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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.
5,965 approved · 398 refused · 473 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Middlethird Farm C104 Sornhill/newmilns From A71 Main Street To Sornhill Newmilns East Ayrshire KA16 9LS
Received 8 Jul 2020Residential Development Site Kilmarnock Road Mauchline East Ayrshire
Received 3 Jul 2020Residential Development Site Kilmarnock Road Mauchline East Ayrshire
Received 3 Jul 2020Residential Development Site Kilmarnock Road Mauchline East Ayrshire
Received 3 Jul 20201 Craigview Road Newmilns East Ayrshire KA16 9DQ
Received 8 Jul 20208 Mount Avenue Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 1TZ
Received 8 Jul 2020Residential Development Site Kilmarnock Road Mauchline East Ayrshire
Received 3 Jul 2020Residential Development Site Kilmarnock Road Mauchline East Ayrshire
Received 3 Jul 2020Residential Development Site Kilmarnock Road Mauchline East Ayrshire
Received 3 Jul 2020Residential Development Site Kilmarnock Road Mauchline East Ayrshire
Received 3 Jul 2020Land Between 18 And 22 Tanfield Tanfield Off Cowgate Mauchline East Ayrshire
Received 9 Jul 2020Ground To Rear 8 Dunn Mews Kilmarnock KA1 2RP
Received 1 Jul 2020Land East Draffen House Draffen Mount Stewarton East Ayrshire
Received 3 Jul 202035 Holmes Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 1TW
Received 2 Jul 2020South Of B730 Knockshinnoch Farm Near Patna
Received 10 Jul 2020Kilmarnock College Holehouse Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 7AT
Received 23 Mar 202012-16 Glaisnock Street & 2 Waterside Row Cumnock
Received 6 Jul 2020Proposed Housing Development Rigg Road Cumnock East Ayrshire
Received 13 Jul 2020Sandbed Mill C85 Waterslap Main Road, Fenwick To C10 At Walston Fenwick Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 6BT
Received 14 Jul 20202 Galston Road Hurlford Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 5HG
Received 14 Jul 2020Ashgrove Cottage B730 From C116 To C123 Stair Mauchline East Ayrshire KA5 5HT
Received 14 Jul 2020Electricity Substation Witchknowe Court Bellfield Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 4LF
Received 14 Jul 202013 Titchfield Street Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 1PH
Received 15 Jul 202037 Cairnston Avenue Drongan Ayr East Ayrshire KA6 7AE
Received 15 Jul 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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