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.
5,893 approved · 393 refused · 467 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
St Michaels 44 Treeswoodhead Road Shortlees Kilmarnock KA1 4NX
Received 11 Feb 202010 Scott Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 1SQ
Received 13 Feb 2020Pointhouse 92A Dundonald Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 1TY
Received 14 Feb 202010 Dippol Crescent Auchinleck East Ayrshire KA18 2BZ
Received 14 Feb 20203 Braehead Glebe Stewarton Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 5HG
Received 14 Feb 2020Witch Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 1JG
Received 17 Feb 20206 Cross Street Galston East Ayrshire KA4 8AL
Received 17 Feb 20206 Cross Street Galston East Ayrshire KA4 8AL
Received 17 Feb 202069-71 Loudoun Street Mauchline East Ayrshire KA5 5BQ
Received 13 Feb 2020The Hirsel 5 Smithston A713 From Craigs Road To B730 Drongan Road Doon Valley Ayr East Ayrshire KA6 7EZ
Received 17 Feb 2020Fosterhill A719 Firpark To East Newton Moscow Galston East Ayrshire KA4 8PJ
Received 14 Feb 20206 Grange Street Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 2AR
Received 18 Feb 20206 Grange Street Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 2AR
Received 18 Feb 20208 James Sym Crescent Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 1SS
Received 18 Feb 2020Kyle Farm Glenmuir Logan Cumnock KA18 3JA
Received 14 Feb 2020Auchincross Farm U720 Dalricket From U719 Craigman To B741 At Littlemark New Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 4QR
Received 14 Feb 202017 Dalwhinnie Crescent Altonhill Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 1QS
Received 18 Feb 202011C Simonsburn Road Loreny Industrial Estate Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 5LA
Received 18 Feb 2020Polquhairn Wind Farm B7046 From Sinclairston To U728 Glenconner Drongan East Ayrshire
Received 14 Feb 20205 Howard Street Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 2BP
Received 19 Feb 2020Flats 1-10 2 Main Street Ochiltree Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 2PB
Received 19 Feb 2020Laigh Hapton Farm U20 Low Overmuir From U3 Foulpapple To Junction After Rive Hill Darvel East Ayrshire KA17 0NG
Received 16 Feb 2020Land Adjacent Viewfield Cottage C113 Stewarton/pokelly From Custraw Road To C112 Stewarton East Ayrshire
Received 18 Feb 2020Enoch Hill Windfarm B741 From Armour Wynd To U720 Dalricket Dalmellington East Ayrshire
Received 18 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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