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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 dates12,652Searchable applications
197Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 11,104 approved or refused records
604Refused applications
10,500 approved · 604 refused · 926 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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
- Decided25/0528/PP
Proposed agricultural shed
Magbiehill Park Farm Dunlop Road Stewarton KA3 3DX
Received 24 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0529/PP
Installation of 3no. rooflights.
Flat 1 First Floor 13 Barbadoes Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 1ST
Received 27 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0530/LB
Erection of 2No. A4 Heritage Information Boards to graveyard wall each side of entrance
Entrance To Glencairn Aisle St Maur's - Glencairn Church Kirkton 3 Kilmarnock Road Kilmaurs KA3 2RA
Received 22 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0531/PP
Installation of new UPVC front door, driveway gates, front fencing painted, block paving to driveway and grab rails fitted to front elevation. (Retrospective)
5 Wilson Avenue Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 7AP
Received 27 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0018/S36AMC
Submission for approval in relation to Condition 19(1) (Mansfield Road Mitigation Works) of deemed planning permission 19/0004/S36
Lethans Corsencon Hill New Cumnock East Ayrshire
Received 27 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0533/LDPU
Alterations to facilitate garage conversion and erection of single storey rear extension.
2 Jasmine Road Grange Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 2HD
Received 24 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0035/NMV
Proposed alterations to front entrance position, with additional glazed panel above; service/deliveries road added; and updates to parking layout.
Coyle Water Fishery Shield Mains Access Road South Ayrshire Boundary Coalhall East Ayrshire KA6 6LZ
Received 24 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0005/S36SCP
Request for Scoping Opinion for proposed Section 36 application. Development will comprise of up to nine wind turbines with a generating capacity of up to 64.8 MW and maximum tip height of up to 200m. Associated infrastructure will include access tracks, crane hardstandings, control building/substation, electrical cabling in between turbines, temporary construction compound and temporary working areas.
Patna Wind Farm
Received 23 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0535/PP
Replacing the existing front window with a patio door and formation of stepped access to flatted dwelling
36A Baird Place New Farm Loch Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 7RL
Received 29 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0536/LDPU
Installing a front facing window
88 Cameron Drive New Farm Loch Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 7PW
Received 29 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0537/PP
Erection of new garage to replace storm-damaged and demolished garage in same footprint.
Trabboch House C116 Loudonston From B730 To South Ayrshire Boundary Stair East Ayrshire KA5 5HX
Received 30 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0538/PP
Erection of an agricultural sheep shed
Viaduct Way 1 Low Clews U712 Clews From U732 Haugh To U735 Howford Mauchline East Ayrshire KA5 5JX
Received 30 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0539/TCA
Reduction by 2m of 1no. Common Lime (G001), pollarding to old pollar points of 1no. White Willow (01) and felling/removal of 1no. Leyland Cypress (03).
3 Dundonald Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 1EQ
Received 30 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0540/AD
Installation of replacement advance signage
Land South West Of Templeton Roundabout Darnlaw Farm Auchinleck KA18 2LX
Received 31 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0116/AMCPP
Submission for approval of Condition No. 14(a) of Planning Consent No. 21/0440/PP (Access Track)
Mill Rig Wind Farm Access Waterhead Peelhill And Linbank Highway Strathaven
Received 31 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0117/AMCPP
Submission for approval of Condition No.15 (a) and (c) (Transportation Route) of Planning Consent 21/0440/PP (Access Track)
Mill Rig Wind Farm Access Waterhead Peelhill And Linbank Highway Strathaven
Received 31 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0019/S36AMC
Discharge of Condition No. 25(a) (Specification Details) of Planning Consent 23/0005/S36 (Battery Energy Storage System)
Inchbean Farm Treeswoodhead Road Shortlees Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 5LL
Received 31 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0542/PP
Formation of access track to facilitate BESS development
Inchbean Farm Treeswoodhead Road Shortlees Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 5LL
Received 31 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0544/PPP
Erection of a house for an agricultural worker, formation of an access and siting of a septic tank
Dallars Mains Farm Hurlford KA1 5JW
Received 31 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0545/PP
Change of use from vacant grassland to Class 6 (storage and distribution and office facility), including formation of hardstanding, access road, and siting of 1no. welfare block (offices) (retrospective)(temporary)
Land Adjacent To B7064 Moorfield Kilmarnock KA1 2RW
Received 3 Nov 2025 - Unknown25/0547/PN
Prior Notification for Demolition of buildings.
21 - 23 Ladeside Gardens Kilmaurs East Ayrshire KA3 2TY
Received 5 Nov 2025 - Decided25/0008/EIASCR
Screening Request for extension to existing poultry unit comprising the erection of an additional poultry house, associated feed silo and relocation of plant room
The Beg Allanton Farm A71 From U6 Newlands To U4 Ladybrow Darvel East Ayrshire KA17 0LY
Received 5 Nov 2025 - Decided25/0549/PP
Erection of a building to house replacement of 11kV switchgear
New 11kv Switchgear Replacement At Existing Location Known As Lethanhill Substation
Received 6 Nov 2025 - Decided25/0550/PP
Proposed new roof to existing dwellinghouse (amendment to extension approved under 20/0301/PP)
9 Busbie Holdings C24 From Bonnyton Road To North Ayrshire Boundary At Plann Bridge Knockentiber East Ayrshire KA2 0DJ
Received 7 Nov 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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