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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 dates8,408Searchable applications
244Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 7,261 approved or refused records
366Refused applications
6,895 approved · 366 refused · 638 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Unknown25/00953/PNOTWC
Replace existing timber sash and case windows for new double glazed UPVc sliding sash windows at
20 Institution Road Elgin Moray IV30 1QT
Received 6 Aug 2025 - Decided25/00954/APP
Replace existing door with PVCu door at
20 Institution Road Elgin Moray IV30 1QT
Received 7 Aug 2025 - Decided25/00955/LBC
Installation of uPVC flood door and barrier at
Applegrove Bank Lane Forres Moray IV36 1NU
Received 7 Aug 2025 - Decided25/00956/APP
Installation of uPVC flood door and barrier at
Applegrove Bank Lane Forres Moray IV36 1NU
Received 7 Aug 2025 - Decided25/00957/LBC
Installation of a uPVC flood door at
32 Tolbooth Street Forres Moray IV36 1PH
Received 7 Aug 2025 - Decided25/00958/APP
Installation of a uPVC flood door at
32 Tolbooth Street Forres Moray IV36 1PH
Received 7 Aug 2025 - Decided25/00959/LBC
Installation of uPVC flood door and 3no airbricks at
Glenernie Cottage Tolbooth Street Forres Moray IV36 1PH
Received 7 Aug 2025 - Decided25/00960/APP
Installation of uPVC flood door and 3no airbricks at
Glenernie Cottage Tolbooth Street Forres Moray IV36 1PH
Received 7 Aug 2025 - Decided25/00961/APP
Internal alterations and extension to rear at
26 Merson Street Buckie Moray AB56 1RR
Received 7 Aug 2025 - Decided25/00963/LBC
Add skylights to the roof opening new windows and minor internal alterations at
The Elms 29 St Leonards Road Forres Moray IV36 1EN
Received 8 Aug 2025 - Awaiting decision25/00965/S36
Proposed wind farm comprising of up to 6 turbines 200m in height each with a generating capacity of up to 7.2MW associated infrastructure and BESS with 20MW capacity giving a total site capacity of up to approximately 63.2 MW at
Blackhills Windfarm Rothes Moray
Received 8 Aug 2025 - Decided25/00968/APP
Proposed dwellinghouse and attached garage at
Quarry View Ben Rinnes Drive Tomnabent Aberlour Moray
Received 11 Aug 2025 - Decided25/00969/APP
Change of use of outbuilding for use as an office at
Comraich Kinloss Forres Moray IV36 3UA
Received 11 Aug 2025 - Decided25/00979/APP
Alter and extend house at
18 Merson Street Buckie Moray AB56 1RR
Received 12 Aug 2025 - Decided25/00980/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
Woodside Chapeltown Ballindalloch Moray AB37 9JS
Received 12 Aug 2025 - Decided25/00986/ADV
Erect replacement signage at
2 Linkwood Place Elgin Moray IV30 1HZ
Received 13 Aug 2025 - Decided25/00987/APP
Re-design for conversion and extension of steadings to create a single storey dwellinghouse with detached workshop and garage/carport approved under ref 18/00216/AMC & 16/00812/PPP at
Wester Brockloch Farm Rafford Forres Moray
Received 13 Aug 2025 - Decided25/00993/APP
Erect a dwellinghouse and associated works on
Site Adjacent To Tommridh Cowie Avenue Dufftown Keith Moray
Received 14 Aug 2025 - Decided25/00994/APP
Erect fish processing factory including conversion and part demolition of existing ambulance depot to customer shop extension to parking and turning areas and associated drainage at
Yard Bank Street Buckie Moray
Received 14 Aug 2025 - Decided25/00995/PPP
Proposed dwellinghouse and detached garage on
Site At Little Tulloch Dufftown Keith Moray
Received 14 Aug 2025 - Decided25/00996/APP
Erect detached garage with first floor hobby room on
Site To The Rear Of The Cottage Lower Auchenreath Fochabers Moray
Received 14 Aug 2025 - Unknown25/01002/APP
Erect 4 no glamping plods located on the eastern side at
Scotsburn Farm Elgin Moray IV30 8QT
Received 15 Aug 2025 - Awaiting decision25/01003/S75
Amendment of S75 legal agreement attached to planning permission 20/00905/APP, as modified as a result of application 24/00705/APP to include reference to S42 application 25/00410/APP at
R2 Bilbohall Elgin Moray
Received 15 Aug 2025 - Decided25/01004/ADV
Erect a digital advert at
I M O Car Wash East Road Elgin Moray IV30 1UU
Received 15 Aug 2025
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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