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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.
6,009 approved · 399 refused · 477 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Middlethird Farm C104 Sornhill/newmilns From A71 Main Street To Sornhill Newmilns East Ayrshire KA16 9LS
Received 7 Aug 2020Auchmannoch Treated Water Pumping Station, Off B7037 Road, North-East of Mauchline, East Ayrshire
Received 20 Aug 20204 Fishers Grove Stewarton East Ayrshire Council KA3 3BF
Received 20 Aug 2020Proposed Housing Development Rigg Road Cumnock East Ayrshire
Received 6 Aug 2020Lainshaw Street/Rigg Street Stewarton Ayrshire KA3 5BY
Received 21 Aug 202075 Main Street Dunlop Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 4AG
Received 21 Aug 2020Polquhairn Wind Farm B7046 From Sinclairston To U728 Glenconner Drongan East Ayrshire
Received 17 Aug 2020Agricultural Store East Hairshaw Clunch Road Fenwick East Ayrshire
Received 21 Aug 2020South Kyle Windfarm East Ayrshire
Received 24 Aug 2020Crosshouse Bridge
Received 25 Aug 2020Ochiltree Mains Farm A70 Ochiltree To C61 Darntaggart Ochiltree East Ayrshire KA18 2NY
Received 25 Aug 2020Unit 1, Block 1 37 Newton Street Catrine Mauchline East Ayrshire KA5 6SD
Received 26 Aug 2020Auchenroy B741 From South Ayrshire Boundary To U758 Dalcairnie South Ayrshire Boundary Dalmellington East Ayrshire
Received 26 Aug 2020105 Main Road Fenwick Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 6DY
Received 26 Aug 202020 Kilmarnock Road Mauchline East Ayrshire KA5 5DE
Received 27 Aug 20202 Church Lane Riccarton Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 4JY
Received 27 Aug 2020PLOT C1 Rowallan Business Park Southcraig Avenue Southcraigs Kilmarnock East Ayrshire
Received 27 Aug 2020Lands Of Braehead Farm Haugh Road Mauchline East Ayrshire
Received 27 Aug 202012 Stepend Road Holmhead Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 1ES
Received 28 Aug 202016 Kirkton Road Fenwick Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 6DH
Received 28 Aug 2020Former Stoddard Carpet Factory Barbadoes Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 1SX
Received 28 Aug 202033 Dunlop Street Stewarton Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 5AT
Received 31 Aug 2020Dean Castle Dean Estate Dean Road Beansburn Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 1XB
Received 24 Aug 2020Site North East Of Hazelbank Farmhouse C100 From Lugton Road To U28 Dunniflat Renfrewshire Boundary Lugton East Ayrshire
Received 26 Aug 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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