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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.
6,032 approved · 401 refused · 478 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Opposite 5 Muirkirk Road Cumnock East Ayrshire
Received 25 Sept 2020Land Opposite 5 Muirkirk Road Cumnock East Ayrshire
Received 25 Sept 2020Land Opposite 5 Muirkirk Road Cumnock East Ayrshire
Received 25 Sept 2020Land Opposite 5 Muirkirk Road Cumnock East Ayrshire
Received 25 Sept 2020Land Opposite 5 Muirkirk Road Cumnock East Ayrshire
Received 25 Sept 2020Land Opposite 5 Muirkirk Road Cumnock East Ayrshire
Received 25 Sept 2020Brae U13 Aiket From Nether Oldhall To Brae Dunlop Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 4BP
Received 2 Oct 2020Land Opposite 5 Muirkirk Road Cumnock East Ayrshire
Received 25 Sept 2020Land Opposite 5 Muirkirk Road Cumnock East Ayrshire
Received 25 Sept 202012 Main Road Fenwick Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 6AH
Received 5 Oct 202012 Main Road Fenwick Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 6AH
Received 5 Oct 2020Land Opposite 5 Muirkirk Road Cumnock East Ayrshire
Received 25 Sept 2020Store Skeldon Mill Birch Avenue Dalrymple East Ayrshire KA6 7EB
Received 5 Oct 2020Land Opposite 5 Muirkirk Road Cumnock East Ayrshire
Received 25 Sept 2020Land Opposite 5 Muirkirk Road Cumnock East Ayrshire
Received 25 Sept 2020Land Opposite 5 Muirkirk Road Cumnock East Ayrshire
Received 25 Sept 202013 Vennel Street Stewarton Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 5HL
Received 5 Oct 202058 Dundonald Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 1RZ
Received 6 Oct 202058 Dundonald Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 1RZ
Received 6 Oct 20203 Rennie Street Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 3AR
Received 6 Oct 202025 Glenmuir Crescent Logan Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 3EY
Received 6 Oct 2020Molmontend Farm U1 Galston Moor From U2 Branfield To C104 Sornhill/newmilns Newmilns East Ayrshire KA16 9LS
Received 7 Oct 20208 CRAIGHALL BANK WESTLIN WALK KILMARNOCK KA3 6GP
Received 7 Oct 2020Bellsbank Primary 4 Craiglea Crescent Bellsbank East Ayrshire KA6 7UA
Received 7 Oct 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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