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.
8,123 approved · 486 refused · 679 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
76 West Main Street Darvel East Ayrshire KA17 0HQ
Received 8 Nov 2022Land Adjacent Townhead Of Greenock B743 From U724 Garpel To U731 Greenock Water Muirkirk East Ayrshire
Received 4 Nov 2022Land Adjacent Townhead Of Greenock B743 From U724 Garpel To U731 Greenock Water Muirkirk East Ayrshire
Received 4 Nov 2022Land Adjacent Townhead Of Greenock B743 From U724 Garpel To U731 Greenock Water Muirkirk East Ayrshire
Received 4 Nov 2022Land Adjacent Townhead Of Greenock B743 From U724 Garpel To U731 Greenock Water Muirkirk East Ayrshire
Received 4 Nov 2022Land Adjacent Townhead Of Greenock B743 From U724 Garpel To U731 Greenock Water Muirkirk East Ayrshire
Received 4 Nov 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 7 Nov 2022Ye Olde Tudor Inn 147-153 Titchfield Street Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 1RG
Received 9 Nov 2022Proposed Development Site Maxholm Road Riccarton Kilmarnock East Ayrshire
Received 9 Nov 2022Towerhill Farm Crosshouse Road Kilmaurs Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 2SE
Received 9 Nov 2022Site at Loudon Street and Draffen Mount, Stewarton
Received 10 Nov 2022Lands of Little Wood Farm, Newmilns
Received 11 Nov 2022Magbiehill Park A735 From Dunlop Road To U26 Clerkland Stewarton Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 3ES
Received 14 Nov 2022Braes Cottage Burn Road Darvel East Ayrshire KA17 0DB
Received 14 Nov 202212 Westburn Road Stewarton Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 5HB
Received 15 Nov 20221 Esson Place Beansburn Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 1RU
Received 24 Aug 202210 Titchfield Street Galston East Ayrshire KA4 8AP
Received 15 Nov 20228 Dauner Way Holmhead Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 1FP
Received 16 Nov 2022Low Bowhill Farm U33 Woodhead From A71 To C133 Newmilns Newmilns East Ayrshire KA16 9LG
Received 16 Nov 2022Bus Station Green Street Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 1JU
Received 7 Nov 2022Corrie Mains Farm Station Road Mauchline East Ayrshire KA5 5DT
Received 9 Nov 2022Land At Bellevue Road, Bonnyton Kilmarnock
Received 8 Nov 20228 Grange Terrace Grange Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 2JR
Received 14 Nov 2022Land To Rear 33 Highhouse View Auchinleck East Ayrshire
Received 14 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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