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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 dates11,897Searchable applications
197Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 10,473 approved or refused records
566Refused applications
9,907 approved · 566 refused · 858 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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
- Decided25/0002/EIASCR
Screening request for residential development to include access, roads, open space, landscaping, drainage and other associated works
Land At Kilwinning Road Stewarton
Received 26 Mar 2025 - Decided25/0009/NMV
External finish amended to rear and side walls of garage and removal of rear window (Planning Consent No. 23/0429/PP)
33 Kay Park Crescent Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 7BA
Received 26 Mar 2025 - Decided25/0159/PP
Erection of triple garage with annex over
Cill Mhearnaig Taigh Crosshill Mount C97 Skares Orchardton From A70 Nr Ochiltree To B7046 Ochiltree East Ayrshire KA18 2RE
Received 27 Mar 2025 - Decided25/0160/PP
Erection of office block with sui generis use for taxi operator, 2 no. dwellinghouses, and associated landscaping
Rigg Farm Rigg Road Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 1RT
Received 27 Mar 2025 - Decided25/0006/S36AMC
Submission for approval in relation to Conditions 28 (1) & (5) (Fish Monitoring Programme) and 30 (1) & (2) (Programme of Archaeological Works of planning consent 19/0004/S36
Lethans Corsencon Hill New Cumnock East Ayrshire
Received 28 Mar 2025 - Decided25/0028/AMCPP
Discharge of condition 4a (Landscaping/Planting) of planning consent 23/0209/PP (Erection of timber stables and shelters - retrospective)
Burnanne House U55 Threepwood And Cairnhill From C104 At Sornhill To U56 Meikle Carleith Galston East Ayrshire KA4 8ND
Received 28 Mar 2025 - Decided25/0163/PP
Erection of a steel portal frame shed for agricultural use
Alton Muirhouse Farm U31 Whatriggs Off U30 Near Nether Newton Newmilns East Ayrshire KA16 9LJ
Received 31 Mar 2025 - Decided25/0164/PPP
Development of existing vacant Brownfield site to create new dwellings with access to Muirkirk Road.
Coal Yard Muirkirk Road Cumnock East Ayrshire
Received 31 Mar 2025 - Decided25/0010/NMV
Changes to East Elevation - Patio doors installed to subterranean level with stair access. Window changed to full height. Sloped roof changed to flat roof. Render changed to wood cladding.South Elevation - Full height window changed to half height window. Skylight removed from roof. Solar pv layout is a continuous linear row x2.North Elevation - Add 9 no. Velux windowx.(Planning Consent 20/0174/PP).
Land To East Of Kyleakin Cottage U29 Halket From A735 At Lugton To C100 Dunlop Uplawmoor Lugton East Ayrshire
Received 31 Mar 2025 - Decided25/0011/NMV
Amendment to attenuation tank reloacted. Revised details to culvert of planning consent 04/0297/RM (Erection Of 35 Residential Dwellinghouses Installation Of Bin Store Area And Variation To Conditions 4 And 11D Of Planning Consent 98/0365/OL)
Rowallan Castle Rowallan Castle Estate U54 Tannacrief From B778 West Of Fenwick To B751 Nr Meiklewood Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 2LW
Received 28 Mar 2025 - Decided25/0029/AMCPP
Discharge of conditions 2 (External Materials), 4 (Landscaping), 6 (Drainage) and 8 (Low Carbon Development Statement) of planning consent 23/0523/PP (Erection of 8 No. dwellinghouses)
2 Littlemill Road Drongan East Ayrshire KA6 7BP
Received 1 Apr 2025 - Decided25/0166/PP
Proposed Erection of oak framed side extension
Silverwood House Hollybush AYR KA6 7EA
Received 1 Apr 2025 - Decided25/0167/PP
Alterations and proposed change of use from ground floor flat to commercial hairdressing salon
15 Polwarth Street Galston East Ayrshire KA4 8HG
Received 1 Apr 2025 - Decided25/0168/PP
Erection of 3 no. dwellinghouses to substitute dwellinghouses approved under Planning Consent 24/0286/PP at Plots 5 to 10.
64 Newton Street Catrine East Ayrshire KA5 6RY
Received 1 Apr 2025 - Decided26/0169/PP
Installation of replacement flue (in retrospect).
3 Townhead Kilmaurs East Ayrshire KA3 2ST
Received 2 Apr 2025 - Decided25/0172/PP
Proposed development of lands for the provision of dedicated riding school administrative base and management residence, in addition to infrastructure installation for further rural diversification facility.
Site to south-west of former Craighead Farm off Mauchline Road
Received 2 Apr 2025 - Decided25/0173/PP
Proposed installation of pick-up lockers within existing car park.
Tesco West Shaw Street Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 4BS
Received 3 Apr 2025 - Decided25/0174/AD
Installation and display of internally-illuminated lightbox and internally-illuminated individual lettering.
Tesco West Shaw Street Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 4BS
Received 3 Apr 2025 - Decided25/0030/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition 2 (Flooding) Conditions 5 (Noise Impact Assessment), Conditions 9 (Dust Management Plan), Conditions 11 (Air Quality Impact Assessment) and Conditions 26 (Low Carbon Dev. Statement) of Planning Consent 24/0469/PP
29A Stewarton Road Dunlop East Ayrshire KA3 4AD
Received 2 Apr 2025 - Decided25/0175/PP
Erection of 2no. replacement single-storey outbuildings in rear garden
12 Main Road Fenwick East Ayrshire KA3 6AH
Received 4 Apr 2025 - Decided25/0177/PP
Proposed erection of outbuilding
22 Lanfine View Darvel East Ayrshire KA17 0FE
Received 4 Apr 2025 - Decided25/0001/EIASCP
Scoping Report related to Airds Hill Wind Farm
Airds Hill New Cumnock
Received 4 Apr 2025 - Decided25/0179/PP
Proposed Rear Extension
179 Dundonald Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA2 0AB
Received 4 Apr 2025 - Decided25/0181/PP
External alterations including like-for-like replacement of chimney and recladding of residential property
30 - 32 Wallace Street Galston East Ayrshire KA4 8HR
Received 7 Apr 2025
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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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