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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 dates8,176Searchable applications
243Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 7,052 approved or refused records
350Refused applications
6,702 approved · 350 refused · 621 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided24/00340/APP
Change garage to study with internal alterations at
21 Linkwood Avenue Elgin Moray IV30 6LE
Received 28 Feb 2024 - Unknown24/00341/APP
Installation and operation of a solar roof mount measuring 100kW together with all associated works equipment and necessary infrastructure at
Grays Recycling Ltd Nether Dallachy Spey Bay Fochabers Moray IV32 7PL
Received 28 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00348/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
Tigh-na-mara Brander Street Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6BN
Received 29 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00349/APP
Erect dwellinghouse on
Site Within Garden Ground Of Grangeview Alves Forres Moray
Received 29 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00351/LBC
Replacement of timber sash and case windows at
11 New Street Findochty Buckie Moray AB56 4PS
Received 29 Feb 2024 - Unknown24/00354/APP
Proposed two house development at
Land Adjacent To Woodburn Knock Moray
Received 1 Mar 2024 - Decided24/00355/APP
Erect garage extend the dwelling's curtilage change of use of land to equestrian use erect stables form schooling area and landscaping
Wester Oldtown Roseisle Elgin Moray IV30 5YD
Received 1 Mar 2024 - Decided24/00356/LBC
Render repairs stripping of render from chimney and repointing localised internal repairs and installation of secondary glazing at
Croughly Farm Tomintoul Ballindalloch Moray AB37 9EN
Received 1 Mar 2024 - Decided24/00358/APP
Revised house design including detached garage and agricultural storage shed at
Drybridge Side Drybridge Moray
Received 1 Mar 2024 - Decided24/00359/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
7 Christie Place Fochabers Moray IV32 7HN
Received 1 Mar 2024 - Decided24/00360/APP
Erect workshop for vehicle repairs create forecourt for car sales and form second access at
17 Waterford Circle Forres Moray IV36 3EF
Received 1 Mar 2024 - Decided24/00361/ADV
Proposed updated advertisement at
Tesco Stores Ltd Moss Street Keith Moray AB55 5HB
Received 4 Mar 2024 - Decided24/00362/APP
Proposed dwellinghouse retrospective consent for erection of storage shed (storge for fencing business equipment) and siting of temporary caravan for duration of house build on
Site At Threapland Wood Lhanbryde Elgin Moray
Received 4 Mar 2024 - Decided24/00363/APP
Retrospective consent to take down repair and rebuild timber garden shed at
Burnside Burnside Road Garmouth Fochabers Moray IV32 7NY
Received 4 Mar 2024 - Decided24/00370/APP
Site 20 additional residential caravans and associated hardstanding at
Strathlene Caravan Park Great Eastern Road Buckie Moray AB56 4DJ
Received 5 Mar 2024 - Decided24/00371/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse over-clad existing flat roof side and rear extension re-instate double garage and fit ASHP at
146 Findhorn Forres Moray IV36 3YL
Received 5 Mar 2024 - Unknown24/00375/S36
Erect 16 wind turbines up to 200 metres tip height (generating around 105.6 MW) and associated infrastructure and includes a battery energy storage facility of up to 50 MW at
Land At Aultmore Wood Drybridge Moray
Received 5 Mar 2024 - Decided24/00376/APP
Erect dwellinghouse on
Plot 5 Housing Development Tombain Aberlour Moray
Received 6 Mar 2024 - Decided24/00377/PPP
Proposed dwellinghouse on
Land Adjacent To Knock Farm Knock Huntly
Received 6 Mar 2024 - Decided24/00378/ADV
Erect a fascia sign at Golf Professional Shop
Moray Golf Club Stotfield Road Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6QS
Received 6 Mar 2024 - Decided24/00379/APP
Extend dwellinghouse at
2 Chandlers Rise Elgin Moray IV30 4JE
Received 6 Mar 2024 - Decided24/00380/APP
Replace existing timber windows door soffits and fascias with timber windows and door soffits and fascias at
1 - 13 Batchen Court Milne's Wynd Forres Moray IV36 1GL
Received 6 Mar 2024 - Decided24/00381/PAMAST
Proposed base station installation at
Belnain Wood Old Military Road Dunphail Forres Moray
Received 6 Mar 2024 - Decided24/00386/APP
Proposed rear extension at
4 Rathven Station Cottages Buckie Moray AB56 4AT
Received 7 Mar 2024
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsResearching a proposal in Moray
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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