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.
8,076 approved · 486 refused · 677 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
6 Gilmour Street Stewarton Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 5AZ
Received 25 Oct 2022Kilmaurs Road Aftonhill Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 1RD
Received 25 Oct 2022Treesbank B7038 From Ayr Road To C120 Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 5LP
Received 26 Oct 202246 Main Street Dunlop Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 4AN
Received 26 Oct 2022Land Between Highmount And Caer Niven U754 Wellhill From C36 Connel Park To U719 New Cumnock East Ayrshire
Received 27 Oct 2022Cottage 1 Gowkthorn U742 Mosshead And Haughyett From B743 Ayr Road To U732 Haugh & Syke Mauchline East Ayrshire KA5 5SZ
Received 27 Oct 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 25 Oct 202253 Ayr Road Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 1EE
Received 26 Oct 2022Former Lugton Inn Site Lochlibo Road Lugton Kilmarnock KA3 4DZ
Received 27 Oct 202211 Lochgreen Place Caprington Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 4UY
Received 27 Oct 20228 Vennel Street Stewarton Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 5HL
Received 28 Oct 20228 Vennel Street Stewarton Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 5HL
Received 28 Oct 2022Aiket Castle U13 Aiket From Nether Oldhall To Brae Dunlop Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 4BP
Received 28 Oct 2022Woodland To The North Of Loudoun Street Car Park Mauchline
Received 28 Oct 202216 Jasmine Road Grange Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 2HD
Received 28 Oct 2022Hazelbank C100 From Newmill Road To U28 Dunniflat Renfrewshire Boundary Lugton East Ayrshire KA3 4EG
Received 26 Oct 2022Low Clewes Low Clews U712 Clews From U732 Haugh To U735 Howford Mauchline East Ayrshire
Received 31 Oct 2022Hazelbank C100 From Newmill Road To U28 Dunniflat Renfrewshire Boundary Lugton East Ayrshire KA3 4EG
Received 26 Oct 20228 St Germain Street Catrine Mauchline East Ayrshire KA5 6RH
Received 1 Nov 202264 Newton Street Catrine Mauchline East Ayrshire KA5 6RY
Received 1 Nov 202212 Birch Place Grange Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 2ET
Received 1 Nov 2022Dalblair, Dumfries Estate Grouse Moor, Muikirk, Cumnock, KA18 3LP.
Received 2 Nov 202296 Brown Street Greenholm Newmilns East Ayrshire KA16 9BP
Received 2 Nov 20221A Barskimming Road Mauchline East Ayrshire KA5 5AJ
Received 2 Nov 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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