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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.
Scotland · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for East Ayrshire. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
7,954 approved · 483 refused · 665 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Dec 2008 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
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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.
Land Opposite 1 George Terrace Skares East Ayrshire
Received 23 Aug 2022Land At Dareduff Hill C7 Dunlop Neilston From A735 Nr Dunlop To East Renfrewshire Boundary Dunlop East Ayrshire
Received 23 Aug 2022Darwhilling Farm A719 Horsehill To C10 Moscow Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 6JA
Received 24 Aug 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 6 Sept 2022Four Season 30A Main Road Crookedholm Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 6JT
Received 24 Aug 2022Hatchery Laigh Road Catrine East Ayrshire KA5 6SN
Received 24 Aug 202213 Rennie Street Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 3AR
Received 25 Aug 2022Formation of Borrow Pit, Lamb Hill
Received 25 Aug 2022Formation of Borrow Pit, Ashmark Hill
Received 25 Aug 2022Land At Bellevue Road, Bonnyton Kilmarnock
Received 23 Aug 2022Damhead Cottage Catrine Road Sorn Mauchline East Ayrshire KA5 6JA
Received 25 Aug 2022Craigmalloch House U759 Loch Doon From A713 At Mossdale To Doon Castle Dalmellington Ayr East Ayrshire KA6 7QE
Received 25 Aug 202227 Carmel Place Kilmaurs Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 2QA
Received 29 Aug 2022Land off Craigens Road, Cumnock
Received 29 Aug 202251 Woodlands Grove Beansburn Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 1TY
Received 29 Aug 2022Glasgow Road Kilmarnock
Received 23 Aug 2022Sneddon Law Wind Farm U41 Hemphill To High Rushaw Moscow East Ayrshire
Received 24 Aug 202262 Galston Road Hurlford Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 5HY
Received 29 Aug 2022Gavin Hamilton Sports Centre Jamieson Road Darvel East Ayrshire KA17 0AU
Received 30 Aug 2022Stewarton Social Club 35 Lainshaw Street Stewarton Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 5BY
Received 30 Aug 202230 Otterburn Avenue Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 7UH
Received 30 Aug 202231 Townholm Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 1BB
Received 31 Aug 2022Grass Verge On Corner Of Main St / Gallowlee Avenue, Ochiltree, Cumnock, Ayrshire, KA18 2PG
Received 31 Aug 202241 Cessnock Avenue Hurlford Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 5EE
Received 31 Aug 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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