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.
7,099 approved · 447 refused · 580 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Dec 2008 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
41 Portland Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 2DJ
Received 1 Jun 202241 Portland Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 2DJ
Received 1 Jun 2022West Craigbank Farm Aiket Road Dunlop KA3 4BW
Received 1 Jun 2022Sunnyside Nursery Grassyards Road New Farm Loch Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 6HY
Received 2 Jun 2022Karrera 102 Main Street Ochiltree Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 2PF
Received 3 Jun 20221 Leggate Connel Park New Cumnock Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 4NG
Received 6 Jun 2022Land Opposite 5 Muirkirk Road Cumnock East Ayrshire
Received 6 Jun 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 24 May 2022Pointhouse 92A Dundonald Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 1TY
Received 25 May 2022Airtnoch Farm U40 Hareshawmuir From A719 At Hareshaw To Craigens Waterside Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 6JJ
Received 24 May 2022Fardalehill PDZ4 & 5 Kilmarnock
Received 25 May 20226 Kirk Glebe Stewarton Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 5BJ
Received 7 Jun 2022Site 6,Moorfield Park Industrial Estate,Moorfield Kilmarnock
Received 7 Jun 2022Located at the south end of Dalrymple, on the riverbank to the east and west of the Main Street.
Received 8 Jun 2022Dalleagles School B741 From Dalleagles Terrace To Burnside Bankglen New Cumnock Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 4QW
Received 8 Jun 20228 Heather Place Grange Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 2HE
Received 8 Jun 2022Hill Farm Station Avenue Skares Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 2QY
Received 9 Jun 2022Shawhill Cottage Shawhill Galston Road Hurlford Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 5HZ
Received 9 Jun 202225 Main Road Gatehead Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA2 0AR
Received 6 Jun 2022Proposed Housing Development Bridgehousehill Road Shortlees Kilmarnock East Ayrshire
Received 9 Jun 2022Proposed Housing Development Bridgehousehill Road Shortlees Kilmarnock East Ayrshire
Received 9 Jun 202216 Howard Park Drive Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 1SF
Received 13 Jun 2022Portland Building Maxwood Road Galston East Ayrshire KA4 8JN
Received 13 Jun 2022Knipe Hill site is approximately 4 miles to the NE of the East Ayrshire village of Dalmellington. Access to the site is on the B741.
Received 13 Jun 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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