP
Retrospective planning application for new boundary fence at
Trinlen Salterhill Elgin Moray IV30 5PT
Received 18 Sept 2023 - Unknown23/01616/CLE
Certificate of lawfulness to use flat as short term let at
16 Marine Court Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6SR
Received 18 Sept 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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