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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 dates7,806Searchable applications
196Recorded as pending
94%Approval rate · 6,873 approved or refused records
427Refused applications
6,446 approved · 427 refused · 503 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided21/0189/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition No.1 (External Materials) of Planning Consent No. 20/0264/PP (Extension)
4 Ellis Street Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 2DB
Received 30 Sept 2021 - Decided21/0052/NMV
Consent to countenance use of materials (Planning Consent No. 10/0826/AMCPPP)
Site Near Thorntoun Estate B7081 From U16 Gatehead To North Ayrshire Boundary North Ayrshire Boundary Crosshouse East Ayrshire
Received 30 Sept 2021 - Decided21/0713/PN
Peatland restoration scheme
Dalhanna Star Bog And Mahago Rig
Received 1 Oct 2021 - Decided21/0190/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition No.5 (Boundary Fencing) of Planning Consent No. 18/0937/PP (Rear Extension)
11 Kay Park Terrace Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 7AZ
Received 4 Oct 2021 - Decided21/0714/PP
Change of use and extension to farm steadings to form holiday accommodation
Knockburnie B741 From Armour Wynd To U720 Dalricket Dalmellington Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 4QP
Received 12 Oct 2021 - Decided21/0715/PP
Construction of two storey extension at side of dwelling house
11 Southfield Avenue Mauchline East Ayrshire KA5 6BZ
Received 12 Oct 2021 - Decided21/0191/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition Nos. 1 (Desk Study Report) and 4(a) (External Materials) of Planning Consent No. 21/0529/PP (Memories Garden)
Area Of Open Space Between Armitage Drive And Hearth Place Cumnock
Received 5 Oct 2021 - Decided21/0053/NMV
Change from slate to upvc cladding to front of dormers and addition of Decarock stone cladding to area around front door and rear of sunroom window area (Planning Consent No. 18/0456/PP)
Land At Clockston Road Galston KA4 8LW
Received 6 Oct 2021 - Decided21/0717/PPP
Erection of 2 no dwellings
Gap Site Between 22 And 32 Smallburn Road Smallburn Road Smallburn Muirkirk East Ayrshire
Received 13 Oct 2021 - Decided21/0718/LB
Installation of Anti-Climb Fan with Warning Signage on Existing Pipe Affixed
Existing Pipe Affixed to Dalrymple Bridge (Northern End) off B742 Road over River Doon, East Ayrshire
Received 13 Oct 2021 - Decided21/0719/PP
Erection of portal frame building to form workshop
Clayslap C53 Treeswoodhead Road To Carnell Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 5LN
Received 13 Oct 2021 - Decided21/0720/PP
Erection of 1.7m high wall
23 Laburnum Road Grange Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 2HQ
Received 13 Oct 2021 - Decided21/0721/PPP
Erection of a crematorium building, with associated car parking, internal roads, new access junction and new emergency access/egress
The Meadows A71 Hoodston Bridge To Barrwood Gate Galston East Ayrshire KA4 8LB
Received 13 Oct 2021 - Decided21/0192/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition No.1 (Window Details) of Planning Consent No. 20/0409/PP
9 Main Street Dalrymple Ayr East Ayrshire KA6 6DF
Received 1 Oct 2021 - Decided21/0725/LD
Proposed installation of generator and bulk fuel tank with palisade fence enclosures
Whinpark Treated Water Pumping Station Off Grassyards Road East Of A77 And South Of Whinpark Kilmarnock
Received 14 Oct 2021 - Decided21/0727/PP
Installation of replacement windows
3 Holehouse Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 7AR
Received 15 Oct 2021 - Decided21/0728/PP
Replacement of existing timber sash and case windows with new double glazed timber sash and case windows to match
1 Dundonald Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 1EQ
Received 15 Oct 2021 - Decided21/0729/TCA
Remove large Ash Tree to left of field
52 Main Street Kilmaurs Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 2SF
Received 15 Oct 2021 - Decided21/0730/PP
Erection of a new dwellinghouse
Plot of Land Kilmein Avenue Patna KA6 7PE
Received 15 Oct 2021 - Decided21/0193/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition No.1 (External Materials) of Planning Consent No. 21/0291/PP (Extension)
12 Castlehill Road Stewarton Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 5EW
Received 12 Oct 2021 - Decided21/0731/PP
Change in use from a car park to a haulage yard (Class 6) and the erection of a 3m high perimeter fence.
1 Balmoral Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 1HL
Received 15 Oct 2021 - Decided21/0194/AMCPP
Submission in connection with Condition 2 (CMS's) of Planning Consent No. 21/0065/AMCPP
Sneddon Law Wind Farm U41 Hemphill To High Rushaw Moscow East Ayrshire
Received 13 Oct 2021 - Decided21/0195/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition 3 (dropped kerb) of Planning Consent 21/0291/PP (Extension)
12 Castlehill Road Stewarton Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 5EW
Received 13 Oct 2021 - Decided21/0022/AMCPPP
Proposed new affordable housing development (101 units) comprising of single storey amenity and wheelchair bungalows together with two storey general needs dwellings, roads, drainage and landscaping.
Proposed Housing Development Bridgehousehill Road Shortlees Kilmarnock East Ayrshire
Received 18 Oct 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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