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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
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 dates10,789Searchable applications
195Recorded as pending
94%Approval rate · 9,513 approved or refused records
525Refused applications
8,988 approved · 525 refused · 763 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Conservation areas26 mapped area records
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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
- Decided24/0001/PP
Erection of 3no dwellings
Land Adjacent To Ballochmyle Estate Ballochmyle Way Mauchline East Ayrshire
Received 3 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0002/PP
Erection of 2 no dwellings
Gap Site Between 22 And 32 Smallburn Road Smallburn Road Smallburn Muirkirk East Ayrshire
Received 3 Jan 2024 - Decided23/0052/NMV
Gables formed on East and West Elevations. Stair window amended. Door added to utility. Front entrance amended (Planning Consent No. 22/0330/PP)
Afton View 17 Rigg Road Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 3JB
Received 19 Dec 2023 - Decided24/0003/PP
Removal of Condition 1 (Occupation) of Planning Consent 03/0685/FL
Sanna Knowehead C51 Knowehead From B744 To A76t At Knowehead Mauchline East Ayrshire KA5 6EY
Received 3 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0004/PP
Proposed single storey extension to the rear and internal alterations to existing house
2 Newhall Cottages U13 Aiket From Nether Oldhall To Brae Dunlop East Ayrshire KA3 4BW
Received 3 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0005/PP
External fabric repairs and the installation of a new shopfront.
39A Loudoun Street Mauchline East Ayrshire KA5 5BE
Received 4 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0001/S36VAM
Submission in relation to Condition 34(1) and (2) (Details for aviation) of deemed planning consent 19/0001/S36VAR
Pencloe Forest, about 5km SW of New Cumnock, East Ayrshire
Received 4 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0006/PP
Change of use of garage to dwellinghouse and external alterations
3D Sandbed Street KILMARNOCK KA1 1QA
Received 5 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0007/PP
Erection of decking and siting of kitchen cabin and yurt for holiday rental (retrospective).
Doctors House Glen Afton Park C90 Afton Road From New Cumnock To Craigdarroch New Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 4PR
Received 5 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0008/PP
Siting of a mobile catering trailer
Muirkirk Heritage Layby Smallburn Road Muirkirk Ayrshire
Received 5 Jan 2024 - Unknown24/0009/PN
Prior Notification for 30.0m high steel lattice tower on new concrete base and associated ancillary works
Lethans Forest East Ayrshire KA18 4NP
Received 8 Jan 2024 - Unknown24/0011/PN
Prior Notification for Farm-related Building Works (Non-residential).
Grassmillside Farm C117 Kilmarnock Stewarton From A735 At Altonhill To Buiston North Ayrshire Boundary Kilmaurs East Ayrshire KA3 2PT
Received 8 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0001/AMCPP
Discharge of condition 2 (External Materials) of planning consent 22/0768/PP (Extension to Property)
12B Dunlop Street Stewarton East Ayrshire KA3 5AS
Received 8 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0002/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition 2 (Hogweed Management Plan), Condition 5 (Dust Management Plan), Condition 9 (External Materials), Condition 11 (Traffic Management Plan), Condition 13 (Travel Plan), Condition 15 (Infrastructure), Condition 22 (Parking Plan), Condition 24 (Raised junction), Condition 26 (Affordable Housing) and Condition 30 (Maintenance Information) of Planning Consent 21/0559/PP
Land At Dumfries Drive Dumfries Drive Moorfield Kilmarnock East Ayrshire
Received 9 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0012/PP
Proposed New House, Chalet, Storage Unit, fences and gates and retrospective masonry boundary walls
Proposed Dwelling House Amlaird Farm A719 Galston Road End To Waterside Waterside East Ayrshire
Received 9 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0013/TP
Crown reduction of diseased Sycamore tree.
16 Kirkton Road Fenwick East Ayrshire KA3 6DH
Received 4 Jan 2024 - Decided23/0182/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition No.2(a) (Slate Sample) of Planning Consent No. 23/0347/PP (Extension)
8 Greenan Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 7DU
Received 19 Dec 2023 - Decided24/0002/S36VAM
Submission for approval in relation to Condition 35(1) (Aviation Lighting) of deemed Planning Consent 19/0001/S36VAR
Wind farm located in East Ayrshire about 5km south of New Cumnock within commercial forestry in Pencloe Forest on Forestry and Land Scotland estate.
Received 10 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0014/LB
Demolition of disused outbuildings, repairs to roofs, partial window replacement scheme, form new door openings and internal alterations
East Mossgiel Farm Tarbolton Road Mauchline East Ayrshire KA5 5LL
Received 10 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0015/PP
Demolition of disused outbuildings, repairs to roofs, partial window replacement scheme, form new door openings and internal alterations
East Mossgiel Farm Tarbolton Road Mauchline East Ayrshire KA5 5LL
Received 11 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0003/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition 5a (scheme of intrusive investigations report) of Planning Consent 23/0084/PP
Gauchalland Meadows Galston East Ayrshire KA4 8LF
Received 5 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0004/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition 1 (Low carbon development statement) of Planning Consent 23/0220/PP
Land Adjacent To The Kames Furnace Road Kames Muirkirk East Ayrshire
Received 9 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0005/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition 10 (Dust Management Plan) of Planning Consent 22/0087/PP
11 Cross Street Galston East Ayrshire KA4 8AB
Received 9 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0016/PP
Proposed single storey extension to rear of dwelling
Airdsmill 111 Smallburn Road Smallburn Muirkirk East Ayrshire KA18 3RF
Received 12 Jan 2024
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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