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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
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 dates7,787Searchable applications
196Recorded as pending
94%Approval rate · 6,856 approved or refused records
427Refused applications
6,429 approved · 427 refused · 502 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided21/0640/TP
TPO/1/1986 - Proposed removal of sycamore tree (903) and ash tree (905)
Netherbrae Burn Road Darvel East Ayrshire KA17 0DB
Received 10 Sept 2021 - Decided21/0641/PP
Erection of rear extension
14 Skernieland Road Fenwick Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 6EQ
Received 10 Sept 2021 - Decided21/0643/PP
Change of house type on Plot 60 from Bute Plus to Bute Plus EX and retaining wall to garden.
Proposed Housing Development Rigg Road Cumnock East Ayrshire
Received 10 Sept 2021 - Decided21/0644/PP
Change of house type on Plot 151 from Burns Plus to Burns Plus with double Garage and retaining walls to garden.
Proposed Housing Development Rigg Road Cumnock East Ayrshire
Received 10 Sept 2021 - Decided21/0645/TP
2 Chestnut trees - Removal of both trees
2 Matthaburn Lane Darvel East Ayrshire KA17 0DP
Received 13 Sept 2021 - Decided21/0646/TP
T1 BEECH TREE - 20% HEIGHT REDUCTION AND 20% CROWN REDUCTION., T2 BEECH TREE - 20% HEIGHT REDUCTION AND 20% CROWN REDUCTION.
6 Landsborough Drive Beansburn Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 1RY
Received 13 Sept 2021 - Decided21/0648/PP
Change of use from landscaping unit to landscaping and restaurant, and extension to form restaurant and office. Erection of garage and car park
210 Western Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 1NJ
Received 13 Sept 2021 - Decided21/0013/AMCLB
Discharge of Condition 5 (replacement hoppers and downpipes) of Listed Building Consent 21/0242/LB
Lugar Viaduct, Cumnock
Received 2 Sept 2021 - Decided21/0649/DN
Prior Notification for Demolition of buildings.
5 Orchard Street Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 1EB
Received 14 Sept 2021 - Unknown21/0650/PN
Proposed 20.0m Phase 8 Monopole C/W wrapround Cabinet at base and associated ancillary works.
Galston Road Hurlford Ayrshire KA1 5HG
Received 6 Sept 2021 - Decided21/0651/PP
Installation of Replacement Pipe Bridge with Anti-Climb Measures and Protection Beam
Carmel Water South of Irvine Road and North-West of B751, Crosshouse, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire
Received 16 Sept 2021 - Decided21/0045/NMV
Alteration to wording of Condition 9 (Remediation) of Planning Consent 20/0701/PP
Plot 4, 5 And 6 Moorfield North Industrial Park Neephill View Moorfield Kilmarnock East Ayrshire
Received 7 Sept 2021 - Decided21/0020/AMCPPP
Application for approval of conditions 1-6 of Planning Application 20/0261/PPP
Land Of Glasson Stables Glasson Stables C51 Knowehead From B744 To A76t At Knowehead Mauchline East Ayrshire
Received 21 Sept 2021 - Decided21/0656/PN
Prior Notification for Electronic Communication Code Operators.
Irvine Road Bonnyton Knockentiber East Ayrshire KA2 0BB
Received 21 Sept 2021 - Decided21/0657/PP
Change of use of domestic garage/annex to diving centre incorporating areas for education, service, repair and sales. (Retrospective).
41 Kilmaurs Road Knockentiber Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA2 0DY
Received 20 Sept 2021 - Decided21/0658/PP
Erection of one and a half storey extension and external alterations
20 Kay Park Terrace Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 7AZ
Received 20 Sept 2021 - Decided21/0659/PP
Erection of proposed new dwellinghouse and associated works
Site Of Former Airdsgreen Farm To East Of Muirkirk KA18 3RN
Received 20 Sept 2021 - Unknown21/0660/PN
Prior Notification for Forestry-related Building Works (Non-residential).
South Kyle Forest to the South-East of Dalmellington, East Ayrshire
Received 21 Sept 2021 - Decided21/0046/NMV
Finish to external walls to be the original stonework, cleaned and re-pointed with lime mortar, new extensions to be rendered, windows to courtyard to be 9 paned double glazed timber windows (Planning Consent No. 08/0196/FL)
Little Cutstraw Farm 1 Little Cutstraw B778 From Kirkford To U54 Tannacrief Stewarton East Ayrshire KA3 5JE
Received 6 Sept 2021 - Decided21/0163/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition No.1 (Car Parking Space) of Planning Consent No. 21/0032/PP
32 Graithnock Drive Longpark Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 1EX
Received 6 Sept 2021 - Decided21/0164/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition No. 2 (Passing Place Details) of Planning Consent No. 20/0699/PP
Land South Of London Road London Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire
Received 7 Sept 2021 - Decided21/0165/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition Nos. 2 (Site Levels), 6 (Landscaping Scheme), 8 (Low Carbon Development Statement) and 11 (External Materials) of Planning Consent No. 20/0510/PP
Corrie Mains C86 Montgarswood Blairkip From B743 To B7037 Catrine East Ayrshire KA5 6HN
Received 8 Sept 2021 - Decided21/0662/PP
Erection of porch and garage
17 Coronation Road Drongan Ayr East Ayrshire KA6 7DB
Received 22 Sept 2021 - Decided21/0663/PP
Erection of new shed with summer house, new hay shed and storage area. Retrospective planning for existing garage.
Applewood 5 Burnton Farm B742 From U757 Glenammer To Burnton Road Dalrymple Ayr East Ayrshire KA6 6AR
Received 22 Sept 2021
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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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