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East Ayrshire
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for East Ayrshire. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates10,770Searchable applications
195Recorded as pending
94%Approval rate · 9,495 approved or refused records
525Refused applications
8,970 approved · 525 refused · 762 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and the environmentLocal plan Local Development Plan (LDP)Pre-application advice Planning pre-application adviceConservation areas Conservation area appraisals
Council contacts
- Planning enquiries01563576790Council source
- Planning enquiries01563576749Council source
- General council enquiriesplanning.enforcement@east-ayrshire.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
More application records
- Decided23/0178/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition No.2 (Dust Management Plan) of Planning Consent No. 21/0683/PP (Extension)
St Sophias Primary School 18A Nelville Drive Galston East Ayrshire KA4 8BN
Received 11 Dec 2023 - Decided23/0661/PP
Change of use of open space to private allotment garden. Erection of 2.4m boundary fence and garden room.
Plot Next To 52 Elderslie Crescent Elderslie Crescent Riccarton Kilmarnock East Ayrshire
Received 13 Dec 2023 - Decided23/0663/PP
Change of use from flat to short term let
Flat A 18 John Finnie Street Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 1DD
Received 13 Dec 2023 - Decided23/0179/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition No. 6 (Landscaping Plan) of Planning Consent No. 23/0349/PP (Training Academy)
Magbiehill Park A735 From Dunlop Road To U26 Clerkland Stewarton East Ayrshire KA3 3ES
Received 12 Dec 2023 - Decided23/0664/PP
Erection of a one and a half storey detached house and garage
Site Adjacent To Rosebank A71 From Loudoun Avenue To Crofthead Priestland East Ayrshire
Received 14 Dec 2023 - Decided23/0050/NMV
Decking slightly extended to avoid existing brick wall and bench and timber protection replaced by a glazed balustrade (Planning Consent No. 21/0881/PP)
15 Hillmoss Kilmaurs East Ayrshire KA3 2RS
Received 13 Dec 2023 - Decided23/0180/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition No.3 (Biodiversity Statement) of Planning Consent No. 23/0365/PP (Residential)
Redlands Knowehead C51 Knowehead From B744 To A76t At Knowehead Mauchline East Ayrshire KA5 6EY
Received 11 Dec 2023 - Decided23/0051/NMV
Variation of landscaping layout to remove tree no. 3710 and provide compensatory planting of Planning Consent 21/0578/PP and approved previously under 22/0106/AMCPP and 22/0083/AMCPP.
Mauchline Community Education Centre 31 Kilmarnock Road Mauchline East Ayrshire KA5 5DF
Received 13 Dec 2023 - Decided23/0665/PP
Change of use of former church building (Class 10) to dwelling house (Class 9) and external alterations. (Retrospective)
18A Barrhill Road Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 1PG
Received 14 Dec 2023 - Decided23/0666/PP
Erection of Class 3 Food & Drink Premises and Class 4 Offices with Car Parking and Access Improvements
22 Queen's Drive Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 3XF
Received 15 Dec 2023 - Decided23/0667/PP
Change of use of a grassed open space and erection of a dwellinghouse and garage and formation of a new vehicular access
Land at Dalleagles Terrace Dalleagles New Cumnock KA18 4QW
Received 15 Dec 2023 - Decided23/0668/PP
Erection of 1.6m boundary wall (Retrospective)
10 Machrie Way Fardalehill Kilmarnock KA1 2FH
Received 15 Dec 2023 - Decided23/0669/PP
Erection of single storey side extension
Milrig B744 From C77 At Drumdroch To U19 At Little Sorn Galston East Ayrshire KA4 8NQ
Received 18 Dec 2023 - Decided23/0670/PP
Change of use of car wash (Class 5) to form petrol filling station and Shop (Class 1a). Including extension to shop, new boundary wall, EV charging points, laundry unit, jet wash and associated parking.
Grange Service Station 56 - 58 Irvine Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 2JW
Received 18 Dec 2023 - Decided23/0005/S36
Consultation under Section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 to construct a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) with a storage capacity of 60Mw
Inchbean Farm Treeswoodhead Road Shortlees Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 5LL
Received 6 Dec 2023 - Decided23/0181/AMCPP
Discharge of Conditions 1 (External Materials), Condition 3 (Hard and soft Landscaping), Condition 6 (Carbon Statement), Condition 10 (Soil contamination), Condition 11 (Site investigation) Condition 12 (Verification report) and Condition 16 (Acoustic Rating) of Planning application 22/0646/PP
Turner Scrap Merchant 12 Muirkirk Road Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 3LJ
Received 18 Dec 2023 - Decided23/0028/S36VAM
Submission for approval in relation to Condition 8 (Approved Details) of deemed planning consent 19/0001/S36VAR. The Applicant has identified an additional borrow pit area (BP6) within the Pencloe Wind Farm site boundary where recent site investigations have shown that properties of rock are more favourable. The pit will extend from the c.490 m contour in the north, southwards to encompass the local high ground at c.514 m AOD. BP6 will be 172 m x 152 m at its maximum extent and the proposed development area is circa 1.988 ha. The proposed depth of excavation is estimated at 21 m.
Proposed Borrow Pit Located on moorland laying within Pencloe Forest. To be developed as part of supporting infrastructure for Pencloe Wind Farm.
Received 19 Dec 2023 - Decided23/0671/PP
Retention of part of existing access track.
Garrochhill Farm 1 Garrochhill A70 From South Ayrshire Boundary To Coalhall Coalhall East Ayrshire KA6 6NA
Received 19 Dec 2023 - Awaiting decision23/0673/PP
S42 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 to vary Condition 1 (Restoration timescale) and Condition 13 (Restoration Plan) of Planning permission 17/1180/PP.
Greenburn Opencast U719 Craigman From C36 Connel Park To Dalricket New Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 4QS
Received 20 Dec 2023 - Unknown23/0674/PN
Prior Notification for change of use of agricultural building to dwelling
Loch View Farm Development B742 From A713 To At South Ayrshire Boundary At Snipe Loch Doon Valley East Ayrshire
Received 20 Dec 2023 - Decided23/0675/PP
Erection of containers and tensile fabric canopy to form covered materials recovery area.
Garlaff Recycling Centre Skares Road Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 2RB
Received 21 Dec 2023 - Decided23/0676/PP
Proposed Extension to Rear of Property
22 Cairn Road Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 1HN
Received 22 Dec 2023 - Decided23/0679/PP
Extension to side elevation of dwelling
21 Rysland Drive Fenwick East Ayrshire KA3 6EY
Received 22 Dec 2023 - Decided23/0033/S36AMC
Submission for approval in relation to Condition 24(b) (Passing Places) of Planning Consent 22/002/S36
Kilmarnock South BESS adjacent to Kilmarnock South Substation
Received 22 Dec 2023
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What these statistics cover
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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