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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.
5,858 approved · 388 refused · 462 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
84 Irvine Road Crosshouse Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA2 0HQ
Received 19 Dec 201961 East Donington Street Darvel East Ayrshire KA17 0JN
Received 19 Dec 2019Proposed Housing Development Rigg Road Cumnock East Ayrshire
Received 19 Dec 20192 Littlemill Road Drongan Ayr East Ayrshire KA6 7BP
Received 20 Dec 2019Cocklebie Farm Dunlop Road Stewarton Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 3DX
Received 22 Jul 2019Aldi Store Rigg Street Stewarton East Ayrshire KA3 5LE
Received 16 Dec 2019Aldi Store Rigg Street Stewarton East Ayrshire KA3 5LE
Received 16 Dec 2019Land At The Beg, Loudounhill Quarry, Darvel
Received 17 Dec 2019Cairn Road Cumnock
Received 20 Dec 201950 Bank Street Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 1HA
Received 20 Dec 201950 Bank Street Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 1HA
Received 20 Dec 2019British Gas Transco Burnside Street Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 4EU
Received 23 Dec 2019Wm Murchland And Co Ltd Grange Street Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 2AR
Received 23 Dec 201919 Banfield Drive Holmhead Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 1AS
Received 23 Dec 20198 Stronsay Place Wardneuk Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 2JA
Received 23 Dec 201962B Brewland Street Galston East Ayrshire KA4 8DX
Received 17 Dec 2019Kilmarnock College Holehouse Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 7AT
Received 20 Dec 2019Kilmarnock College Holehouse Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 7AT
Received 16 Dec 20191 Loanhead Street Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 3AU
Received 23 Dec 201926 Kinloch Avenue Stewarton Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 3HQ
Received 24 Dec 2019Cairn Road Cumnock
Received 20 Dec 2019Hare Craig Muirkirk
Received 6 Jan 202014 Holly Place Grange Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 2JU
Received 6 Jan 2020Land At Irvine Road Kilmaurs East Ayrshire
Received 6 Jan 2020Records 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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