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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.
5,756 approved · 381 refused · 454 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
89 Main Road Fenwick Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 6DX
Received 21 Jun 2019Former Primary School Glebe Road Galston East Ayrshire
Received 25 Jun 2019Laigh Milton Cottage A71 From North Ayrshire Boundary To Moorfield Roundabout Crosshouse East Ayrshire KA2 0BP
Received 25 Jun 201936-42 Smallburn Road Muirkirk
Received 25 Jun 2019Beechknowe Cottage B7046 From Sinclairston To U728 Glenconner Drongan Ayr East Ayrshire KA18 2RU
Received 26 Jun 2019Community Education Centre East Park Drive Kilmaurs Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 2QS
Received 21 Jun 201961 Wallacetown Avenue Southcraigs Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 6DS
Received 27 Jun 2019Cairnduff Nursery Cairnduff Place Stewarton East Ayrshire
Received 21 Jun 2019Netherthird Primary School Craigens Road Netherthird Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 3AN
Received 21 Jun 2019Residential Development Fraser Walk New Farm Loch Kilmarnock East Ayrshire Council
Received 24 Jun 2019South Kyle Wind Farm East Ayrshire
Received 24 Jun 2019South Kyle Wind Farm East Ayrshire
Received 24 Jun 201968 Galston Road Hurlford Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 5HY
Received 1 Jul 20195 Avenue Street Stewarton East Ayrshire KA3 5AP
Received 1 Jul 2019North Drumboy Farm Glasgow Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 6EU
Received 1 Jul 201942-48 Newton Street Catrine Mauchline East Ayrshire KA5 6RX
Received 3 Jun 2019Pencloe Wind Farm South Of New Cumnock
Received 21 Jun 2019Cairnduff Nursery Cairnduff Place Stewarton East Ayrshire
Received 26 Jun 2019Land Adjacent 142 Carnshalloch Avenue Patna East Ayrshire
Received 27 Jun 2019Hare Craig Wind Farm Muirkik
Received 27 Jun 2019Howard Arms 5 Glencairn Square Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 4AQ
Received 2 Jul 2019Vacant Land Lainshaw Street Stewarton East Ayrshire
Received 2 Jul 20199 Grant Place New Farm Loch Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 7NX
Received 2 Jul 20199 Main Road Fenwick Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 6AQ
Received 2 Jul 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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