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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.
5,809 approved · 383 refused · 459 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hillhousehill Farm Grassyards Road New Farm Loch Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 6HQ
Received 23 Sept 2019Allanton Woodland Darvel
Received 23 Sept 201915 Wallacetown Avenue Southcraigs Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 6BH
Received 23 Sept 201940 Soulis Street Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 1AP
Received 24 Sept 201969 Main Street Ochiltree Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 2PE
Received 24 Sept 2019Stedon Cottage Craigs Road Hollybush East Ayrshire KA6 6HB
Received 24 Sept 2019David Dale Avenue Stewarton
Received 24 Sept 20191 Blair Crescent Galston East Ayrshire KA4 8JH
Received 24 Sept 2019Townend Road Shortlees Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 4TD
Received 13 Sept 2019Kilmarnock Football Club Ltd Rugby Park Rugby Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 2DP
Received 23 Sept 20191 Dunskey Road Southcraigs Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 6FJ
Received 25 Sept 201999 Titchfield Street Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 1QY
Received 25 Sept 2019Unit 6 Glencairn Retail Park Glencairn Retail Park Off Holmquarry Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 4AY
Received 30 Sept 2019Hannahston B730 From A70 At Coalhall To Drongan Drongan East Ayrshire
Received 30 Sept 2019211 Main Street Auchinleck Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 2BA
Received 24 Sept 2019163 Main Street Auchinleck East Ayrshire KA18 2BA
Received 30 Sept 201927 Fowld's View Fenwick Kilmarnock KA3 6GF
Received 1 Oct 2019Kilmarnock Road Mauchline
Received 25 Sept 201916-28 King Street Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 1PT
Received 26 Sept 2019Ashentree Farm B730 From U750 Stabneoch To A713 At Kerse Cottage Polnessan Ayr East Ayrshire KA6 7HL
Received 1 Oct 2019Residential Development Site Kilmarnock Road Mauchline East Ayrshire
Received 1 Oct 2019Moor Yett 1 Clunch Road Fenwick Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 6EW
Received 1 Oct 2019River Irvine Galston
Received 13 Sept 20195 The Crescent Stewarton Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 5AY
Received 1 Oct 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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