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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 dates8,129Searchable applications
243Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 7,015 approved or refused records
349Refused applications
6,666 approved · 349 refused · 614 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided23/02023/APP
Erection of domestic garage at
14 Victoria Place Keith Moray AB55 5FU
Received 17 Nov 2023 - Decided23/02024/APP
Erect domestic garage at
2B Argyle Street Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6QF
Received 17 Nov 2023 - Decided23/02025/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
Speybank Leslie Terrace Craigellachie Aberlour Moray AB38 9SY
Received 17 Nov 2023 - Decided23/02041/APP
Change of use from garden studio to short term let annexe accommodation at
Drumfin 60 Hamilton Drive Elgin Moray IV30 4NJ
Received 20 Nov 2023 - Decided23/02042/APP
Extend dwellinghouse at
15 Station Road Burghead Elgin Moray IV30 5UN
Received 20 Nov 2023 - Decided23/02043/APP
Section 42 Application to regularise the approved plans and drawings as part of Planning Permission 20/00877/APP as per the development which has been built on
Land Adjacent To No 13 Westerton Road Keith Moray
Received 20 Nov 2023 - Decided23/02044/APP
Proposed new bi-fold doors and velux roofights to rear with internal kitchen alterations and installation of new toilet at
Glen Affric 74 Seatown Cullen Buckie Moray AB56 4SJ
Received 20 Nov 2023 - Decided23/02054/APP
Replace window with french doors at
17 Blantyre Place Elgin Moray IV30 4DN
Received 21 Nov 2023 - Decided23/02055/APP
Proposed garage with shed
Seren View Dufftown Parkmore Keith Moray AB55 4DN
Received 21 Nov 2023 - Decided23/02062/CLE
Certificate of Lawfulness to recognise cottage as a separate dwelling at
Earnhill Cottage Forres Moray IV36 2SP
Received 22 Nov 2023 - Decided23/02063/APP
Demolition of existing store removal of external tank and erect extension to existing tun room at
Glenfiddich Distillery Castle Road Dufftown Keith Moray AB55 4DH
Received 22 Nov 2023 - Decided23/02064/APP
Retrospective consent for replacement windows at
Glen Affric 74 Seatown Cullen Buckie Moray AB56 4SJ
Received 22 Nov 2023 - Unknown23/02065/APP
Erect dwellinghouse and associated infrastructure linked to existing holiday home at
Wagtail Lodge Whiteinch Small Holdings Forres Moray IV36 3TS
Received 22 Nov 2023 - Decided23/02066/APP
Retrospective consent for change of use of annexe to short term holiday let and installation of replacement drainage treatment plant at
Kiltroom Cottage Taigh Nam Feileadh Aberlour Gardens Aberlour Moray AB38 9LD
Received 22 Nov 2023 - Decided23/02067/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse erect garage and change of use from agricultural land to domestic use at
Scot View Knock Huntly Moray AB54 7LQ
Received 22 Nov 2023 - Decided23/02069/APP
Erect a 1.5m in height boundary fence in the rear garden of
6 Main Street Tomintoul Ballindalloch Moray AB37 9EX
Received 22 Nov 2023 - Decided23/02071/LBC
Retrospective consent for replacement windows at
Glen Affric 74 Seatown Cullen Buckie Moray AB56 4SJ
Received 23 Nov 2023 - Decided23/02079/APP
Construction of floodlit concrete skate park at
Coulardbank Playing Fields Coulardbank Road Lossiemouth Moray
Received 24 Nov 2023 - Decided23/02080/APP
Install Air Source Heat Pump (ASHP) and solar panels to roof at
55 Dunbar Street Burghead Elgin Moray IV30 5XQ
Received 24 Nov 2023 - Decided23/02085/APP
Erection of process building extend containment bund and installation of additional tanks at
Glenfiddich Distillery Castle Road Dufftown Keith Moray AB55 4DH
Received 27 Nov 2023 - Decided23/02086/APP
Conversion of existing garage/coach house into small starter business unit at
Highfield House Northfield Terrace Elgin Moray
Received 27 Nov 2023 - Unknown23/02087/PNOT
Erect an agricultural storage shed at
Smallburn Farm Rothes Aberlour Moray AB38 7AG
Received 27 Nov 2023 - Decided23/02088/LBC
Conversion of existing garage/coach house into small starter business unit at
Highfield House Northfield Terrace Elgin Moray
Received 27 Nov 2023 - Decided23/02089/EIA
Heat power and water connections between CoRDE Energy Centre and proposed new maltings and the installation of treated process water outfall on
Land At Greens Of Rothes Rothes Moray
Received 27 Nov 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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