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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 dates12,730Searchable applications
197Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 11,160 approved or refused records
610Refused applications
10,550 approved · 610 refused · 930 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided25/0575/PP
Change of use of vacant land (former car park) to form civic space incorporating active travel hub, landscaping, environmental improvements, street furniture and associated works.
Foregate Civic Space James Shaw Crescent Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 1LU
Received 21 Nov 2025 - Decided25/0576/AD
2no. Totem Signs
Land in between Southcraig Ave & Glasgow Road, Kilmarnock, KA3 6BQ
Received 21 Nov 2025 - Decided25/0023/S36AMC
Submission for approval of Condition 33 parts (c)(d)(e)(h)(i)(j)(k)(n)(m) (Operational Noise) of Planning consent 19/0002/S36.
Sanquhar II Community Wind Farm Near Kelloholm
Received 14 Nov 2025 - Decided25/0577/LB
Proposed internal alterations and repairs to Lower Ground Floor Level and installation of extract vent to gable elevation
Kennox House Kennox C6 Auchenharvie Stewarton From Stewarton To Laigh Auchenharvie Stewarton East Ayrshire KA3 3EF
Received 24 Nov 2025 - Decided25/0578/TP
Rowan - Branch reduction to dead branches, in line with specialist report.
8 Dunn Mews Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 2RP
Received 24 Nov 2025 - Decided25/0581/PP
Change of use from Class 8 (residential institution) to Class 9 (houses) (Retrospective)25/0581/PP
2 Dundonald Place Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 1UR
Received 24 Nov 2025 - Unknown25/0582/PN
Prior Notification for Farm-related Building Works (Non-residential).
Halket Road U29 Halket From A735 At Lugton To C100 Dunlop Uplawmoor Lugton East Ayrshire KA3 4EE
Received 24 Nov 2025 - Decided25/0123/AMCPP
Application to discharge Conditions 2A (Biodiversity Statement) and Condition 3A (Service Management Plan) of Planning Consent 25/0381/PP.
Altonhill Farm Kilmarnock Road Kilmaurs East Ayrshire KA3 2NR
Received 21 Nov 2025 - Decided25/0584/LB
Alterations, extension and repairs to bring about the change of use of former church to dwellinghouse
Schaw Kirk, Trabboch, Stair
Received 25 Nov 2025 - Decided25/0585/PP
Change of use, alterations and extensions to former church to form dwellinghouse
Schaw Kirk, Trabboch, Stair
Received 25 Nov 2025 - Decided25/0022/S36AMC
DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 20 (B) - BIRD PROTECTION PLAN
Inchbean Farm Treeswoodhead Road Shortlees Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 5LL
Received 19 Nov 2025 - Decided25/0586/PP
Proposed Erection of Canopy Over Existing Padel Court
Howard Park Howard Park Footpath And Cycleway Through Park Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 1SF
Received 25 Nov 2025 - Decided25/0587/PP
Proposed erection of detached dwellinghouse.
Plot 5, Barley Park View, Waterside, Ayr, KA6 7JH
Received 26 Nov 2025 - Decided25/0124/AMCPP
Discharge of Conditions 2A and 2B of Planning Consent 25/0358/PP (Removal of paint and reinstatement of sandstone finish).
70 Main Road Fenwick East Ayrshire KA3 6DU
Received 21 Nov 2025 - Decided25/0017/AMCLB
Discharge of Condition 1A, 1B and 1C of Listed Building Consent 25/0436/LB (Removal of non-original paint finish from the front facade and reinstatement of traditional exposed sandstone)
70 Main Road Fenwick East Ayrshire KA3 6DU
Received 21 Nov 2025 - Decided25/0588/PP
Change of use of domestic garage within residential curtilage to Class 1A (Massage Studio) with assocaited external alterations
8 Culloden Place Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 7UG
Received 27 Nov 2025 - Decided25/0589/PP
Proposed dwelling house
4A Greenbank Road Darvel East Ayrshire KA17 0NN
Received 27 Nov 2025 - Decided25/0025/S36AMC
Discharge of condition 30(1) (Abnormal Load Accommodation Works) of planning consent 19/0002/S36
Sanquhar II Community Wind Farm Near Kelloholm
Received 24 Sept 2025 - Decided25/0001/S37SCR
Request for Screening Opinion New 132 kilovolt (kV) overhead line (OHL) supported by Trident H wood poles
Greenburn 132KV Connection Project 5.5km To East Of New Cumnock East Ayrshire
Received 19 Nov 2025 - Registered25/0590/PP
Proposed 25 house development with new private road, visitor parking and green space.
Brownfield Site South Of Station Court, Littlemill Road, Drongan
Received 28 Nov 2025 - Unknown25/0591/PN
Prior Notification for Forestry-related Building Works (Non-residential).
Raithmuir Farm U42 Rushaw From A719 At Grassyards To U41 Hemphill Moscow East Ayrshire KA4 8PP
Received 28 Nov 2025 - Decided25/0007/S36SCR
Screening Opinion Request for North Kyle Battery Energy Storage
Agricultural Land North Kyle Wind Farm 3.5km Northeast Of Dalmellington East Ayrshire
Received 21 Nov 2025 - Decided25/0592/PP
Demolition of storage building and erection of classroom building.
Willowbank School Grassyards Road New Farm Loch Kilmarnock KA3 7BB
Received 1 Dec 2025 - Decided25/0593/PP
Erection of two steel portal framed agricultural sheds & removal of existing AG shed.
Stevenston Farm Barony Road Auchinleck East Ayrshire KA18 2NY
Received 1 Dec 2025
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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