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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.
8,797 approved · 518 refused · 742 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Dec 2008 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ladyton House Ladyton U37 Milton From Ladyton To A719 At Loudoun Castle Galston East Ayrshire KA4 8PF
Received 1 Sept 2023Gate Lodge 56 Portland Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 2EH
Received 1 Sept 20231 Ballochmyle Walk Moorfield Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 2SF
Received 4 Sept 202325 Church Hill Dalmellington East Ayrshire KA6 7QP
Received 4 Sept 2023Moorfield Phase 3 Moorfield Park Industrial Estate Kilmarnock
Received 1 Sept 2023Premier Store 29 Main Street Kilmaurs East Ayrshire KA3 2SZ
Received 31 Aug 202310 London Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 7AD
Received 4 Sept 202310 London Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 7AD
Received 4 Sept 20237 East Netherton Street Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 4AX
Received 4 Sept 2023Dower House Dean Castle Country Park Dean Road Beansburn Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 1XB
Received 5 Sept 202315 Springhill Place Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 2DS
Received 6 Sept 2023Erection Of Dwellinghouse And Machinery And Cauldhame Farm C125 Dunlop To Crossgates Stewarton East Ayrshire
Received 6 Sept 2023Ladyton House Ladyton U37 Milton From Ladyton To A719 At Loudoun Castle Galston East Ayrshire KA4 8PF
Received 1 Sept 2023Milton Farm Near Moscow East Ayrshire KA3 6HX
Received 8 Sept 2023Milton Farm Near Moscow Galston KA3 6HX
Received 8 Sept 2023Proposed New Dwelling House Situated On Land Adjacent Aaron View, Crosshands, M B744 From A76 At Crosshands To South Ayrshire Boundary Mauchline East Ayrshire
Received 8 Sept 2023Land Adjacent To The Kames Furnace Road Kames Muirkirk East Ayrshire
Received 7 Sept 2023Former Barony Colliery Barony Road Auchinleck East Ayrshire
Received 11 Sept 2023Premier Store 29 Main Street Kilmaurs East Ayrshire KA3 2SZ
Received 8 Sept 2023Flat 1 2 Peesweep Brae Lugar Cumnock KA18 3LE
Received 8 Sept 20238b Vennel Street Stewarton East Ayrshire KA3 5HL
Received 11 Sept 20233 Montgomerie Street Catrine East Ayrshire KA5 6PD
Received 12 Sept 2023Vacant Plot Junction Of Muirkirk Road And Peesweep Brae Peesweep Brae Lugar East Ayrshire
Received 12 Sept 20239 - 15 Milrig Crescent Galston East Ayrshire
Received 12 Sept 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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