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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.
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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 dates12,608Searchable applications
197Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 11,070 approved or refused records
602Refused applications
10,468 approved · 602 refused · 924 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Dec 2008 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Registered25/0508/PP
Installation of air source heat pump and solar panels
11A Rugby Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 2DP
Received 13 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0510/LDPU
Enlargement of 2 window/door openings on the rear elevation.
3 Brookfield Grove Fenwick East Ayrshire KA3 6GD
Received 14 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0006/EIASCR
Screening request for proposed residential development, open space, associated infrastructure and access arrangements
Land At Station Road Station Road Mauchline East Ayrshire
Received 2 Oct 2025 - Registered25/0511/PP
Change of use of land to form 6 gypsy / traveller pitches including chalets, day lodges, shower and washing block, area providing temporary space for 4 visiting gypsy / traveller pitches, formation of hardstanding, erection of boundary walls and fences and planting (part retrospective)
Land To The North Of Newmilns Cemetery C133 Newmilns From Dalwhatswood Road Newmilns
Received 14 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0512/PP
Proposed change of use from Class 1A (Commercial Therapy Centre) to Class 9 (Dwelling)
Maxwell Cottage 41 High Glencairn Street Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 4AE
Received 14 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0513/PP
Proposed single storey extension to rear of property, to be used as a granny annex.
149 Main Street Muirkirk East Ayrshire KA18 3QS
Received 14 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0034/NMV
Modification of landscaping to central public amenity space of Planning Consent No. 17/0966/PP and 25/0018/NMV.
Tinto Avenue Bellfield Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 3SB
Received 6 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0109/AMCPP
Discharge of conditions 2 (External Materials), 5 (Drainage), 7 (Refuse), 10 (Low Carbon Statement), 12 (Site Levels), 13 (Boundary Treatments) and 15 (Trees) of 21/0668/PP
Land At Easter Heft Lugton KA3 4EE
Received 9 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0111/AMCPP
Discharge of conditions 3 (Samples/Specification), 4 (Boundary Treatments), 5 (Refuse), 10 (Site Levels) and 11 (Landscaping) of planning consent 24/0480/PP (Proposed Dwellinghouse and garage)
Plot 19 Cluster C Rowallan Castle Estate Kilmaurs East Ayrshire
Received 8 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0016/S36AMC
Submission for approval of condition 28 (1)(Abnormal Load Traffic Management Plan) of planning consent 19/0002/S36
Sanquhar II Community Wind Farm Near Kelloholm
Received 24 Sept 2025 - Decided25/0007/EIASCR
Erection of Class 1A retail unit, incorporating garden centre/outdoor sales area, landscaping, car parking, access, servicing and other associated works
Land At Glencairn Retail Park KILMARNOCK Ayrshire
Received 9 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0515/PP
Erection of garage extension to side of dwelling
16 Furnace Way Stewarton KA3 5FB
Received 20 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0017/S36AMC
Submission for approval of Condition 13(1)(c) (micro-siting) of Planning Consent 19/0002/S36
Sanquhar II Community Wind Farm Near Kelloholm
Received 16 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0115/AMCPP
Discharge of Conditions 10 (Proposed Materials), Condition 16 (Low/Zero Carbon Statement), Condition 22 (Dust Management Plan) and Condition 27 (Biodiversity Enhancement Plan) of Planning Consent 24/0299/PP.
Mill O Shiel Farm U740 From Mill Oshield Road To S Ayrshire Boundary At Barbieston Bridge Drongan East Ayrshire KA6 7EF
Received 21 Oct 2025 - Unknown25/0518/PN
Prior Notification for Farm-related Building Works (Non-residential).
Whiteflat Farm B713 From A76 T To Shawwood Link Road Catrine East Ayrshire KA5 6LW
Received 22 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0519/PP
Single storey rear extension to property
28 Blackwood Avenue Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 1SW
Received 22 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0520/PP
Change of use of retail unit (Class 1A) to form hot food takeaway (Sui Generis) and associated external alterations
33 Main St Kilmaurs KA3 2SZ
Received 22 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0006/S36VSC
Request for an EIA Screening Opinion - Relocation of the substation and BESS compounds.
Land On Knockkippen Hill, East Of Patna
Received 20 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0521/AD
Installation and display of 13no. illuminated and non-illuminated fascia signs on an existing retail unit and totem pole.
Unit 2 Glencairn Retail Park Glencairn Retail Park Off Holmquarry Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 4AY
Received 23 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0522/TP
Proposed crown cleared of dead branches from Common Oak (923) and Proposed crown cleared of dead branches from Mature Red Oak (471) closest to garden fence
1 Strathlea Crescent Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 1TF
Received 23 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0523/PP
Extension to existing poultry unit comprising the erection of an additional poultry house, associated feed silo and relocation of plant room and detention basin (part retrospective)
The Beg Allanton Farm A71 From U6 Newlands To U4 Ladybrow Darvel East Ayrshire KA17 0LY
Received 23 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0525/PP
Proposed erection of single-storey rear extension.
4 Mount Place Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 1UD
Received 23 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0526/PP
Alterations and single storey rear extension with external steps to dwellinghouse
10 Dublin Road Darvel East Ayrshire KA17 0EG
Received 24 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0527/PP
Proposed Extension to Rear of Property
18 Stepend Road Holmhead Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 1ES
Received 24 Oct 2025
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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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