Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
6,514 approved · 429 refused · 531 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Enoch Hill Windfarm B741 From Armour Wynd To U720 Dalricket Dalmellington East Ayrshire
Received 29 Mar 2022Site Adjacent To Rosebank A71 From Loudoun Avenue To Crofthead Priestland East Ayrshire
Received 30 Mar 2022Morven Day Services 90 Ardbeg Avenue Knockinlaw Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 2AR
Received 30 Mar 2022Mill O Shiel Farm U740 From Mill Oshield Road To S Ayrshire Boundary At Barbieston Bridge Drongan Ayr East Ayrshire KA6 7EF
Received 30 Mar 2022Patna Waste Water Treatment Works Patna Sewage Works Access Road Patna East Ayrshire
Received 30 Mar 2022Stewarton Tennis Courts Corsehillbank Street Stewarton Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 5BA
Received 30 Mar 2022Vacant Land To South Of Access Road Of Highhouse Industrial Estate Barony Road Auchinleck East Ayrshire
Received 30 Mar 202239 Melville Street Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 7AW
Received 31 Mar 2022Proposed Housing Development Rigg Road Cumnock East Ayrshire
Received 31 Mar 202232A Grange Street Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 2DD
Received 31 Mar 202214 Lugton Road Dunlop Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 4AW
Received 31 Mar 202214 Lugton Road Dunlop Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 4AW
Received 31 Mar 2022Farmhouse High Peacockbank C117 From Kirkford To North Ayrshire Boundary Stewarton East Ayrshire KA3 5JG
Received 31 Mar 2022Magbiehill Park A735 From Dunlop Road To U26 Clerkland Stewarton Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 3ES
Received 31 Mar 20221 Blackstone Heights Holmhead Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 1FJ
Received 31 Mar 20222 Blackstone Heights Holmhead Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 1FJ
Received 31 Mar 202210 Dauner Way Holmhead Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 1FP
Received 1 Apr 2022Plot 105 Proposed Housing Development Rigg Road Cumnock East Ayrshire
Received 1 Apr 202212 Cunningham Watt Road Stewarton Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 5EY
Received 1 Apr 202224 Barbadoes Place Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 1UY
Received 1 Apr 2022Laigh Kirk John Dickie Street Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 1HW
Received 4 Apr 2022Units 3, 4 And 5 Glencairn Retail Park Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 4AY
Received 4 Apr 202242 Logan Avenue Logan Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 3HB
Received 4 Apr 2022Land At Benston Smithy U743 Newfield From B7046 Skares Road To Junction Of C36 And U719 Cumnock East Ayrshire
Received 4 Apr 2022Records 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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