Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
5,892 approved · 393 refused · 467 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Windy Rig To Blackhill Substation Afton Road Mossmark New Cumnock East Ayrshire
Received 3 Feb 202012 Craighall Road Westlin Walk Kilmarnock KA3 6GN
Received 4 Feb 202037 Montgomerie Drive Stewarton East Ayrshire KA3 3AP
Received 5 Feb 2020Mauchline Sewage Works C3 Barskimming Road From Mauchline To Stair Mauchline East Ayrshire KA5 5HQ
Received 5 Feb 20201 Lugton Road Dunlop Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 4AW
Received 5 Feb 2020Greenside Farm Glaisnock Road Netherthird Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 4PJ
Received 7 Feb 20206 Cross Street Galston East Ayrshire KA4 8AL
Received 7 Feb 2020Drongan Wastewater Treatment Works U741 Millmannoch From Littlemill Road To South Ayrshire Boundary Nr Millmannoch Drongan East Ayrshire KA6 6HG
Received 7 Feb 2020Dunlop Public Hall 48 Main Street Dunlop Stewarton East Ayrshire KA3 4AN
Received 10 Feb 202058 Holmhead Road CUMNOCK KA18 1UA
Received 10 Feb 202052 Main Street Kilmaurs Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 2SY
Received 10 Feb 2020Land At Midton Of Fullwood C108 Stewarton/cabroc Hill From B769 Nr Stewarton To Renfrewshire Boundary Nr Long Loch Renfrewshire Boundary Dunlop East Ayrshire
Received 10 Feb 2020Land At Midton Of Fullwood C108 Stewarton/cabroc Hill From B769 Nr Stewarton To Renfrewshire Boundary Nr Long Loch Renfrewshire Boundary Dunlop East Ayrshire
Received 10 Feb 20202 Gateside Cottages 14 Evergreen Coalhall Ayr East Ayrshire KA6 6PQ
Received 11 Feb 2020Woodhead Farm U32 Huggincraig From Main Street To U33 Woodhead Newmilns East Ayrshire KA16 9LL
Received 11 Feb 2020Blackcraig And Margree Wind Farm Connection Project Part C Between Existing Tower N230 (0S Reference NX 591891) And Proposed Meiklehill Substation (OS Reference NS 521078)
Received 6 Feb 2020Between The Proposed Meikle Hill Substation (OS Ref NS520081) And The Proposed Black Hill Substation (OS Ref NS612048)
Received 6 Feb 202018 - 20 Hill Street Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 3HY
Received 11 Feb 20206 East Main Street Darvel East Ayrshire KA17 0DN
Received 11 Feb 2020Land At Kingsford B769 From C108 Stewarton/cabroc Hill To C112 Kingsford Stewarton East Ayrshire
Received 11 Feb 202064 Dundonald Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 1RZ
Received 12 Feb 202047 Carnalea Court Galston East Ayrshire KA4 8HY
Received 12 Feb 2020Damhead C113 Stewarton/pokelly From Custraw Road To C112 Stewarton East Ayrshire KA3 6BB
Received 12 Feb 202016-28 King Street KILMARNOCK KA1 1PT
Received 11 Feb 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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