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.
8,917 approved · 522 refused · 756 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Feoch Farm U3 Foulpapple From Alstonpapple To East Main Street Darvel East Ayrshire KA17 0NF
Received 25 Oct 2023Egger Ltd Barony Road Auchinleck East Ayrshire KA18 2LP
Received 30 Oct 2023Feoch Farm U3 Foulpapple From Alstonpapple To East Main Street Darvel East Ayrshire KA17 0NF
Received 25 Oct 2023R A Wyllie 15 - 17 Barskimming Road Mauchline East Ayrshire KA5 5AJ
Received 31 Oct 2023Proposed Housing Development Rigg Road Cumnock East Ayrshire
Received 1 Nov 20237 Northgate Ballochmyle Mauchline KA5 6JT
Received 31 Oct 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 30 Oct 202316 College Wynd Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 1HN
Received 3 Nov 2023The Larches B730 From C82 At Schaw To A70 At Coalhall Coalhall East Ayrshire KA5 5JA
Received 3 Nov 2023Tennis Clubhouse And Courts Sunnyside Kilmaurs East Ayrshire KA3 2RY
Received 6 Nov 2023Taiglim Farm Glaisnock Road Netherthird Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 4PJ
Received 6 Nov 2023Plot 4 Rowallan Castle Estate U54 Tannacrief From B778 West Of Fenwick To B751 Nr Meiklewood Kilmarnock East Ayrshire
Received 6 Nov 202312 Balveny Court Stewarton East Ayrshire KA3 3JB
Received 7 Nov 2023Proposed Housing Development Rigg Road Cumnock East Ayrshire
Received 1 Nov 2023Area Of Altonhill Kilmarnock East Ayrshire
Received 31 Oct 2023Sneddon Law Wind Farm U41 Hemphill To High Rushaw Moscow East Ayrshire
Received 6 Nov 2023Site 6 Moorfield Park Industrial Estate Moorfield Kilmarnock
Received 6 Nov 2023Area Of Open Space Between Armitage Drive And Hearth Place Cumnock
Received 8 Nov 202344 Samson Avenue Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 3ED
Received 8 Nov 20237 Morton Park Drive Darvel East Ayrshire KA17 0FB
Received 8 Nov 2023Whitesmuir Skares Road Cumnock East Ayrshire
Received 8 Nov 202312 Dunure Drive Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 7DZ
Received 8 Nov 202311A Climie Place Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 7BZ
Received 9 Nov 2023Land South Of Coylton Substation A70 From B730 To U74 Bardarroch Ochiltree East Ayrshire
Received 9 Nov 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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