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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 dates11,423Searchable applications
197Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 10,047 approved or refused records
548Refused applications
9,499 approved · 548 refused · 829 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided24/0120/AMCPP
Discharge of conditions 2 (Service Management Plan) of planning consent 24/0208/PP (Change of use flat from long term rental to short term rental property)
8A Vennel Street Stewarton East Ayrshire KA3 5HL
Received 13 Aug 2024 - Decided24/0398/PP
Construction of cycle track, siting of 3 no containers and installation of 2.4m fence
Construction Of Cyle Track Mcadam Way Dalmellington East Ayrshire
Received 14 Aug 2024 - Decided24/0399/PP
Change of use of ground floor of former public house to from 2no. ground floor flats and external alterations
The Bucks Head 8 - 10 Bridge Street Galston East Ayrshire KA4 8AE
Received 14 Aug 2024 - Decided24/0121/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition No.3 (Breeding Birds Survey) of Planning Consent No. 23/0476/PP (Access Road)
Ladyton House Ladyton U37 Milton From Ladyton To A719 At Loudoun Castle Galston East Ayrshire KA4 8PF
Received 14 Aug 2024 - Decided24/0400/PP
Installation of dormers to rear and roof lights to front and rear
79 Main Street Ochiltree East Ayrshire KA18 2PE
Received 16 Aug 2024 - Decided24/0401/LB
Installation of dormers and rooflights to the main roof
79 Main Street Ochiltree East Ayrshire KA18 2PE
Received 19 Aug 2024 - Decided24/0402/PP
Erection of ancillary outbuilding
8 Coal Road Auchinleck East Ayrshire KA18 2AH
Received 19 Aug 2024 - Unknown24/0403/PN
Prior Notification for Forestry-related Building Works (Non-residential).
Bell mouth on either side of unclassified road (Hemphill Road) to facilitate forestry timber extraction.
Received 20 Aug 2024 - Decided24/0404/PP
Removal of existing garage and erection of new garage and ancillary accommodation
46 Irvine Road Kilmaurs East Ayrshire KA3 2RL
Received 20 Aug 2024 - Decided24/0405/PP
Formation of slurry lagoon
Dykes Farm Rigg Road Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 3JP
Received 20 Aug 2024 - Unknown24/0407/PN
Prior Notification for Electronic Communication Code Operators.
Knevocklaw Farm, Darvel, Ayrshire, KA17 0NQ
Received 22 Aug 2024 - Decided24/0408/PP
Proposed upper floor extension to rear of detached dwelling
29 Dunskey Road Southcraigs Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 6FJ
Received 22 Aug 2024 - Decided24/0409/PN
Peatland Restoration.
Chalmerston Open Cast Coal Site A713 From Waterside To B741 Dalmellington Doon Valley Dalmellington East Ayrshire KA6 7PN
Received 16 Aug 2024 - Decided24/0410/PP
Proposed erection of four detached houses and associated roadway and parking
The Former Lugton Hotel Lochlibo Road Lugton East Ayrshire KA3 4DZ
Received 22 Aug 2024 - Decided24/0411/PP
3 x new windows installed. Cills to be lowered to create full height windows.
Howard Arms 5 Glencairn Square Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 4AQ
Received 23 Aug 2024 - Decided24/0412/PP
Replacement of 5 windows
90 Main Street Dunlop East Ayrshire KA3 4AG
Received 26 Aug 2024 - Decided24/0413/LB
Replacement of 5 windows.
90 Main Street Dunlop East Ayrshire KA3 4AG
Received 26 Aug 2024 - Decided24/0122/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition 1 (Materials (Roof tiles, Windows Doors, Brick and Cladding), Condition 4 (Construction Traffic Management Plan) & Condition 6 (Site Construction Phasing Plan) in relation to Planning Consent 20/0157/PP
74 Mill Of Shield Road Drongan East Ayrshire KA6 7AY
Received 26 Aug 2024 - Decided24/0414/TP
Proposed removal of 4no. Scots Pine (T222, T212, T225, T219), 1no. Leyland Cypress (T203) and 1no. Sitka Spruce (T223), and proposed replacment planting.
Land Opposite 1 Braehead Road Fenwick East Ayrshire
Received 26 Aug 2024 - Decided24/0052/NMV
Change in play area design with revised play equipment, and re-alignment of central footpath of Planning Consent No. 20/0003/AMCPPP and 24/0021/NMV.
Land At Irvine Road Kilmaurs East Ayrshire
Received 22 Aug 2024 - Decided24/0415/TP
Treeworks to rear of property - Removal of diseased Sycamore tree and 30% crown reduction to Common Lime tree, and removal of overhanging tree branch of neighbouring property (2 William Murdoch Walk)
4 & 2 William Murdoch Walk Lugar Cumnock KA18 3ER
Received 21 Aug 2024 - Decided24/0123/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition No. 1a (Details of external windows and door and the removal of additional details and any extraneous information) of Planning Consent No. 24/0102/AMCPP (original consent of 17/1108/PP) (Residential Holiday Let)
Sornhill B7037 From C104 Sornhill To U19 Whitehill Galston East Ayrshire KA4 8NF
Received 27 Aug 2024 - Decided24/0053/NMV
Non Material Variation - Proposed alterations to plot boundaries of Plot 101 and Plot 104 (Planning Consent No.21/0132/PP)
Proposed Housing Development Rigg Road Cumnock East Ayrshire
Received 28 Aug 2024 - Decided24/0417/PP
Erection of dwelling house and detached garage and associated works and the temporary siting of a static caravan.
Low Peacockbank By Stewarton East Ayrshire KA3 3EA
Received 29 Aug 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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