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Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
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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 dates8,516Searchable applications
244Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 7,361 approved or refused records
373Refused applications
6,988 approved · 373 refused · 645 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided26/00168/APP
Replacement 4no floodlights (including removal of existing) to football stadium at
Elgin City Football Club Borough Briggs Road Elgin Moray IV30 1AP
Received 9 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00169/APP
Erect a timber shelter on a concrete base and install outdoor shower next to the esplanade at
The Slappy Burghead Moray
Received 9 Feb 2026 - Awaiting decision26/00174/APP
Alterations and garage extension at
5 Commercial Street Findochty Buckie Moray AB56 4PX
Received 10 Feb 2026 - Unknown26/00175/APP
Retrospective application for a temporary office and welfare accommodation at
Shielmuir Farm Drybridge Buckie Moray AB56 5JD
Received 10 Feb 2026 - Unknown26/00176/PPP
Erect 1no dwelling on
Land Opposite 8 Nelson Terrace Keith Moray
Received 10 Feb 2026 - Unknown26/00177/PNOT
Erect a general purpose agricultural building at
Easter Pittendreich Elgin Moray IV30 8TE
Received 10 Feb 2026 - Awaiting decision26/00180/HAZ
Hazardous Substance consent for ethanol/water mix at
Glendullan Distillery Dufftown Keith Moray AB55 4DJ
Received 10 Feb 2026 - Unknown26/00182/APP
Install additional mountain biking downhill run on the existing buzzard lift (shown as trail 4) at
The Lecht Ski Centre Corgarff Strathdon Aberdeenshire AB36 8YP
Received 11 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00183/APP
Erect single storey replacement extension and detached garage at
23 Richmond Terrace Portgordon Buckie Moray AB56 5RA
Received 11 Feb 2026 - Awaiting decision26/00188/APP
Change of use of amenity land to garden ground at
70 Raffan Road Buckie Moray AB56 1PU
Received 12 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00194/APP
Install a turning space and a pedestrian access track on
Land To West Of Station Road Dufftown Moray
Received 13 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00195/LBC
Removal of failed structural sections at
Garmouth Viaduct Fochabers Moray
Received 13 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00201/APP
Retrospective erection of gates and gate posts at
Tochieneal House Lintmill Buckie Moray AB56 4XQ
Received 16 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00202/LBC
Retrospective internal alterations at
Tochieneal House Lintmill Buckie Moray AB56 4XQ
Received 16 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00203/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
17 King Street Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6PZ
Received 16 Feb 2026 - Unknown26/00204/PNOT
Erect general purpose agricultural building at
Backies Deskford Buckie Moray AB56 5UR
Received 16 Feb 2026 - Unknown26/00209/PNOT
Proposed new forestry track at
Backies Deskford Buckie Moray AB56 5UR
Received 17 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00210/APP
Continue the use of the garage as a sales office and dwelling on Plot 1 as a showroom for a further 3 years on
Phase 2 Findrassie Elgin Moray
Received 17 Feb 2026 - Unknown26/00216/MARLIC
Consultation request on EIA Screening Opinion for Moray FLOW-Park
Inner Moray Firth
Received 17 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00221/APP
Erect two semi outdoor padel courts on land immediately south of
Moray Sports Centre Linkwood Road Elgin Moray IV30 8AR
Received 19 Feb 2026 - Unknown26/00223/PNOT
Erect general purpose agricultural building at
Forklandstrype Clochan Buckie Moray AB56 5HX
Received 20 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00224/APP
Change the design of consented application 22/01315/APP noting a reduced ground floor area and reduced ridge height on Plot 1 at
R3 Fir Park Road Dyke Forres Moray
Received 20 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00226/LBC
Repair and repoint lime mortar to east and west gable at
15A The Square Fochabers Moray IV32 7DG
Received 20 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00227/APP
Erect 1no egg laying facility (poultry shed) at
Auchenhalrig Farm Auchenhalrig Moray
Received 20 Feb 2026
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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