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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.
8,835 approved · 521 refused · 745 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
J And W Milligan Galston Road Hurlford East Ayrshire KA1 5HS
Received 22 Sept 2023Post Office Central Avenue Shortlees Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 4PS
Received 22 Sept 202331 Townholm Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 1BB
Received 22 Sept 202394 Dundonald Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 1TY
Received 25 Sept 2023Fairliecrevoch Farm U23 Fairlie Crevoch From C20 Nr Annick Water To North Ayrshire Boundary North Ayrshire Boundary Kilmaurs East Ayrshire KA3 2PD
Received 25 Sept 2023Syke Farm U732 Haugh And Syke From Station Road Mauchline To C50 Knowe Brackenhill Mauchline East Ayrshire KA5 5JT
Received 25 Sept 2023Proposed Housing Development Rigg Road Cumnock East Ayrshire
Received 26 Sept 2023Land Adjacent Loudoun Kirk U37 Milton From Ladyton To A719 At Loudoun Castle Galston East Ayrshire
Received 26 Sept 2023Crawlaw Farm A719 Firpark To East Newton Moscow East Ayrshire KA4 8PH
Received 26 Sept 2023Kilmarnock Academy 15 Elmbank Drive Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 3BS
Received 27 Sept 2023Tincorn Hill Quarry B743 From U79 Brocklar To U724 Garpel Sorn East Ayrshire
Received 20 Sept 2023Kilmarnock South BESS adjacent to Kilmarnock South Substation
Received 28 Sept 2023Newlands Farm C117 Kilmarnock Stewarton From A735 At Altonhill To Buiston North Ayrshire Boundary Kilmaurs East Ayrshire KA3 2PR
Received 28 Sept 202338 Irvine Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 2JW
Received 2 Oct 2023Kilmarnock South BESS Adjacent To Kilmarnock South Substation Treeswoodhead Road KILMARNOCK
Received 2 Oct 20237 Loudoun Court Darvel East Ayrshire KA17 0BF
Received 2 Oct 2023Land Adjacent 19 Thomson Street Longpark Kilmarnock East Ayrshire
Received 4 Oct 2023Ballochmyle Estate Development Ballochmyle House Access Roads Ballochmyle Catrine East Ayrshire
Received 26 Sept 2023Burns House Museum 10 Castle Street Mauchline East Ayrshire KA5 5BZ
Received 4 Oct 2023Burns House Museum 10 Castle Street Mauchline East Ayrshire KA5 5BZ
Received 4 Oct 2023The Cobble Shop Magbiehill Park Dunlop Road Stewarton East Ayrshire KA3 3DX
Received 26 Sept 2023Kilmarnock South BESS adjacent to Kilmarnock South substation.
Received 4 Oct 20232 Blackfaulds Gardens Fenwick East Ayrshire KA3 6EH
Received 5 Oct 2023Plot 15 Cluster C Rowallan Castle Estate Kilmaurs East Ayrshire
Received 2 Oct 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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