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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.
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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 dates11,477Searchable applications
197Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 10,092 approved or refused records
552Refused applications
9,540 approved · 552 refused · 832 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided24/0441/S75
Modification of the Planning Obligations of S75 Agreement of Planning Consents 17/0932/PP and 10/0491/PP
Braehead Farm U720 Dalricket From B741 At Littlemark To U719 Craigman New Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 4QR
Received 13 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0442/PP
Installation of Ground Mounted Solar Photo-Voltaic Panels
Sewage Purification Works Kilwinning Road Stewarton East Ayrshire KA3 3DZ
Received 17 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0129/AMCPP
Discharge of Planning Conditions of Planning Consent 21/0386/PP : 1 (Site Investigation & Risk Assessment); 3A (FFL); 4 (SUDS); 6 (Samples); 8 (Landscaping); 10 (External Surfaces); & 12 (Low Carbon)
Land Between 11 - 19 Titchfield Street Galston East Ayrshire
Received 17 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0126/AMCPP
Discharge of Conditions 5A (External materials), Condition 6A (Fencing/boundary treatments), Condition 8A (Carbon Development Statement) and Condition 10A (Waste Management Strategy) of Planning Consent 24/0011/AMCPPP
Northcraig Farm Glasgow Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 6AD
Received 17 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0128/AMCPP
Discharge of planning conditions 3 (external appearance of the caravan) and 4A (details of a bin store) of planning consent 23/0532/PP.
Crawlaw Farm A719 Firpark To East Newton Moscow East Ayrshire KA4 8PH
Received 18 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0127/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition 1 (Landscaping) of Planning Consent 24/0011/AMCPPP.
Northcraig Farm Glasgow Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 6AD
Received 17 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0443/PP
Change of use and extension to outbuilding to dwellinghouse with associated parking and garden ground
36 West Main Street Darvel East Ayrshire KA17 0AQ
Received 18 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0444/PP
Widening of existing vehicular access and creation of pedestrian access, including associated wall, gates and fencing (maximum height measuring 2.5m).
22 Bentinck Street Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 4AS
Received 19 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0002/EIASCR
EIA Screening Request for Installation of water mains pipework
A77 By Rigghill, North East Of Kilmarnock To Land South Of Collorybog Burn, Land East Of Kingswell And A77 East Ayrshire
Received 19 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0446/PP
External alterations to the existing Class 1A use property Including internal sub division of existing retail unit into 4 no. Class 1A units, new rainscreen cladding and shop frontages with access to north elevation frontage. Alterations to car parking and landscaping.
Former Co-op Newmilns Road Galston KA4 8PA
Received 20 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0448/PPP
Planning Permission in Principle for the erection of up to 10 no. (maximum) industrial units (Use Class 4) access, landscaping, and associated works.
Brewery Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire
Received 20 Sept 2024 - Awaiting decision24/0449/PP
Tourism development including lodges, glamping pods, tourer and tent pitches, reception, toilet block and associated access roads and landscaping
Land At Benston Smithy U743 Newfield From B7046 Skares Road To Junction Of C36 And U719 Cumnock East Ayrshire
Received 20 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0450/PP
Erection of 2 timber dog breeding kennels (Retrospective)
Grassmillees B705 From Burnsland Nursery Site To U725 Glasha Mauchline East Ayrshire KA5 6LH
Received 23 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0056/NMV
Non Material Variation to Condition 6a (SUDS) (Amended design of SUDS Pond) of Planning Consent No. 23/0141/AMCPP & 23/0332/PP (Extension)
Egger Ltd Barony Road Auchinleck East Ayrshire KA18 2LP
Received 19 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0454/PPP
Demolition of Existing Storage Accommodation and erection of new Dwelling House
Shawhill Farmhouse Shawhill Galston Road Hurlford KILMARNOCK KA1 5HZ
Received 24 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0455/PPP
Proposed Residential Development
Land At Logangate Terrace/Baillie Drive Logan
Received 25 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0456/PP
Erection of dwelling with associated parking and garden
Land At Baillie Drive, Logan
Received 25 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0457/PP
Siting of storage container
Kaypark Bowling Club Strawberrybank Road New Farm Loch Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 7RT
Received 25 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0458/LDPU
Proposed use of existing 2 no. dwellinghouses for the purposes of residential care for young people
Drumdow Farm C116 Loudonston From B730 To South Ayrshire Boundary Stair East Ayrshire KA5 5HY
Received 26 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0459/PP
Change of use of commercial garage to residential extension. Increase roof height and external alterations
West Dawn Cottage 14 Rowallan Castle Estate U54 Tannacrief From B778 West Of Fenwick To B751 Nr Meiklewood Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 2LW
Received 27 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0460/LDPU
Partial change of use of former farmbuilding and external operations to convert to residential use, demolition of larger farm building to create garden curtilage.
Former Agricultural Shed Dunniflat Farm Lugton KA3 4EE
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0461/TCA
Cut back branches and reduce height.
5 Garden Street Dalrymple East Ayrshire KA6 6DG
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decided24/0462/PP
Extensions to existing social club
Drongan Miners Welfare Bowling Club Millmannoch Avenue Drongan East Ayrshire KA6 7BY
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decided24/0463/PP
Construction of cycle track, siting of a storage container, a workshop container, and a cafe/refreshments container, and installation of 2.4m fence with 1.2m path to existing changing pavilion.
Construction Of Cyle Track Mcadam Way Dalmellington East Ayrshire
Received 1 Oct 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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