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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.
5,882 approved · 390 refused · 464 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
57 London Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 7AH
Received 17 Jan 2020Windy Rig To Blackhill Substation Afton Road Mossmark New Cumnock East Ayrshire
Received 13 Jan 2020Crosshouse Primary School Playingfield Road Crosshouse Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA2 0JJ
Received 17 Jan 202014 Temple Street Darvel East Ayrshire KA17 0DU
Received 17 Jan 202069 Loudoun Road Newmilns East Ayrshire KA16 9HG
Received 20 Jan 2020118 Main Street Ochiltree Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 2PF
Received 20 Jan 2020Full Length of Wilson Avenue Kilmarnock
Received 20 Jan 2020Burnfoot Farm C113 Stewarton/pokelly From Custraw Road To C112 Stewarton East Ayrshire KA3 6BB
Received 20 Jan 2020Glaisnock Street - Nos. 12-16 & Waterside Row - No. 2 Cumnock
Received 20 Dec 2019Proposed Residential Development Irvine Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire
Received 26 Nov 201937 Fairways Gameshill Stewarton Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 5DA
Received 20 Jan 2020Site Near Blackcraig Hill New Cumnock KA18 4QQ
Received 5 Jan 2020Site Near Blackcraig Hill New Cumnock KA18 4QQ
Received 5 Jan 2019Site Near Blackcraig Hill New Cumnock KA18 4QQ
Received 5 Jan 2020Cumnock Bus Station Tanyard Cumnock
Received 20 Jan 2020Newlands Farm Zc117 Kilmarnock/stewarton From A735 At Altonhill To Buiston North Ayrshire Boundary Kilmaurs Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 2PR
Received 21 Jan 2020Unit 12 30 Townhead Street Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 1LE
Received 21 Jan 2020Boswell Museum Church Hill Auchinleck East Ayrshire KA18 2AB
Received 21 Jan 2020Residential Development Fraser Walk New Farm Loch Kilmarnock East Ayrshire Council
Received 20 Jan 20204 Brown's Road Newmilns East Ayrshire KA16 9AS
Received 21 Jan 2020Land East Of Muirkirk East Ayrshire
Received 16 Jan 2020Plot 2-3 Moorfield North Industrial Park Neephill View Moorfield Kilmarnock East Ayrshire
Received 21 Jan 2020Proposed Unit 5 At Plots 8 - 11 Moorfield North Business Park Phase 2 Kilmarnock
Received 21 Jan 2020Plot 2 3 Moorfield North Industrial Park Neephill View Moorfield Kilmarnock East Ayrshire
Received 21 Jan 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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