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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 dates10,797Searchable applications
195Recorded as pending
94%Approval rate · 9,517 approved or refused records
525Refused applications
8,992 approved · 525 refused · 766 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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
- Decided24/0017/PP
Proposed Alterations and First Floor Extension
8 Balmoral Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 1HL
Received 12 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0001/S36AMC
Submission for approval in relation to Condition 12(a) (Financial Guarantee) of deemed Planning Consent 22/0002/S36.
Kilmarnock South Substation Treeswoodhead Road Kilmarnock
Received 8 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0006/AMCPP
Discharge of Conditions 3 (Car parking provision) and Condition 7 (Drainage) of Planning Consent 23/0460/PP
Stewarton Medical Practice High Street Stewarton East Ayrshire KA3 5BP
Received 11 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0018/PP
Quarry for the Extraction and Processing of Hard Rock (S42 Application to vary conditions 1, 10 and 18 of planning permission 17/0163/PP, to facilitate the western extension and deepening of North Drumboy Quarry).
North Drumboy Quarry, East Ayrshire KA3 6EU
Received 12 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0001/NMV
Bi-fold doors added to rear elevation.
Proposed Housing Development Rigg Road Cumnock East Ayrshire
Received 9 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0007/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition (4) (Full Drainage Details), Condition (8) (Construction Traffic Management Plan) and Condition (11) (Low Carbon Development Statement) of Planning Approval 22/0105/PP
Land Opposite 1 Braehead Road Fenwick East Ayrshire
Received 11 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0019/PP
Construction of single storey rear extension to create enlarged living, dining and kitchen to the rear of the property with internal alterations.
46 Fenwick Road Kilmaurs East Ayrshire KA3 2NJ
Received 15 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0003/S36VAM
Submission for approval in relation to Condition 44(10) (Noise Assessment Protocol) of deemed Planning Consent 19/0001/S36VAR.
Commercial Forestry Within Pencloe Forest Approximately 5km South Of New Cumnock
Received 12 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0021/LDPU
Proposed garage conversion
7 Dales Park Place Moorfield Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 2SJ
Received 16 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0002/NMV
Variaton of Consent (Plot 114 Rigg Road, Cumnock) Bi fold doors added to rear elevation, Dressing room and En-Suite added over garage with associated roofwindows (Planning Consent 23/0310/))
Proposed Housing Development Rigg Road Cumnock East Ayrshire
Received 11 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0008/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition 3 (details of colours of windows and door) of Planning Consent 23/0277/PP (replacement PVC windows and door).
96 Main Road Fenwick East Ayrshire KA3 6DY
Received 12 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0022/PP
Erection of garage with annex over for short term rentals
Station House C61 Darntaggart Brentwood From A70 To B7046 Near Skares Ochiltree Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 2RY
Received 16 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0009/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition No.7 (Parking Spaces) of Planning Consent No. 22/0688/PP (Residential Development)
8 Vennel Street Stewarton East Ayrshire KA3 5HL
Received 12 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0024/AD
Advertisement of the following types : HoardingRemoval of two 48-sheet advertising hoardings and replacement with two digital LED advert displays
1 Beansburn Beansburn Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 1RL
Received 18 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0025/PP
Change of use from vacant offices to restaurant (Class 3) and take away and erection of flue
85 - 89 King Street Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 1PT
Received 18 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0026/PP
Proposed upgrade to existing telecommunications site including installation of 20m lattice tower, installation of 6 no. antenna ay 17.8m to the u/s, 21 no. RRU's fixed to tower leg below antenna and equipment refreshed within existing cabin.
Bellsbank Dalmellington Ayrshire KA6 7RE
Received 19 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0027/PP
Erection of 1.8 metre garden fence (Retrospective)
28 Kilmaurs Road Knockentiber Kilmarnock KA2 0DY
Received 19 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0028/PP
Retrospective application for extension to dwelling including amended roof height, garage footing and boundary fencing
6 Rigg Street Stewarton East Ayrshire KA3 5AG
Received 19 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0002/S36AMC
Submission for approval in relation to Condition 1 of approval 23/0021/S36AMC of deemed Planning Consent 22/0002/S36
Kilmarnock South BESS Adjacent To Kilmarnock South Substation
Received 18 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0010/AMCPP
Submission for Approval in relation to Condition 7(b) (Species Protection Plans) of Planning Consent 23/0105/PP
3 Underwood Underwood Private Depot Off Auchinleck Road Cumnock East Ayrshire
Received 18 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0012/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition 2 (Landscape Plan ) of Planning Consent 23/0553/PP (Removal of decorative clock and landscaping of site)
Kilmarnock Railway Station Kilmarnock Rail Station Access Road Off Langlands Brae Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 2AF
Received 22 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0029/PP
Formation of a farm access road (retrospective)
Lainshaw Mains Kilwinning Road Stewarton East Ayrshire KA3 3DZ
Received 23 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0030/PP
Existing detached garage to be converted to habitable space for use as short-term let accommodation
Coylebrae House Shield Mains Access Road South Ayrshire Boundary Coalhall East Ayrshire KA6 6LZ
Received 23 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0003/NMV
Bi-fold doors added to rear elevation. Garage amended to sitting room with windows in lieu of garage door (Plot 113) of Planning Consent No. 21/0335/PP
Proposed Housing Development Rigg Road Cumnock East Ayrshire
Received 22 Jan 2024
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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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