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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 dates8,612Searchable applications
244Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 7,453 approved or refused records
378Refused applications
7,075 approved · 378 refused · 648 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Awaiting decision26/01064/APP
Change of use from office to dance and performing arts college at
9 North Guildry Street Elgin Moray IV30 1JR
Received 21 Aug 2026 - Decided26/01071/APP
Fit solar panels to roof including battery storage at
Church Of Scotland Hall Church Street Findochty Buckie Moray AB56 4PW
Received 24 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01072/LBC
Installation of secondary glazing to windows at
52 Seafield Street Cullen Buckie Moray AB56 4SW
Received 24 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01073/LBC
Listed Building Consent to alter and extend dwelling and add traditional lime harl at
Hopeman Lodge Lodge Road Hopeman Elgin Moray IV30 5YA
Received 24 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01077/APP
Vary condition 1 of 23/01194/APP to extend permission for a further 12 months to erect a 1.5m wooden fence in place of hedge at
8 Redcraig Mundole Forres Moray IV36 2JR
Received 24 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01079/PPP
Proposed dwellinghouse on
Land To Rear Of Rowan Bank Cummingston Elgin Moray
Received 25 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01083/APP
Change apartments 1 to 6 to short term lets replace lounge windows with patio doors with Juliet balconies to upper level apartments and form communal balcony area above front entrance at
Beach View Apartments 10 Clifton Road Lossiemouth Moray
Received 26 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01085/APP
Erect new dwelling house and double garage at
Plot At Rashcrook Birnie Elgin IV30 8SW
Received 27 Aug 2026 - Unknown26/01086/PNOT
Erect two cattle courts at
Greenhead Longmorn Elgin Moray IV30 8RJ
Received 27 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01087/APP
Erect replacement garden shed oil tank and external combi-boiler at
61 Findhorn Forres Moray IV36 3YF
Received 27 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01088/APP
Retrospective application to site storage container on
Land Behind 4A Seafield Street Buckie
Received 27 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01091/APP
Proposed 2 bedroom bungalow eco-home via off-site construction methods at
Land To The Rear Of Duff Place Elgin Moray
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01092/APP
Change of use from art shop and gallery to wine bar with ancillary shop and gallery at
1-3 The Square Cullen AB56 4RR
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01099/APP
Alter and extend dwellinghouse at
45 Mayne Road Elgin Moray IV30 1PF
Received 31 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01105/APP
Retrospective application to replace timber garage with steel framed metal clad garage at
27 Cuthil Road Keith Moray AB55 5AS
Received 1 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01106/APP
Proposed short term let annexe at
Millbank Chapeltown Ballindalloch Moray AB37 9JR
Received 1 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01112/S75
Section 75 to amend the original agreement to remove the requirement to provide security by way of payments into the reinstatement account and to use a bond or other suitable instrument instead at
Paul's Hill Wind Farm Ballindalloch Moray
Received 1 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01113/APP
Window alteration to extension consented under planning application ref 25/00095/APP at
3 Blantyre Terrace Findochty Buckie Moray AB56 4PT
Received 2 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01114/APP
Proposed internal alterations and replacement extension at
2 Tait Avenue Elgin Moray IV30 6AU
Received 2 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01120/ADV
Install 4no fascia signs at
Poundstretcher Plc East Cathcart Street Buckie Moray AB56 1PJ
Received 3 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01121/PPP
Erect new dwelling house at
Plot 1A Foths Wood Birnie Elgin IV30 8ST
Received 3 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01122/APP
Demolish dilapidated dwellinghouses and erection of new dwellinghouse at
12 Seatown Lossiemouth Moray IV31 6JJ
Received 3 Sept 2026 - Decided26/01123/APP
Internal and exterior alterations at
48 Nelson Terrace Keith Moray AB55 5EF
Received 3 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01130/APP
Erect dwellinghouse with integral garage at
Plot 4 Seapark House Kinloss Moray
Received 3 Sept 2026
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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