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.
6,535 approved · 430 refused · 532 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Kelk Cottage 1 Annandale Kilmarnock Road Crosshouse Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA2 0BG
Received 12 May 20227 Kilmory Place Altonhill Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 1PR
Received 12 May 202223 Crosshouse Road Kilmaurs Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 2SA
Received 13 May 202289 Connel Crescent Mauchline East Ayrshire KA5 5AU
Received 13 May 2022Development Land To The Side Of 49 Main Road Gatehead Main Road Gatehead East Ayrshire
Received 13 May 2022Vacant Land Adjacent To B744 Crosshands Mauchline KA5 5TW
Received 13 May 20228 East Heads Steading U33 Woodhead From A71 To C133 Newmilns Newmilns East Ayrshire KA16 9LG
Received 13 May 2022East Whitelee Farm Old Glasgow Road Stewarton East Ayrshire KA3 5JU
Received 16 May 2022Land Adjacent 37 Graham Terrace Stewarton East Ayrshire
Received 16 May 2022Proposed Housing Development Bridgehousehill Road Shortlees Kilmarnock East Ayrshire
Received 10 May 2022Proposed Housing Development Bridgehousehill Road Shortlees Kilmarnock East Ayrshire
Received 10 May 2022Land Within The North Kyle Forest, Approximately 5.5km East Of Patna, 6km West Of New Cumnock And 2.5km North East Of Dalmellington
Received 10 May 2022Land at Knockkippen East of Patna
Received 17 May 202230 Glaisnock Street Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 1DA
Received 17 May 2022Plot 16 Cluster C Rowallan Castle Estate Kilmaurs East Ayrshire
Received 17 May 2022Formation Of A New Access Road Junction Lugton Road Dunlop East Ayrshire
Received 11 May 2022Mauchline Community Education Centre 31 Kilmarnock Road Mauchline East Ayrshire KA5 5DF
Received 11 May 2022Darnhay Farm U734 Hillhead And Auchmillan From A76 At Mauchline To B7037 Nr Auchmannoch Bridge Mauchline East Ayrshire KA5 6HG
Received 18 May 2022Westbriggs Muirkirk Road Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 3LP
Received 18 May 2022Cairnhill Farm U55 Threepwood And Cairnhill From C104 At Sornhill To U56 Meikle Carleith Galston East Ayrshire KA4 8ND
Received 12 May 2022Cairnhill Farm U55 Threepwood And Cairnhill From C104 At Sornhill To U56 Meikle Carleith Galston East Ayrshire KA4 8ND
Received 12 May 2022Cairnhill Farm U55 Threepwood And Cairnhill From C104 At Sornhill To U56 Meikle Carleith Galston East Ayrshire KA4 8ND
Received 12 May 2022Garden Centre 158 Kilmarnock Road Mauchline East Ayrshire KA5 5TT
Received 18 May 2022Carsphairn forest new forest road for access
Received 18 May 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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