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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 dates11,303Searchable applications
197Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 9,939 approved or refused records
542Refused applications
9,397 approved · 542 refused · 822 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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
- Decided24/0292/PP
Two storey extension of detached house.
1 Paddock View Thorntoun Estate Crosshouse East Ayrshire KA2 0BH
Received 13 Jun 2024 - Decided24/0295/PP
Erection of new cabin structure to be used as short-term let accommodation and formation of access road.
Ladyton U37 Milton From Ladyton To A719 At Loudoun Castle Galston East Ayrshire KA4 8PF
Received 14 Jun 2024 - Decided24/0296/PP
Erection of a proprietary above ground slurry storage tank
Hapland Farm Lugton Road Dunlop East Ayrshire KA3 4DN
Received 14 Jun 2024 - Decided24/0101/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition No.2 (External Materials) of Planning Consent No. 23/0148/PP (External Fabric Repairs)
1 The Cross Mauchline East Ayrshire KA5 5DA
Received 12 Jun 2024 - Decided24/0297/PP
Erection of 3 no. treehouse units (as amended) with associated infrastructure access and services.
Little Wood Farm NEWMILNS KA16 9LS
Received 14 Jun 2024 - Registered24/0004/CM
Application under S36c of the Electricity Act (Variation of Consent) to construct a wind farm comprising the erection of 19 turbines with a tip height of 149.9m (variation includes the re-location of two turbines and increase in tip height from 125m)
Pencloe Wind Farm South Of New Cumnock
Received 14 Jun 2024 - Decided24/0298/PP
Proposed Extension
18 Barony Road Auchinleck East Ayrshire KA18 2LL
Received 17 Jun 2024 - Decided24/0299/PP
Substitution of two approved houses with two single storey houses.
Mill O Shiel Farm U740 From Mill Oshield Road To S Ayrshire Boundary At Barbieston Bridge Drongan East Ayrshire KA6 7EF
Received 17 Jun 2024 - Decided24/0300/PP
Conversion of stables/coach house, including internal/external alterations, to form residential dwelling and formation of new access.
Kirkland 62 Main Street Dunlop East Ayrshire KA3 4AG
Received 17 Jun 2024 - Decided24/0301/LB
Conversion of stables/coach house, including internal/external alterations, to form residential dwelling
Kirkland 62 Main Street Dunlop East Ayrshire KA3 4AG
Received 17 Jun 2024 - Decided24/0302/PP
Proposed storage Unit on Vacant Land
21 Bentinck Street Kilmarnock KA1 4AW
Received 17 Jun 2024 - Decided24/0303/PP
Erection of a precast concrete slurry store
East Borland Farm Dumfries Road Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 4PQ
Received 17 Jun 2024 - Decided24/0102/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition No. 11a (Details of external windows and doors) of Planning Consent No. 17/1108/PP (Residential Holiday Let)
Sornhill B7037 From C104 Sornhill To U19 Whitehill Galston East Ayrshire KA4 8NF
Received 28 May 2024 - Decided24/0104/AMCPP
Discharge of condition 2 (External finishes) of planning consent 23/0079/PP (External Fabric Repairs and Replacement Windows)
3A Earl Grey Street Mauchline East Ayrshire KA5 5AB
Received 13 Jun 2024 - Decided24/0105/AMCPP
Substation Grid Park including energy management and storage on land immediately to the east of the Coylton substation - discharge of condition 19(c) (Lighting) of planning consent 23/0580/PP (Battery Storage Facility)
Land Off Ayr Road Coylton A70 From B730 To U74 Bardarroch Ochiltree East Ayrshire
Received 18 Jun 2024 - Decided24/0043/NMV
Variation to application 22/0720/PP (Relocation of a window in bedroom 3 from rear elevation to side elevation on Plot 30)
Site At Loudon Street And Draffen Mount, Stewarton
Received 17 Jun 2024 - Decided24/0014/S36VAM
Submission for approval in relation to Condition No. 23(1) (Radar Mitigation) of Deemed Planning Consent No. 22/0002/S36VAR
Land Within The North Kyle Forest, Approximately 5.5km East Of Patna, 6km West Of New Cumnock And 2.5km North East Of Dalmellington
Received 20 Jun 2024 - Decided24/0307/PP
Single storey extension to rear of dwelling and new decking area.
The Courtyard Shaw Farm Kilmaurs KA3 2PR
Received 20 Jun 2024 - Decided24/0308/PP
Demolition of existing building and change of use of land to form a car park (part retrospective)
28 Grange Street Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 2DD
Received 18 Jun 2024 - Decided24/0309/PP
Erection of a circular steel slurry store
Plotcock Farm C123 Ochiltree Trabboch From B730 To Mote Toll Stair East Ayrshire KA18 2QQ
Received 20 Jun 2024 - Decided24/0310/PP
Erection of front porch and single storey rear extension to dwellinghouse. Extension and alterations to existing barn to form ancillary living accommodation
Mossdale Farm A713 From Dalmellington To U759 Loch Doon Dalmellington East Ayrshire KA6 7QD
Received 20 Jun 2024 - Decided24/0311/PP
Erection of extension to existing substation
Meikle Hill Substation New Cumnock
Received 21 Jun 2024 - Decided24/0015/S36VAM
Submission for Approval in relation to Condition 19 (Traffic Management) of deemed Planning Consent 19/0001/S36VAR
Pencloe Wind Farm Afton Road Mossmark New Cumnock Cumnock
Received 24 Jun 2024 - Decided24/0312/LDPU
Proposed installation of bifolds and internal alteration
23 Eglintoun Road Stewarton East Ayrshire KA3 3JA
Received 25 Jun 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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