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East Ayrshire
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for East Ayrshire. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates11,573Searchable applications
197Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 10,183 approved or refused records
554Refused applications
9,629 approved · 554 refused · 837 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Dec 2008 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Planning and the environmentLocal plan Local Development Plan (LDP)Pre-application advice Planning pre-application adviceConservation areas Conservation area appraisals
Council contacts
- Planning enquiries01563576790Council source
- Planning enquiries01563576749Council source
- General council enquiriesplanning.enforcement@east-ayrshire.gov.ukCouncil source
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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 areas26 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
- Decided24/0504/PP
Erection of a single storey side extension and conversion of outbuilding to form additional living accommodation.
8 Greenhill Holdings C24 From Bonnyton Road To North Ayrshire Boundary At Plann Bridge Knockentiber East Ayrshire KA2 0DX
Received 29 Oct 2024 - Awaiting decision24/0001/S36VAR
Section 36c application for the variation of the Section 36 consent to amend turbine height, re-site one turbine and to remove two turbines
Proposed Greenburn Wind Park New Cumnock
Received 29 Oct 2024 - Decided24/0506/PP
Internal alterations and change of use at Unit 2 from storage to multi purpose room, fitness suite and auxiliary spaces
Ucan Enterprise Ltd 5 Willock Street Riccarton Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 4HE
Received 30 Oct 2024 - Decided24/0507/PP
Erection of Dwelling house
The Stables Craighead Farm U21 Brockwellmuir From A735 To C7 Via C100 Lugton East Ayrshire KA3 4DT
Received 30 Oct 2024 - Decided24/0508/PP
Erection of dwellinghouse
Land Adjacent To Ballochmyle Estate Ballochmyle Way Mauchline East Ayrshire
Received 30 Oct 2024 - Decided24/0509/PP
Erection of single storey rear extension
24 Inchmurrin Drive Wardneuk Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 2JD
Received 30 Oct 2024 - Decided24/0142/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition Nos. 8 (Parking Layout), 11 (Siting / Specification Cycle Stand), 13 Construction Traffic Management Plan), 21 (Dust Management Plan), 25 (Telecom Network Infrastructure), 27 (Low Carbon Statement), & 37 (Details Measures Prevention silty muddy water) of Planning Consent No. 23/0161/PP (Residential Development)
Site Adjacent Glasgow Road And Western Road Shopping Centre Glasgow Road Kilmarnock KA3 1UT
Received 30 Oct 2024 - Decided24/0062/NMV
Non Material Variation - Landscaping changes include: external stair omitted and increase in area of soft landscaping; planters and benches omitted; reduction in size of external stair, existing external stair retained; tarmac surface in lieu of soft landscaping and pavers; bin store omitted; EV charging point relocated; accessible parking spaces reconfigured; cycle parking relocated; Building changes include: roof mounted water tank omitted; louvers replaced with window and rooflights omitted, of Planning Consent No. 23/0224/PP
Take A Bow Opportunity Centre 2A Fraser Walk New Farm Loch Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 7NT
Received 30 Oct 2024 - Decided24/0510/LB
Single storey rear extension
Leahead Cottage U13 Aiket From Nether Oldhall To Brae Dunlop East Ayrshire KA3 4BP
Received 31 Oct 2024 - Unknown24/0511/PP
Change of Use from Class 4 Business to Class 6 Storage including the provision of 50 steel containers.
Magbiehill Park A735 From Dunlop Road To U26 Clerkland Stewarton East Ayrshire KA3 3ES
Received 31 Oct 2024 - Decided24/0512/PPP
Application under Section 42 for the variation of Condition 24 (affordable housing) of planning consent 19/0564/PP (mixed use development).
Land At Balmoral Road Hill Street Witch Road Balmoral Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire
Received 31 Oct 2024 - Decided24/0513/PP
Erection of 5 no. single storey dwellinghouses
Land Adjacent 86 Main Street Patna East Ayrshire
Received 31 Oct 2024 - Decided24/0514/PP
New shed to store agricultural machinery
Bellowbank Carbello Farm Muirkirk Road Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 3LP
Received 31 Oct 2024 - Decided24/0515/PP
Dismantle and re-erect the temporary marquee in a different location, on the lawn to the north of existing site.
Dumfries House Dumfries House Estate Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 2NJ
Received 1 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0516/AMCPP
Submission for Approval in relation to Condition No.9 (Primary Radar Mitigation Scheme) of Planning Consent No. 22/0811/PP
Hare Craig Wind Farm, Muirkirk, East Ayrshire
Received 1 Nov 2024 - Unknown24/0519/PN
Prior Notification for conversion of store to dwellinghouse
Cowans Law 1A Hemphill Road Moscow East Ayrshire KA4 8PS
Received 4 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0520/AD
Installation and display of advertisements associated with residential development, including V-Stack, Availability totem, opening times sign, visitor parking sign, leader board sign, branded flag poles.
Northcraig Farm Glasgow Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 6AD
Received 4 Nov 2024 - Unknown24/0521/PN
Change of use and alterations of 1 no. agricultural building to form a single dwellinghouse.
West Ashyard C127 Ashyard And Hoodston Bridge Hurlford East Ayrshire KA1 5JE
Received 31 Oct 2024 - Decided24/0522/PP
Proposed change of use of light industrial unit to dental surgery
55 High Street Stewarton Kilmarnock East Ayrshire
Received 5 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0523/PP
Change of use of flat to short term rental property (Retrospective).
52 Mount Pleasant Way Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 1HH
Received 5 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0524/PP
Change of use of flat to short term rental property (Retrospective)
73 Mount Pleasant Way Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 1HJ
Received 5 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0525/S75
Discharge of planning obligations relative to (1) Planning 12/0066/PP for Recovery of coal using surface mining techniques with restoration to agriculture with nature conservation as varied by Planning Permission 17/0152/PP and (2) Planning Permission 17/0858/PP for South-westerly extension to the Wellhill Farm working area (Greenburn Surface Mine Complex) to allow the extraction of around 100,000t of coal with restoration to semi-improved grassland, woodland and provision for a replacement steading
Wellhill Site (comprising Wellhill Farm And Auchincross Extension) Greenburn Surface Coal Mine New Cumnock Cumnock KA18 4QD
Received 18 Oct 2024 - Decided24/0526/LDPU
Erection of sunroom to rear of dwellinghouse
11 Dauner Way Holmhead Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 1FP
Received 6 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0527/PP
Siting of 4no. Caravans
Muirkirk Caravan Park Furnace Road Kames Muirkirk East Ayrshire KA18 3RE
Received 6 Nov 2024
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for East Ayrshire, 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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