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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.
8,674 approved · 515 refused · 732 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Laigh Muir B7046 From Sinclairston To U728 Glenconner Skares East Ayrshire KA18 2RT
Received 16 Jun 2023Kingswell Plantation
Received 16 Jun 202321 Truesdale Crescent Drongan East Ayrshire KA6 7DX
Received 16 Jun 2023Hillend Of Heateth B705 From U730 Glenshamrock To Sorn Road Auchinleck East Ayrshire KA18 2NA
Received 19 Jun 2023Northcraig Farm Glasgow Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 6AD
Received 19 Jun 2023Kilmarnock South BESS adjacent to Kilmarnock South substation.
Received 19 Jun 2023Land Within The North Kyle Forest, Approximately 5.5km East Of Patna, 6km West Of New Cumnock And 2.5km North East Of Dalmellington.
Received 13 Jun 2023Hare Craig Muirkirk
Received 15 Jun 2023Dalhanna Farm Glen Afton New Cumnock KA18 4AT
Received 21 Jun 2023Dalrymple Treated Water Pumping Station, Off B7034 Road, East Of Dalrymple, East Ayrshire
Received 21 Jun 2023Sinclairston House 7 B7046 From Sinclairston To U728 Glenconner Skares East Ayrshire KA18 2RT
Received 21 Jun 20233 Glen Orchy Place Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA2 0LU
Received 22 Jun 2023Moorfield Phase 3 Moorfield Park Industrial Estate Kilmarnock
Received 20 Jun 2023Kilmarnock South BESS adjacent to Kilmarnock South substation.
Received 22 Jun 2023Plot At Entrance To Lugar Offices Rigg Road Cumnock East Ayrshire
Received 20 Jun 202327 Stornoway Drive Southcraigs Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 2GJ
Received 23 Jun 2023Land Adjacent Moorfield Park Kilmarnock
Received 22 Jun 2023Plot At Entrance To Lugar Offices Rigg Road Cumnock East Ayrshire
Received 14 Jun 2023Mains Of Dallars U62 Dallars From C53 At Trees Farm To A719 South Ayrshire Boundary Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 5JW
Received 23 Jun 2023Egger Ltd Barony Road Auchinleck East Ayrshire KA18 2LP
Received 26 Jun 202328 Burnbank Street Darvel East Ayrshire KA17 0DY
Received 26 Jun 202381 Cunninghame Drive Caprington Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 4UA
Received 27 Jun 20237 Woodhill Place Kilmaurs East Ayrshire KA3 2TL
Received 27 Jun 20237 Woodhill Place Kilmaurs East Ayrshire KA3 2TL
Received 27 Jun 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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