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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 dates8,095Searchable applications
243Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 6,985 approved or refused records
345Refused applications
6,640 approved · 345 refused · 611 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided23/01701/APP
Retrospective consent for change of use of annexe to short term let accommodation at
205 Findhorn Forres Moray IV36 3YS
Received 28 Sept 2023 - Decided23/01710/LBC
Repairs to existing monument at
Market Cross Monument The Square Cullen Moray
Received 28 Sept 2023 - Decided23/01715/CLP
Installation of a filtration concentration building alterations and extensions to existing concrete containment bund and installation of secondary pre-treatment tanks at the anaerobic digestion facility and energy plant at
Glenfiddich Distillery Castle Road Dufftown Keith Moray AB55 4DH
Received 29 Sept 2023 - Decided23/01716/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
Beulah Garmouth Fochabers Moray IV32 7LE
Received 29 Sept 2023 - Decided23/01724/CLE
Certificate of Lawfulness to use cabin for short term lets at
The Cabin Balnabeinn Tomintoul Ballindalloch Moray AB37 9HP
Received 29 Sept 2023 - Decided23/01730/APP
Install two tern rafts at
Loch Spynie Nature Reserve Pitgaveny Elgin Moray
Received 2 Oct 2023 - Decided23/01731/AMC
Approval of Matters Specified in Conditions 1-16 imposed on planning consent ref 22/01596/PPP to erect dwellinghouse and detached garage at
Land Adjacent To Rowan Tree House Elgin Moray
Received 2 Oct 2023 - Decided23/01732/APP
Retrospective consent for change of use from a residential flat to a short term self catering flat
Flat 1 Hayfield James Street Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6BY
Received 2 Oct 2023 - Unknown23/01754/APP
Replacement windows at
50 Findhorn Forres Moray IV36 3YF
Received 3 Oct 2023 - Decided23/01755/APP
Section 42 to vary condition 1 of 20/01250APP to allow an extension of time of planning permission for a further 36 months at
North Side Of Runway RAF Lossiemouth Lossiemouth Moray
Received 3 Oct 2023 - Decided23/01757/APP
Erect a garden shed at
5 Cumiskie Crescent Forres Moray IV36 2QB
Received 3 Oct 2023 - Decided23/01758/APP
Section 42 application to vary condition 1 of 20/01193/APP to allow an extension of time of the planning permission for a further 36 months for the siting of a welfare cabin on
Land East Of RAF Lossiemouth Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6SD
Received 3 Oct 2023 - Decided23/01759/APP
Revise house design approved under planning consent 10/01789/APP at
Upper Tomnabent Spey Valley Drive Aberlour Moray
Received 3 Oct 2023 - Decided23/01762/APP
Convert garage to residential accommodation formation of balcony and retrospective consent to erect shed and domestic office at
13 Seafield Circle Buckie Moray AB56 5AD
Received 3 Oct 2023 - Decided23/01764/APP
Replace windows form door and alter vehicular access at
Castlehill Manse 2 Castlehill Road Forres Moray IV36 1NW
Received 4 Oct 2023 - Unknown23/01765/LBC
Replacement windows to property
50 Findhorn Forres Moray IV36 3YF
Received 4 Oct 2023 - Unknown23/01766/PNOT
Construction of entrance way
Opposite Entranceway To Sprucewood Wood Of Coneloch Birnie Elgin
Received 4 Oct 2023 - Decided23/01767/APP
Amendment planning consent ref 20/00812/APP to change to design of garages and garden store at
Elderslie House Findhorn Forres Moray IV36 3YY
Received 4 Oct 2023 - Decided23/01768/APP
Demolish existing dwelling and erect replacement dwelling at
200M West Of Greens Of Coxton Elgin Moray
Received 4 Oct 2023 - Decided23/01769/APP
Extension to rear of house at
12 Beaufighter Road Nether Dallachy Fochabers Moray IV32 7QX
Received 4 Oct 2023 - Decided23/01770/APP
Erect conservatory extension
Flat 2 The Old Granary Ballindalloch Moray AB37 9AB
Received 4 Oct 2023 - Decided23/01771/APP
Erect replacement garage at
36 Anderson Crescent Forres Moray IV36 1ND
Received 4 Oct 2023 - Decided23/01772/PAMAST
Install 25m lattice tower with 3no antenna 2no 0.6m dishes 2no external equipment enclosure 1 no meter cabinet and ancillary development at
Hill Of Mackalea Near A920 Springfield Glass Dufftown Moray
Received 4 Oct 2023 - Unknown23/01780/APP
Installation of a top up tap for water bottles at
Cluny Square Buckie Moray
Received 5 Oct 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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