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.
8,449 approved · 502 refused · 701 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Over Lochridge Over Lochridge Farm Access Road Stewarton Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 5JF
Received 12 Apr 2023Dunlop Manor C7 Dunlop Neilston From A735 Nr Dunlop To East Renfrewshire Boundary Dunlop Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 4BD
Received 20 Apr 2023Egger Ltd Barony Road Auchinleck Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 2LP
Received 20 Apr 2023Chalmerston Open Cast Coal Site A713 From Waterside To B741 Dalmellington Doon Valley Dalmellington Ayr East Ayrshire KA6 7PN
Received 12 Apr 2023Former Barony Colliery Barony Road Auchinleck East Ayrshire
Received 20 Apr 2023Land To North Of Nether Quadrant Netherplace Quadrant Mauchline East Ayrshire
Received 20 Apr 2023Visitor's Centre Dumfries House Estate Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 2NJ
Received 20 Apr 202322 Stafflar Drive Caprington Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 4UQ
Received 20 Apr 2023Land Adjacent To The Kames Furnace Road Kames Muirkirk East Ayrshire
Received 20 Apr 2023John Knox Church High Street Stewarton East Ayrshire
Received 21 Apr 2023Belford Mill Lawson Street Kilmarnock
Received 21 Apr 202321 Glebe Road Galston East Ayrshire KA4 8DS
Received 20 Apr 2023Dunlop Manor C7 Dunlop Neilston From A735 Nr Dunlop To East Renfrewshire Boundary Dunlop Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 4BD
Received 24 Apr 2023Take A Bow Opportunity Centre 2A Fraser Walk New Farm Loch Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 7NT
Received 24 Apr 2023Unit 8 Moorfield North Industrial Park Neephill View Moorfield Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA2 0FE
Received 25 Apr 2023Keirsmill Farm C11 Cairnhill From Fullarton Place To South Ayrshire Boundary Patna East Ayrshire KA6 7LF
Received 25 Apr 20236 Wallace Street Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 1SB
Received 25 Apr 2023111 Edgar Avenue Barshare Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 1TD
Received 26 Apr 2023Land East Draffen House Draffen Mount Stewarton East Ayrshire
Received 26 Apr 2023Abbeyfield House Cuthbert Place Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 1DT
Received 26 Apr 2023The site is located to the south of the minor road that traverses the former Greenburn open cast coal mine, approximately 6km due south of Cumnock.
Received 27 Apr 202372 Mauchline Road Catrine Mauchline East Ayrshire KA5 6QJ
Received 27 Apr 2023Land Adj Coylton Substation Coylton Ayrshire KA18 2RN
Received 17 Apr 2023Kilmarnock South BESS
Received 28 Apr 2023Records 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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