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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.
5,822 approved · 383 refused · 460 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Broomfield Sports Ground Auchinleck Road Cumnock East Ayrshire
Received 11 Oct 201939 Stirling Crescent Galston East Ayrshire KA4 8NT
Received 11 Oct 201952 Main Street Kilmaurs Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 2SY
Received 14 Oct 2019Overhill Wind Farm, Dalmellington
Received 18 Oct 2019Cairns Nursery School Farm Road Altonhill Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 1PH
Received 14 Oct 201917 Main Street Ochiltree Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 2PA
Received 21 Oct 2019Yard Adjacent To 12 King Street, Newmilns
Received 21 Oct 2019Erection Of A Storey And A Half Detached Dwellinghouse Craigie Road Shortlees Kilmarnock East Ayrshire
Received 21 Oct 2019B Erection Of Storey And A Half Detached Dwellinghouse Jeffrey Street Riccarton Kilmarnock East Ayrshire
Received 21 Oct 2019Jeffrey Street Riccarton Kilmarnock East Ayrshire
Received 21 Oct 2019Land Adjacent To Whitehill Farm Dalleagles New Cumnock
Received 21 Oct 201941 Craigie Avenue Riccarton Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 4ED
Received 21 Oct 20191A Bridgend Newmilns East Ayrshire KA16 9BU
Received 14 Oct 2019Darvel Juniors Football Club Irvinebank Road Darvel East Ayrshire KA17 0HS
Received 11 Oct 2019Diageo 18 - 20 Hill Street Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 3HY
Received 16 Oct 2019Land Within The North Kyle Forest, Approximately 5.5km East Of Patna, 6km West Of New Cumnock And 2.5km North East Of Dalmellington.
Received 16 Oct 20197 Loudoun Court Darvel East Ayrshire
Received 21 Oct 2019Laigh Tarbeg A70 Ochiltree By-Pass Ochiltree East Ayrshire
Received 21 Oct 2019Sorn Main Farm B7037 From C86 Montgarswood To U722 Dykeneuk Mauchline East Ayrshire KA5 6JH
Received 21 Oct 20193 Middlemas Drive Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 3DZ
Received 23 Oct 2019Kilmaurs Library Irvine Road Kilmaurs Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 2RJ
Received 23 Oct 20198 Thornwood Drive Lugar Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 3LB
Received 23 Oct 2019The Old Cemetery Townhead Dalmellington East Ayrshire
Received 23 Oct 2019Flat 7 Mount House Dundonald Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA2 0AA
Received 23 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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