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Planning application documents: what to read first
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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 dates9,839Searchable applications
195Recorded as pending
94%Approval rate · 8,675 approved or refused records
487Refused applications
8,188 approved · 487 refused · 681 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Dec 2008 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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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
- Decided22/0809/PP
Erection of Garage
24 Park Terrace Muirkirk Road Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 3LD
Received 22 Dec 2022 - Decided22/0227/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition No.2 (Notification to MOD) of Planning Pemission No. 13/0198/PP
Sneddon Law Wind Farm U41 Hemphill To High Rushaw Moscow East Ayrshire
Received 13 Dec 2022 - Decided22/0228/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition Nos. 4 (External Materials), 6 (Fencing) and 8 (Low Carbon Development Statement) of Planning Consent No. 22/0551/PP
31 Townholm Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 1BB
Received 13 Dec 2022 - Decided22/0810/AD
Installation of illuminated Fascia Sign and 2 Projecting Signs
59-61 John Finnie Street Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 1BH
Received 22 Dec 2022 - Decided22/0229/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition No.1(a) (Obscured Glazing) of Planning Consent No. 21/0886/PP
10 Whitegables Court Drongan Ayr East Ayrshire KA6 7BF
Received 13 Dec 2022 - Decided22/0013/EIASCR
Screening request for Proposed Residential Development of 39 No. Detached and Semi-Detached Houses
Land Adjacent To Holm Farm B7081 From Mote View To Gatehead Crosshouse KA2 0BQ
Received 21 Dec 2022 - Decided22/0811/PP
EPlanning Application under Section 42 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 to vary conditions 12 and 13 of Planning Permission 20/0001/PP to allow for an increase in the turbine tip height of turbine 8 to increase its maximum height to 200 metres and new infrastructure layout including movement of access tracks and crane pads which are proposed to be relocated at the approved Hare Craig Wind Farm
Site of the approved Hare Craig Wind Farm, Muirkirk
Received 23 Dec 2022 - Decided23/0002/TP
Removal of Sycamore Tree (857)
The Braes 30 Burn Road Darvel East Ayrshire KA17 0DB
Received 4 Jan 2023 - Decided23/0003/PPP
Erection of dwellinghouse, machinery and log store building
Erection Of Dwellinghouse And Machinery And Cauldhame Farm C125 Dunlop To Crossgates Stewarton East Ayrshire
Received 4 Jan 2023 - Decided22/0049/NMV
Revised CTMP to indicate an additional HGV access route for the delivery of off-site manufactured house modules, as previously approved by application ref no. 22/0102/AMCPP.
Proposed Housing Development Bridgehousehill Road Shortlees Kilmarnock East Ayrshire
Received 19 Dec 2022 - Decided22/0050/NMV
NMV of planning permission 20/0001/S36/VAR, to allow the micrositing of the access tracks outside of the limits set out in Condition 5 Micro-siting.The consented development allows for 12.07km of track. The total distance of tracks proposed outside the micrositing limit is 1,538m, of which 263m are floated and the remaining 1,275m are semi-permanent aggregate track. The locations of this track are: 191m at the site entrance, 239m of track between turbines 6 and 4, 160m of track between turbines 6 and 7, and 948m track between turbines 4 and 16.The furthest distance the track lies from the micrositing allowance is 180m. There would be no additional ecological or hydrological impacts, and a reduction in peat extraction of 175m3 as the NMV layout incorporates an overall track reduction of 118m.
Enoch Hill Windfarm B741 From Armour Wynd To U720 Dalricket Dalmellington East Ayrshire
Received 20 Dec 2022 - Decided22/0032/S36VAM
Submission for approval in relation to Condition 4 (Design of Substation and Ancillary Development) of Planning Consent No. 20/0001/S36VAR
Enoch Hill Windfarm B741 From Armour Wynd To U720 Dalricket Dalmellington East Ayrshire
Received 21 Dec 2022 - Decided23/0004/LDPU
Erection of Single Storey Extension to Side of Dwelling
10 Fleming Drive Stewarton Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 3BG
Received 5 Jan 2023 - Decided23/0005/PP
Change the use from agricultural use to mixed use to rear game birds
Auchenlongford B743 From U79 Brocklar To U724 Garpel Sorn Mauchline East Ayrshire KA5 6JF
Received 6 Jan 2023 - Decided23/0006/PP
Erection of Slurry Store
Land Adjacent Amlaird Waterside Kilmarnock KA3 6JQ
Received 6 Jan 2023 - Decided23/0009/PP
Erection of single story rear extension
3 Institute Avenue Catrine Mauchline East Ayrshire KA5 6RT
Received 10 Jan 2023 - Decided23/0011/PP
Erection of porch, rear extension and alterations to roof
Ben Koi Shawhill Galston Road Hurlford Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 5HZ
Received 11 Jan 2023 - Decided23/0012/PP
Change of use and alterations of barn to residential.
Parkhead Farm U40 Hareshawmuir From A719 At Hareshaw To Craigens Waterside Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 6JJ
Received 11 Jan 2023 - Decided23/0001/S36VAM
Submission for approval in relation to 14 (4)(j) of Planning consent 19/0001/S36VAR.
Pencloe Wind Farm South Of New Cumnock
Received 5 Jan 2023 - Decided23/0014/PP
New detached house, fence and driveway
Site At Leven Drive Hurlford Ayrshire
Received 12 Jan 2023 - Decided23/0005/AMCPP
Submission for approval in relation to Condition No. 10(1) and (2) (Species Protection Plans) of Planning Consent 21/0624/PP
Ashmark Farm Afton Road Mossmark New Cumnock Cumnock KA184PR
Received 12 Jan 2023 - Decided23/0006/AMCPP
Submission for approval in relation to Condition No. 10(1) and (2) (Species Protection Plans) of Planning Consent 21/0625/PP
Ashmark Farm Afton Road Mosspark, New Cumnock Cumnock
Received 12 Jan 2023 - Decided23/0007/AMCPP
Submission for approval in relation to Condition No. 10(a) and (b) (Species Protection Plans) of Planning Consent 21/0623/PP
Land Located At Ashmark Farm Afton Road Mosspark, New Cumnock Cumnock
Received 12 Jan 2023 - Decided23/0001/AMCPP
Application to discharge Condition 4 (fencing) and Condition 6 (parking) of Planning Consent 22/0451/PP.
Stables Mossflower Farm U28 Dunniflat From U29 Halket To Newlands Bridge Renfrewshire Boundary Lugton East Ayrshire KA3 4EZ
Received 10 Jan 2023
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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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