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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 dates8,493Searchable applications
244Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 7,339 approved or refused records
372Refused applications
6,967 approved · 372 refused · 644 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided25/01641/APP
Convert attic to living accommodation with balcony at
5 Riddoch Court Rothiemay Huntly Moray AB54 7LX
Received 12 Dec 2025 - Unknown25/01643/PNOT
Erect a agricultural shed on
Land To The Rear Of Barmossie Elgin Moray
Received 12 Dec 2025 - Awaiting decision25/01645/APP
Application for the variation of condition 3 attached to planning permission 04/00779/EIA to extend the time permitted to extract sand and gravel and to undertake restoration for a further period of five years at
Rothes Quarry Rothes Aberlour Moray AB38 7AQ
Received 15 Dec 2025 - Decided25/01646/PPP
Proposed dwellinghouse on
Plot Between Hamewith And Suilven Stotfield Road Lossiemouth Moray
Received 15 Dec 2025 - Decided25/01647/APP
Form new pitched roof over front porch at
Greenhead Longmorn Elgin Moray IV30 8RJ
Received 15 Dec 2025 - Unknown25/01648/PPP
Erect a dwelling and detached garage on
Land Between Brae Croft And Gillymule Farm Grange Keith AB55 6TJ
Received 15 Dec 2025 - Unknown25/01650/APP
Proposed two storey extension at
11 Kinloss Park Kinloss Forres Moray IV36 3XJ
Received 15 Dec 2025 - Unknown25/01651/PNOT
Erect a general purpose agricultural building at
Muiryhall Farm Urquhart Elgin Moray IV30 8LW
Received 15 Dec 2025 - Decided25/01652/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
Innesmhor Findhorn Forres Moray IV36 3YL
Received 15 Dec 2025 - Unknown25/01657/SCO
Erection of 275 /132 kV substation and associated Infrastructure on
Site Near Tomcork Dunphail Forres Moray
Received 15 Dec 2025 - Decided25/01661/APP
Erect detached garage with ancillary domestic accommodation and extension to dwelling at
Woodend Hallowood Road Elgin Moray IV30 8NP
Received 16 Dec 2025 - Decided25/01662/APP
Alter existing conservatory roof from polycarbonate to eurocell equinox roofing system at
Sunninghill Hotel Hay Street Elgin Moray IV30 1NH
Received 16 Dec 2025 - Decided25/01663/APP
Refurbishment alterations and extensions with associated landscaping at
Grant Lodge Cooper Park King Street Elgin Moray IV30 1HS
Received 16 Dec 2025 - Decided25/01664/LBC
Refurbishment alterations and extensions at
Grant Lodge Cooper Park King Street Elgin Moray IV30 1HS
Received 16 Dec 2025 - Awaiting decision25/01671/LBC
Proposed change of use of hotel and shop to creative arts centre and creative office space with associated external works at
Gordon Arms Hotel And M&Co 118 High Street Elgin Moray IV30 1BW
Received 17 Dec 2025 - Awaiting decision25/01672/APP
Proposed change of use of hotel and shop to creative arts centre and creative office space with associated external works and connections to existing services and drainage at
Gordon Arms Hotel And M&Co 118 High Street Elgin Moray IV30 1BW
Received 17 Dec 2025 - Decided25/01673/APP
Erection of an organic free range egg laying unit with associated infrastructure at
Upper Auchenreath Farm Fochabers Moray IV32 7PR
Received 17 Dec 2025 - Unknown25/01674/PAPP
Erect a general purpose agricultural building at
Saughwells Keith Moray AB55 6RJ
Received 17 Dec 2025 - Decided25/01683/LBC
New fascia signage and paint frontage at
105 High Street Forres Moray IV36 1AA
Received 19 Dec 2025 - Decided25/01690/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse and install air source heat pump at
147 Findhorn Forres Moray IV36 3YL
Received 22 Dec 2025 - Decided25/01691/APP
Section 42 application to vary condition 2 of planning consent 24/01130/APP to remove four previously unrecorded trees to allow construction of previously consented garage on
Site Within Grounds Of Longmorn House Longmorn Elgin Moray
Received 22 Dec 2025 - Decided25/01692/APP
Extend central facilities building (CFB) and new single storey laundrette building at
Silver Sands Leisure Park Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6SP
Received 22 Dec 2025 - Decided25/01696/APP
Proposed external improvement works
Gordon Arms 80 High Street Fochabers Moray IV32 7DH
Received 23 Dec 2025 - Decided25/01697/LBC
Proposed external improvement works
Gordon Arms 80 High Street Fochabers Moray IV32 7DH
Received 23 Dec 2025
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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