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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.
6,120 approved · 409 refused · 486 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Dec 2008 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bank Of Scotland 2 High Street Stewarton Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 5AA
Received 22 Feb 2021Land East Draffen House Draffen Mount Stewarton East Ayrshire
Received 22 Feb 2021Weavers Court Laigh Fenwick KA3 6AU
Received 22 Feb 2021Jacaranda Nursery Evergreen Coalhall Ayr East Ayrshire KA6 6PQ
Received 22 Feb 2021Corrie Mains Farm Station Road Mauchline East Ayrshire KA5 5DT
Received 12 Feb 2021Corrie Mains Farm Station Road Mauchline East Ayrshire KA5 5DT
Received 12 Feb 2021Site Opposite Railway Hotel Main Street Auchinleck East Ayrshire
Received 16 Feb 2021Site Opposite Railway Hotel Main Street Auchinleck East Ayrshire
Received 16 Feb 2021Bracken View Brackenhill Farm C50 Knowe Brackenhill From A76t At Brackenhill To Barony Rd Near Ochiltree Ochiltree Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 2LU
Received 22 Feb 2021Site Opposite Railway Hotel Main Street Auchinleck East Ayrshire
Received 16 Feb 2021Site Opposite Railway Hotel Main Street Auchinleck East Ayrshire
Received 16 Feb 2021Site Opposite Railway Hotel Main Street Auchinleck East Ayrshire
Received 16 Feb 2021Site Opposite Railway Hotel Main Street Auchinleck East Ayrshire
Received 16 Feb 2021Site Opposite Railway Hotel Main Street Auchinleck East Ayrshire
Received 16 Feb 2021Site Opposite Railway Hotel Main Street Auchinleck East Ayrshire
Received 16 Feb 2021Site Opposite Railway Hotel Main Street Auchinleck East Ayrshire
Received 16 Feb 2021Site Opposite Railway Hotel Main Street Auchinleck East Ayrshire
Received 17 Feb 2021Middlethird Farm C104 Sornhill Newmilns From Windyhill Road To Sornhill Newmilns East Ayrshire KA16 9LS
Received 12 Feb 2021Community Hospital Ayr Road Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 1EF
Received 22 Feb 2021Vacant Site Between 11 And 29 Quarry Knowe Auchinleck
Received 18 Feb 2021Overhill Wind Farm B741 From Armour Wynd To U720 Dalricket Dalmellington East Ayrshire
Received 19 Feb 2021Dean Castle Dean Estate Dean Road Beansburn Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 1XB
Received 19 Feb 2021Dean Castle Dean Estate Dean Road Beansburn Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 1XB
Received 19 Feb 2021Dean Castle Dean Estate Dean Road Beansburn Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 1XB
Received 19 Feb 2021Records 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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