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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 dates8,574Searchable applications
244Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 7,418 approved or refused records
377Refused applications
7,041 approved · 377 refused · 646 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided26/00747/LBC
Provide secondary glazing to windows at
8 Cothall Cottages Forres Moray IV36 2SQ
Received 12 Jun 2026 - Unknown26/00748/PNOT
Erect an agricultural building at
Aikenway Farm Craigellachie Aberlour Moray AB38 9QS
Received 12 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decision26/00753/APP
Section 42 application to vary condition 1 of planning consent 21/01963/APP to extend the timeframe of the consent by 3 years on
R7 Land At Muirton Muirton Way Buckie Moray
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decision26/00756/APP
Proposed installation of ground mounted solar panels at
Depot Grant Park Victoria Road Forres Moray
Received 16 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00757/APP
Change of use from agricultural land to equestrian land with construction of riding area fencing and lighting poles at
Tarnash Farm Keith Moray AB55 5PB
Received 16 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00758/APP
Alterations including installation of new raised deck with stairs, new door opening, new 1.8m high timber fencing, new parking area, removal of existing berm, removal of hardstanding to form garden ground and change of use from Class 4 office to residential dwellinghouse at
7 Mayne Road Elgin Moray IV30 1NY
Received 16 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00759/APP
Vary Condition 2 of planning consent 13/02181/APP to allow unpowered and electric powered model aircraft to fly between 0730h and 2100h seven days a week at
Highland Gliding Club Easterton Airfield Birnie Elgin Moray IV30 8SW
Received 16 Jun 2026 - Unknown26/00766/PAPP
Agricultural grain store at
Wellhill Farm Kintessack Forres Moray IV36 2TG
Received 18 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00767/APP
Install air source heat pump to South East elevation at
13 South Deskford Street Cullen Buckie Moray AB56 4XE
Received 18 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00768/LBC
Re roof of building at
Croughly Farm Tomintoul Ballindalloch Moray AB37 9EN
Received 18 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decision26/00773/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
37 Hamilton Drive Elgin Moray IV30 4NL
Received 19 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00774/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse to rear at
14 Siwalik Hill Forres Moray IV36 2PH
Received 19 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00775/APP
Conversion of integral garage to home office at
42 Marleon Field Elgin Moray IV30 4GB
Received 19 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decision26/00780/APP
Use 2 bedroom in flat for short term let at
92A High Street Aberlour Moray AB38 9QA
Received 19 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00781/APP
Demolish garden shed erect workshop with store alter erect fencing to boundaries and extend the existing car park and provide accessible parking
Erskine Veterans Activity Centre Tytler Street Forres Moray IV36 1EL
Received 22 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00782/LBC
Remove wooden pews benches partitions platforms and steps wood panelling within existing church at
Spynie Parish Church Elgin Moray IV30 8XJ
Received 22 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decision26/00787/APP
Site 4no static caravans for employee accommodation (2no caravans retrospective) with associated septic tank and landscaping on land adjacent to
Longhillock Store Alves Elgin Moray IV30 8UZ
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00788/LBC
Replace existing aluminium framed single glazed windows with hardwood sliding sash and case window frames with double glazed units at
16 Mid Street Findochty Buckie Moray AB56 4QU
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decision26/00789/APP
Erect 6 flats on
Site On Bank Lane Forres Moray IV36 1NU
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Unknown26/00790/MARLIC
Sea outfall repair at
Portgordon Buckie Moray
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00794/LBC
Alterations including installation of new raised deck with stairs, new door opening, new 1.8m high timber fencing, new parking area, removal of existing berm, removal of hardstanding to form garden ground and change of use from Class 4 office to residential dwellinghouse at
7 Mayne Road Elgin Moray IV30 1NY
Received 24 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decision26/00795/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
Greendale St Aethans Road Burghead Elgin Moray IV30 5YR
Received 24 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decision26/00796/PPP
Proposed dwellinghouse on
Site To The Rear Of 8 Seafield Walk Seafield Walk Keith AB55 5BW
Received 24 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decision26/00799/APP
Erect two dwellinghouses with off street parking and associated surface water drainage on
Land Adjacent To 15 Gordon Street Fochabers Moray
Received 25 Jun 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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