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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.
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East Ayrshire
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for East Ayrshire. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates7,773Searchable applications
196Recorded as pending
94%Approval rate · 6,844 approved or refused records
427Refused applications
6,417 approved · 427 refused · 500 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Dec 2008 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and the environmentLocal plan Local Development Plan (LDP)Pre-application advice Planning pre-application adviceConservation areas Conservation area appraisals
Council contacts
- Planning enquiries01563576790Council source
- Planning enquiries01563576749Council source
- General council enquiriesplanning.enforcement@east-ayrshire.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas26 mapped area records
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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.
More application records
- Decided21/0154/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition 2 (External Materials) of planning consent 20/0657/PP (Residential Development)
Vacant Site Between 11 And 29 Quarry Knowe Auchinleck
Received 13 Aug 2021 - Decided21/0594/PP
Single storey extension to the rear of dwellinghouse
23 Crosshouse Road Kilmaurs Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 2SA
Received 19 Aug 2021 - Decided21/0155/AMCPP
Application to discharge supplementary Condition No.5(a) (Revised TMP (school times)) of permission No. 21/0065/AMCPP
Sneddon Law Wind Farm U41 Hemphill To High Rushaw Moscow East Ayrshire
Received 6 Aug 2021 - Decided21/0156/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition 1 (Bat Mitigation Measures) of planning permission 20/0526/PP
35 Stewarton Road Dunlop Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 4DQ
Received 18 Aug 2021 - Decided21/0157/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition 3(a) (Hard and Soft Landscaping Plan) of planning permission 20/0526/PP
35 Stewarton Road Dunlop Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 4DQ
Received 18 Aug 2021 - Decided21/0158/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition 5(a) (Low Carbon Design Statement) of planning permission 20/0526/PP
35 Stewarton Road Dunlop Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 4DQ
Received 18 Aug 2021 - Decided21/0596/PP
Rear extension.
2 Kaimshill Riccarton Road Hurlford Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 5GA
Received 23 Aug 2021 - Decided21/0597/PP
Change of use from vacant library/institute building to form residential units & parking
Institute Hall 1 Avenue Street Stewarton Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 5AP
Received 23 Aug 2021 - Decided21/0598/LB
Internal and external alterations to listed building to form 6 residential units
Institute Hall 1 Avenue Street Stewarton Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 5AP
Received 23 Aug 2021 - Decided21/0599/PP
Installation of an access ramp to the front entrance of the property
43 Lochview New Cumnock Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 4DJ
Received 24 Aug 2021 - Decided21/0600/PP
Siting of a static caravan for temporary accommodation
Cairnhill Farm U55 Threepwood And Cairnhill From C104 At Sornhill To U56 Meikle Carleith Galston East Ayrshire KA4 8ND
Received 24 Aug 2021 - Decided21/0601/PP
PROPOSED ERECTION OF SINGLE DWELLINGHOUSE
Barskimming Mill C3 From Barskimming Road To C49 Mauchline East Ayrshire
Received 24 Aug 2021 - Decided21/0011/AMCLB
Discharge of Condition No.1 (Window Details) of Listed Building Consent No. 20/0387/LB
9 Main Street Dalrymple Ayr East Ayrshire KA6 6DF
Received 19 Aug 2021 - Decided21/0159/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition No. 1 (Phasing Plan) of Planning Consent No. 19/1021/PP
Former Ballochmyle Hospital Site Mauchline KA5 6QH
Received 20 Aug 2021 - Decided21/0160/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition Nos. 1 (Levels), 7 (Low Carbon Development Statement), 10 (External Materials), 12 (Boundary Treatment) and 14 (Remediation Strategy) of Planning Consent No. 20/0683/PP
Local Council Office Mill Of Shield Road Drongan Ayr East Ayrshire KA6 7AY
Received 19 Aug 2021 - Decided21/0603/PP
Proposed Residential Development comprising 12No Dwellings with associated roads, parking and open space
Bank Glen School Bank Glen New Cumnock Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 1PH
Received 26 Aug 2021 - Decided21/0604/PP
Erection of two storey rear extension
35 Barbadoes Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 1SU
Received 26 Aug 2021 - Decided21/0605/PP
Removal of existing rear extension and construction of new rear extension
29 Cessnock Road Galston East Ayrshire KA4 8LR
Received 27 Aug 2021 - Decided21/0606/LB
Take down existing leaning parapets and rebuild. Import stone to raise parapet and pilaster height to minimum standard. Carry out general repointing works and repairs to abutments and training walls.
Burnock Bridge Burnock Street Ochiltree KA18 2NP
Received 30 Aug 2021 - Decided21/0607/PP
Proposed Siting of Caravan
Land Adjacent To Grassyards B743 From U739 Mauchline - Hillhead To U744 Oxenshaw Mauchline East Ayrshire
Received 30 Aug 2021 - Decided21/0608/TCA
1nr Alder, 2nr Willow, 1nr Beech, 1nr Fir - Removal
Stair Inn B730 At Stair To South Ayrshire Boundary Stair Mauchline East Ayrshire KA5 5HW
Received 30 Aug 2021 - Decided21/0609/PP
Proposed erection of a 1.5 storey dwellinghouse
Langdale Crosshill Mount C97 Skares Orchardton From A70 Nr Ochiltree To B7046 Ochiltree Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 2RE
Received 30 Aug 2021 - Decided21/0610/PP
Proposed rear dormer
25 Main Road Gatehead Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA2 0AR
Received 30 Aug 2021 - Decided21/0611/PP
Erection of 2 no dwellinghouses and siting of temporary caravan
High Bowhill Farm U33 Woodhead From A71 To C133 Newmilns Newmilns East Ayrshire KA16 9LG
Received 30 Aug 2021
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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What these statistics cover
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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