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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
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 dates11,625Searchable applications
197Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 10,232 approved or refused records
557Refused applications
9,675 approved · 557 refused · 839 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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 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
- Decided24/0153/AMCPP
Submission for Approval of Condition 32(a) (Written Scheme of Investigation) of Planning Consent 22/0811/PP
Hare Craig Wind Farm, Muirkirk East Ayrshire
Received 14 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0154/AMCPP
Submission for approval of Planning Condition 26(a) (Environmental Clerk of Works Appointment) of Planning Consent 22/0811/PP
Hare Craig Wind Farm, Muirkirk East Ayrshire
Received 14 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0155/AMCPP
Submission for Approval of Condition 28(a) (Breeding Bird Protection Plan) of Planning Consent 22/0811/PP
Hare Craig Wind Farm, Muirkirk East Ayrshire
Received 14 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0543/PP
Erection of side extension
8 Ostler Place Stewarton East Ayrshire KA3 5QS
Received 19 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0156/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition No.5 (Surface Water Management Plan) of Planning Consent No. 22/0420/PP (Residential Development)
Land To Rear Beechgrove House Catrine Road Sorn East Ayrshire
Received 15 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0544/PP
Erection of new porch and single storey side extension
116A Loudoun Road Newmilns East Ayrshire KA16 9HH
Received 19 Nov 2024 - Unknown24/0545/PN
Prior Notification for Forestry access track
Existing access and track at Dalleagles KA18 4QW
Received 19 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0157/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition 3 (Discharge route for combined drainage/sewerage from the site to the River Ayr) of Planning Consent 22/0420/PP (Residential Development)
Land To Rear Beechgrove House Catrine Road Sorn East Ayrshire
Received 18 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0158/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition (15) (Dust Management Plan) of Planning Consent 22/0420/PP (Residential Development)
Land To Rear Beechgrove House Catrine Road Sorn East Ayrshire
Received 18 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0159/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition 29(a) (Surface Water Management during Construction Phase) of Planning Consent 22/0420/PP (Residential Development)
Land To Rear Beechgrove House Catrine Road Sorn East Ayrshire
Received 18 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0160/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition 7 (Landscaping Scheme) (b) (Retained Features) & (c) (Hard Landscaping) of Planning Consent 22/0420/PP (Residential Development)
Land To Rear Beechgrove House Catrine Road Sorn East Ayrshire
Received 18 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0546/PP
Erection of single storey extension
74 Springhill Avenue Crosshouse East Ayrshire KA2 0LA
Received 19 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0161/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition (10) (External Materials ) Condition (11) (Low Carbon Development Statement) Condition (13) (Fibre Optic Network) & Condition (21a) (Tree Protection) of Planning Consent 22/0420/PP (Residential Development)
Land To Rear Beechgrove House Catrine Road Sorn East Ayrshire
Received 18 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0162/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition (17) (Programme of Archaeological Works) of Planning Consent 22/0420/PP (Residential Development)
Land To Rear Beechgrove House Catrine Road Sorn East Ayrshire
Received 18 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0163/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition (19) (Construction Traffic Management Plan) of Planning Consent 22/0420/PP (Residential Development)
Land To Rear Beechgrove House Catrine Road Sorn East Ayrshire
Received 18 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0164/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition (28( a) (Maintenance of Sewage Treatment Plant) of Planning Consent 22/0420/PP (Residential Development)
Land To Rear Beechgrove House Catrine Road Sorn East Ayrshire
Received 18 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0547/PP
Erection of ancillary accommodation in the curtilage of existing dwellinghouse.
Three Angels Farm U748 Shiel And Nether Heilar Off C65 Soth Logan/ Sorn Sorn East Ayrshire KA5 6NG
Received 20 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0548/PP
Conservatory replacement roof
Highview 17 Evergreen Coalhall East Ayrshire KA6 6ND
Received 20 Nov 2024 - Unknown24/0549/PN
Prior Notification for Farm-related Building Works
Lightshaw A70 From Lightshaw Bridge To C38 Glenbuck Glenbuck East Ayrshire KA18 3SA
Received 21 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0167/AMCPP
Submission for approval of Condition Nos.18 (a) (CEMP) and 19 (a) (PMP) of Planning Consent No. 21/0440/PP
Mill Rig Wind Farm Access Waterhead Peelhill And Linbank Highway Strathaven
Received 21 Nov 2024 - Unknown24/0550/PN
Prior Notification for Farm-related Building
Agricultural Building Magbiehill Park Dunlop Road Stewarton KA3 3ES
Received 22 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0551/PP
Change of use from former offices (Class 4) and Community Centre (Class 10) to Sui Generis 4 No. flats including new pitched roof to front porch area.
68 Caprington Avenue Shortlees Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 4SQ
Received 22 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0552/PP
Change of use of agricultural land to residential and erection of single storey rear extension and associated works.
Roughdyke Cottage Roughdyke Farm Access Road Mauchline East Ayrshire KA5 6EU
Received 22 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0554/PP
Erection of detached garage
38 Maxwood Road Galston East Ayrshire KA4 8QE
Received 25 Nov 2024
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 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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