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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 dates8,137Searchable applications
243Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 7,020 approved or refused records
350Refused applications
6,670 approved · 350 refused · 616 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided23/02152/LBC
Change existing UPVC windows to timber sash and case double glazed windows at
25 Seafield Street Portknockie Buckie Moray AB56 4LX
Received 7 Dec 2023 - Decided23/02153/APP
Replace existing extension at
2 Station Road Findochty Buckie Moray AB56 4PN
Received 8 Dec 2023 - Decided23/02157/APP
Vary condition 19 of 19/01080/APP to permit construction of footpath prior to occupation of any dwelling unit on
Land At St Andrews Terrace Lhanbryde Moray
Received 8 Dec 2023 - Decided23/02162/APP
Erect raised timber decking to rear of property at
Evenstane 101 Duncan Drive Elgin Moray IV30 4NH
Received 11 Dec 2023 - Decided23/02163/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
14 Findhorn Road Forres Moray IV36 3TP
Received 11 Dec 2023 - Decided23/02164/APP
Erect a shelter for storage of mower at
Greenfield Playing Field Spey Street Garmouth Moray
Received 11 Dec 2023 - Decided23/02165/APP
Revise house design approved under ref 22/00238/APP on
Site 3 Bydand Walk Banff Road Keith Moray
Received 11 Dec 2023 - Decided23/02166/APP
Erect dwellinghouse at
Site 4 Bydand Walk Banff Road Keith Moray
Received 11 Dec 2023 - Decided23/02170/APP
Section 42 to vary conditions 11 and 12 of 22/01269/APP to allow operating hours of 0600hrs to 2300hrs Monday to Saturday at
Land Adjacent To Portgordon Maltings Buckie Moray
Received 12 Dec 2023 - Decided23/02171/APP
Retrospective consent for change of use of dwelling house to letting unit at
Flat 10 Culbin Sands Apartments Findhorn Forres Moray IV36 3QJ
Received 12 Dec 2023 - Decided23/02172/APP
Retrospective consent for change of use of flat to letting unit at
13 Branderburgh Quay Queen Street Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6BF
Received 12 Dec 2023 - Decided23/02173/APP
Retrospective permission for change of use of flat to short term let unit at
33A Church Street Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6EQ
Received 12 Dec 2023 - Decided23/02174/APP
Erect dwellinghouse with integral garage and detached domestic garage/workshop at
Site 400M South Of Westpark Clochan Moray
Received 12 Dec 2023 - Decided23/02175/APP
Erection of dwellinghouse (change of house type) from approved appliation 09/00336/FUL at
Site East Of Jocksleys Blackhill Keith Moray
Received 12 Dec 2023 - Decided23/02176/APP
Erect cooperage including office staff facilities storage yard and associated works on
Land Adjacent To Kynoch Park Keith Moray
Received 12 Dec 2023 - Decided23/02180/APP
Change of use of undeveloped land to garden ground adjacent to
Fairfields Lochiepots Road Miltonduff Elgin Moray IV30 8TG
Received 13 Dec 2023 - Unknown23/02181/PNOT
Erect an agricultural building at
Muiryhall Farm Urquhart Elgin Moray IV30 8LW
Received 13 Dec 2023 - Unknown23/02182/PAPP
Construction of entrance way
Opposite Entranceway To Sprucewood Wood Of Coneloch Birnie Elgin
Received 11 Dec 2023 - Decided23/02184/APP
Change of use from barber shop to dwellinghouse at
6 St Andrews Square Buckie Moray AB56 1BT
Received 14 Dec 2023 - Decided23/02188/APP
Erect building over existing unprotected road salt storage area at
The Moray Council Bridge Street Keith Moray AB55 5HJ
Received 14 Dec 2023 - Decided23/02189/APP
Install a top up tap for water bottles at
The Square Aberlour Moray
Received 14 Dec 2023 - Decided23/02192/APP
Change of use of ground floor of hotel and public bar to Veteran's Activity Centre at
Victoria Hotel Tytler Street Forres Moray IV36 1EL
Received 15 Dec 2023 - Decided23/02193/CLE
Certificate of lawfulness to use former mill as dwellinghouse at
Urlamore Steading Kirkmichael Ballindalloch Moray AB37 9HD
Received 15 Dec 2023 - Unknown23/02194/PNOT
Erect an agricultural building at
Wester Manbeen Farm Elgin Moray IV30 8TN
Received 15 Dec 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.
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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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