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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 dates11,652Searchable applications
197Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 10,256 approved or refused records
557Refused applications
9,699 approved · 557 refused · 842 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Unknown24/0556/PN
Prior Notification for Forestry track
Piperhill Forest Block South Region KA18 2RQ
Received 25 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0066/NMV
Roof pitch altered. As built roof pitch is shallower than approved design due to being built incorrectly on site (Planning Consent No. 07/0394/FL)
34 Burnside New Cumnock Cumnock KA18 4QL
Received 21 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0557/PP
1 & 1/2 Rear extension and front dormer
7 Mount Place Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 1UD
Received 26 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0165/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition 3A (Colour finish) of Planning Consent 23/0477/PP
Gate Lodge 56 Portland Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 2EH
Received 18 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0558/PP
Removal of existing rear extension and conservatory and replacement with new single storey extension
Coorie Doon Loudonston C116 Loudonston From B730 To South Ayrshire Boundary Stair East Ayrshire KA5 5HX
Received 27 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0166/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition (22) (Traffic Calming Measures) of Planning Consent 22/0420/PP (Residential Development)
Land To Rear Beechgrove House Catrine Road Sorn East Ayrshire
Received 26 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0559/PP
Re-roofing and cladding of existing clubhouse with associated external alterations and the retention and cladding of adjacent storage container.
Morton Park Football Pavilion Mill Avenue Kilmaurs East Ayrshire KA3 2NL
Received 28 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0560/LB
External and internal alterations to bring about the conversion of 3 dwellinghouses to 2 dwellinghouses
2-4 Burns Memorial Cottages U710 Burns Memorial Mauchline East Ayrshire KA5 5LQ
Received 2 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0561/PP
Upgrading of two vehicular accesses.
Land Between Dalleagles And Knockburnie Dalleagles New Cumnock
Received 2 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0562/LDPU
Formation of 2no. doorways; removal of load bearing wall and removal of chimney
4 Campbell Court Barshare Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 1NP
Received 3 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0170/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition 4 (Low Carbon Development Statement) of planning consent 23/0285/PP (Erection of Utility Shed)
Townhead Of Gree Clunch Road Fenwick East Ayrshire KA3 6BA
Received 2 Dec 2024 - Unknown24/0563/PN
Prior Approval for replacement doors and windows
56-58 Main Street Kilmaurs Kilmarnock KA3 2SF
Received 2 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0564/PP
Proposed First Floor Extension
20 Arran Court Drongan East Ayrshire KA6 7DY
Received 4 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0010/S36AMC
Submission for approval of planning condition 15(1) (Ground Investigation Environmental Management Plan) of planning consent 22/0001/S36
Lethans U716 Craigshiel From C47 Mansfield Road To Corsencon Hill New Cumnock East Ayrshire
Received 3 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0011/S36AMC
Submission for approval in relation to Condition 25(b) (Updated CTMP) of deemed planning consent 22/0002/S36
Kilmarnock South BESS adjacent to Kilmarnock South Substation
Received 5 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0565/PP
Erection of a bungalow and a large garage
Land Beside 2 West Donington Street Darvel East Ayrshire KA17 0AP
Received 5 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0012/S36AMC
Discharge of Conditions 12(1) (Ground Investigation Environmental Management Plan) and 29 (Bird Protection Plan) of deemed planning permission 20/0001/S36 for Greenburn Wind Park
Greenburn Wind Park, New Cumnock
Received 5 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0171/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition Nos. 2 (Private Access), 4 (Discharge of Water), 6 (a) (Scheme of Intrusive Investigations), 9 (Eradication Plan), 11(Boundary treatments), 17 (Carbon Development Statement) and 19 (Drainage Authority Approval) of Planning Consent No. 23/0014/PP (Dwellinghouse)
Site At Leven Drive Hurlford Ayrshire
Received 6 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0567/PP
Single storey front and rear extensions and associated external alterations to dwelling house
Gowanbrae A735 From Brackenburn Bridge To Townhead North Ayrshire Boundary Kilmaurs East Ayrshire KA3 2NH
Received 10 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0172/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition 33(a) (Blast Method Statement) of Planning Consent 19/0262/PP
Land At Dareduff Hill C7 Dunlop Neilston From A735 Nr Dunlop To East Renfrewshire Boundary Dunlop East Ayrshire
Received 10 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0173/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition 3 (Pavement along Loudoun Street) of Planning Consent 14/0903/AMCPPP
Land East Draffen House Draffen Mount Stewarton East Ayrshire
Received 11 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0174/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition 9 (Scottish Water confirmation of SUDS system) of Planning Consent 14/0903/AMCPPP
Land East Draffen House Draffen Mount Stewarton East Ayrshire
Received 11 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0175/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition 22 (Road Safety - Loudoun Street) of Planning Consent 14/0903/AMCPPP.
Land East Draffen House Draffen Mount Stewarton East Ayrshire
Received 11 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0176/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition 12 (Surface Water Runoff) of Planning Consent 14/0903/AMCPPP
Land East Draffen House Draffen Mount Stewarton East Ayrshire
Received 11 Dec 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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