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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.
Scotland · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for East Ayrshire. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
5,706 approved · 381 refused · 446 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Dec 2008 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
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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.
13 Vennel Street Stewarton Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 5HL
Received 13 Mar 2019Flat 7 Mount House Dundonald Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA2 0AA
Received 12 Mar 2019Flat 7 Mount House Dundonald Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA2 0AA
Received 12 Mar 20192 Countess Street Darvel East Ayrshire KA17 0DZ
Received 13 Mar 2019Tincorn Hill Quarry B743 From U79 Brocklar To U724 Garpel Sorn East Ayrshire
Received 14 Mar 2019Moorfield Farm 16 Moorfield A759 Opposite Moorfield Industrial Estate Moorfield Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA2 0AJ
Received 14 Mar 2019Stonebriggs Muirkirk Road Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 3LP
Received 14 Mar 2019Land Adjacent 142 Carnshalloch Avenue Patna East Ayrshire
Received 12 Mar 2019Residential Development Fraser Walk New Farm Loch Kilmarnock East Ayrshire Council
Received 12 Mar 2019Land At Balmoral Road Hill Street Witch Road Balmoral Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire
Received 12 Mar 2019120 Main Street Newmilns East Ayrshire KA16 9DJ
Received 13 Mar 201931 Lothian Road Stewarton Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 3BT
Received 14 Mar 2019Doonbank Nursing Home A713 From Patna To Waterside Doon Valley Ayr East Ayrshire KA6 7JW
Received 15 Mar 2019Lainshaw Estate David Dale Avenue Stewarton Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 3BA
Received 15 Mar 2019Land Between 24 And 34 Kilmaurs Road Knockentiber East Ayrshire
Received 15 Mar 2019Development Site Northcraig Road Longpark Kilmarnock East Ayrshire
Received 13 Mar 2019St Michaels 40 Treeswoodhead Road Shortlees Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 4NB
Received 18 Mar 2019Site At Galston Road Hurlford KA1 5JB
Received 18 Mar 2019Northcraig Farm Glasgow Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 6AD
Received 15 Mar 2019Caponacre Industrial Estate Caponacre Road Caponacre Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 1SH
Received 18 Mar 2019East Heads Steading U33 Woodhead From A71 To C133 Newmilns Newmilns East Ayrshire KA16 9LG
Received 18 Mar 2019Roseburn Resource Centre Holmhead Road Holmhead Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 1RR
Received 18 Mar 201912 Loudoun Avenue Priestland Darvel East Ayrshire KA17 0NY
Received 18 Mar 20192 Arran View Stewarton Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 5EX
Received 19 Mar 2019Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Scotland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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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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