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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 dates12,446Searchable applications
197Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 10,942 approved or refused records
593Refused applications
10,349 approved · 593 refused · 909 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Dec 2008 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided25/0369/PP
Alterations to as-built housing development including revised layout of pedestrian access track to the north-west boundary and to reflect as-built ground levels (part retrospective)
Housing Development To The West Of Treeswoodhead Road, North Of A77 Kilmarnock
Received 24 Jul 2025 - Decided25/0023/NMV
Variation to landscaping and maintenance of Planning Consent 21/0022/AMCPPP and 22/0069/AMCPP.
Proposed Housing Development Bridgehousehill Road Shortlees Kilmarnock East Ayrshire
Received 24 Jul 2025 - Decided25/0083/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition (1) (External Materials) of Planning Consent 21/0232/PP (Installation of offices within Moffat Stand comprising several pre-fabricated cabins & a new partition)
Kilmarnock Football Club Ltd Rugby Park Rugby Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 2DP
Received 24 Jul 2025 - Decided25/0373/PP
External alterations and installation of 4 roof dormers.
12 Pathbrae New Cumnock CUMNOCK KA18 4DF
Received 29 Jul 2025 - Decided25/0374/PP
New petrol filling station, jetwash and shop
Land At Kilmarnock Road Mauchline East Ayrshire
Received 29 Jul 2025 - Registered25/0024/NMV
Non Material Variation: To relocate the approved telecoms mast and create 165m of new track to access telecoms mast of Planning Consent 22/0002/S36VAR) (Application under S36c of the Electricity Act (Variation of Consent) to construct and operate a wind farm comprising the erection of 49 wind turbines with a maximum blade tip height of 149.9m (variation includes extension to operational life to 40 years, relocation of two turbines, reconfiguration of substation and inclusion of associated temporary construction compounds, removal and relocation of temporary construction compounds, realignment of access track between T52 and T53 and removal of redundant access track)
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 24 Jul 2025 - Decided25/0004/EIASCR
Screening request for Proposed Killoch Soil Treatment Centre.
Killoch Depot Killoch Colliery Off A70 West Of Ochiltree Ochiltree East Ayrshire KA18 2RL
Received 28 Jul 2025 - Decided25/0377/PP
Retrospective application for an agricultural storage shed.
Middlefield U731 Greenock Water From B743 North Of Muirkirk To A70 At Nether Wellwood Muirkirk East Ayrshire KA18 3NL
Received 31 Jul 2025 - Decided25/0378/PP
External alterations including formation of new window and door openings, alteration of existing window openings and associated brick infill.
Kilmarnock Fire Station 33 Campbell Street Riccarton Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 4HL
Received 31 Jul 2025 - Decided25/0379/PP
Formation of new mono-pitch roof and erection of decking
15 Foulpapple Road Newmilns East Ayrshire KA16 9LB
Received 31 Jul 2025 - Decided25/0381/PP
Change of use of land and Container for use as Micro Gin Distillery
Altonhill Farm Kilmarnock Road Kilmaurs East Ayrshire KA3 2NR
Received 31 Jul 2025 - Decided25/0382/LDPU
Install replacement window and door
21 Burnock Street Ochiltree East Ayrshire KA18 2NP
Received 31 Jul 2025 - Decided25/0383/LDPU
Erection of single-storey extension (Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed)
Millhouse Of Aiket U13 Aiket From Nether Oldhall To Brae Dunlop East Ayrshire KA3 4BP
Received 1 Aug 2025 - Decided25/0384/LB
Repair and rebuilding of fire damaged castle stable and residential building and associated external and internal alterations
Caprington Castle C120 Kilmarnock Gatehead From South Ayrshire Boundary Nr Caprington Castle To B7038 Nr Spitalhill South Ayrshire Boundary Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA2 9AD
Received 1 Aug 2025 - Decided25/0385/PP
Repair and rebuilding of fire damaged stable and residential building, part change of use to form 3 no. additional dwellings.
Caprington Castle C120 Kilmarnock Gatehead From South Ayrshire Boundary Nr Caprington Castle To B7038 Nr Spitalhill South Ayrshire Boundary Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA2 9AD
Received 1 Aug 2025 - Decided25/0386/AD
Installation and display of 2no. illuminated roundels, illuminated individual lettering on stocks, and 1no illuminated menu board.
Frankie And Benny's Odeon Cinema Queen's Drive Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 3XB
Received 4 Aug 2025 - Decided25/0387/PP
Proposed external alterations including new entrance doors, shopfront glazing and shopfront hatch, replacement of existing door with glazing, new timber metal framework with LED lighting, re-finishing of existing timber, and decoration of low-level render and existing shopfront columns.
Frankie And Benny's Odeon Cinema Queen's Drive Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 3XB
Received 4 Aug 2025 - Unknown25/0388/PN
Prior Notification for Forestry-related Building Works (Non-residential).
Forest road junction
Received 4 Aug 2025 - Decided25/0390/PP
Proposed extension to the rear
2 Logan Avenue Logan East Ayrshire KA18 3HA
Received 5 Aug 2025 - Decided25/0391/PP
Change of use of former water tank to residential, erection of residential dwelling, inclusive of associated infrastructure
Ex Scottish Water Reservoir Site - Brown Field Nethershield Mauchline
Received 5 Aug 2025 - Decided25/0025/NMV
Installation of new slide with accompanying safety surfacing to Play Area 2, and provision of bins to Play Area 1 and Play Area 2 as previously approved under and 21/0022/AMCPPP and 22/0069/AMCPP.
Proposed Housing Development Bridgehousehill Road Shortlees Kilmarnock East Ayrshire
Received 24 Jul 2025 - Decided25/0088/AMCPP
Submission for approval of Condition 9 (1) (Use of Afton Road) of Planning Consent 24/0180/PP.
Blackhill Substation Afton Road Mossmark New Cumnock East Ayrshire
Received 6 Aug 2025 - Decided25/0026/NMV
Non Material Variation (Modification to floor plans and alterations to layout of access ramps) of Planning Permission 22/0082/PP (Erection of four detached houses)
29A Stewarton Road Dunlop East Ayrshire KA3 4AD
Received 1 Aug 2025 - Decided25/0087/AMCPP
Discharge of Conditions 2a (Road Surfacing Materials and Access Details, 3a Discharge/Drainage Details and 4a (Cycle Stand Details) of Planning Approval 24/0551/PP (Change of use from former offices (Class 4) and Community Centre (Class 10) to Sui Generis 4 No. flats including new pitched roof to front porch area.)
68 Caprington Avenue Shortlees Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 4SQ
Received 4 Aug 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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