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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 dates12,744Searchable applications
197Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 11,172 approved or refused records
613Refused applications
10,559 approved · 613 refused · 931 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided25/0594/PP
Proposed change of use from flat to short term let property.
Flat 2 First Floor 4 Scott Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 1SQ
Received 1 Dec 2025 - Decided25/0595/PP
Section 42 Application for the removal of Condition 1 (Occupancy) of Planning Consent 97/0192/FL
Craigrowan Halket Road Lugton Kilmarnock KA3 4EE
Received 27 Nov 2025 - Decided25/0596/LB
Proposed alterations to A-Listed church associated with Change of Use to residential dwelling, comprising internal and external alterations, including like-for-like exterior repairs and installation of a letterbox on front entrance.
Catrine Parish Church Chapel Brae Catrine East Ayrshire KA5 6QS
Received 3 Dec 2025 - Decided25/0597/PP
Erection of 1.5 storey garage with ancillary accommodation for the property
Ladyton House Ladyton U37 Milton From Ladyton To A719 At Loudoun Castle Galston East Ayrshire KA4 8PF
Received 3 Dec 2025 - Decided25/0598/PP
Proposed Change of Use of existing A-Listed church (Class 10) to form residential dwelling (Class 9) and associated internal and external alterations, including like-for-like exterior repairs and installation of a letterbox on front entrance.
Catrine Parish Church Chapel Brae Catrine East Ayrshire KA5 6QS
Received 4 Dec 2025 - Decided25/0037/NMV
North (front) elevation: Omission of garage door, West (side) elevation: Omission of door, addition of 4no. windows and patio doors, rooflight sizes adjusted as built, East (side) elevation: Addition of patio doors and window, changes to dormer as built (Planning Consent 20/0301/PP)
9 Busbie Holdings C24 From Bonnyton Road To North Ayrshire Boundary At Plann Bridge Knockentiber East Ayrshire KA2 0DJ
Received 1 Dec 2025 - Decided25/0599/PPP
Proposed new-build Fire Station
Magbiehill Park A735 From Dunlop Road To U26 Clerkland Stewarton East Ayrshire KA3 3ES
Received 4 Dec 2025 - Decided25/0601/PP
Removal of existing jet wash bay, and formation of 2no new jet wash bays and new washing machine facility.
Garage 10 - 14 Rigg Street Stewarton East Ayrshire KA3 5AJ
Received 4 Dec 2025 - Decided25/0602/TP
Larch, Sycamore and Scot's Pine - Removal of 1no. Larch, 1no. Sycamore and 1no. Scot's Pine
32 Burn Road Darvel East Ayrshire KA17 0DB
Received 4 Dec 2025 - Decided25/0603/TP
Lime - Common - Removal of tree, stump grind and replace
1A Melville Street Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 7AN
Received 4 Dec 2025 - Decided25/0604/LDPU
Proposed external and internal alterations
9 Jean Armour Drive Moorfield Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 2SD
Received 5 Dec 2025 - Decided25/0605/PP
Replacement balcony with new external staircase to rear of flatted dwelling, installation of rooflights to front and rear.
20 East Main Street Darvel East Ayrshire KA17 0DN
Received 5 Dec 2025 - Decided25/0606/PPP
Erection of a 1.5 storey dwelling
Vacant Office Building Harelaw Road, Dunlop
Received 8 Dec 2025 - Decided25/0607/LB
Reslate roof in cupa12 slate.
77 - 79 Main Street Dunlop East Ayrshire KA3 4AG
Received 8 Dec 2025 - Decided25/0608/PP
Erection of dwellinghouse (Amendment to 25/0043/PP)
Land Adjacent To Parkhouse 27 Foulpapple Road Newmilns Foulpapple Road Newmilns East Ayrshire KA16 9LB
Received 8 Dec 2025 - Decided25/0609/TP
Birch, Lime, Sycamore, Beech - Crown reduction of trees by 3m
Wilson Avenue and Melville Street, Kilmarnock
Received 8 Dec 2025 - Decided25/0610/LDPU
Proposed single storey rear and side extension with associated alterations and raised deck
31 Harperland Drive Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 1UH
Received 8 Dec 2025 - Decided25/0611/PP
Installation of Automated Teller Machine on front elevation (in retrospect).
69 Glaisnock Street Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 1BX
Received 8 Dec 2025 - Decided25/0612/AD
Installation and display of non-illuminated fascia sign on proposed ATM (in retrospect).
69 Glaisnock Street Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 1BX
Received 8 Dec 2025 - Decided25/0036/NMV
Alterations to formation of new private access road for dwelling - entrance post sizes revised (Planning Consent 23/0476/PP)
Ladyton House Ladyton U37 Milton From Ladyton To A719 At Loudoun Castle Galston East Ayrshire KA4 8PF
Received 3 Dec 2025 - Decided25/0613/PP
Replacement of footbridge over the Glazert Burn from Woodside Place into the Commoncraig woodland and replacing paths in the woodland area.
Commoncraig Farm C7 Dunlop Neilston From A735 Nr Dunlop To East Renfrewshire Boundary Dunlop East Ayrshire KA3 4BH
Received 9 Dec 2025 - Decided25/0614/AD
Advertisement of the following types : Fascia Sign (Illuminated)
59 - 61 John Finnie Street Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 1BH
Received 9 Dec 2025 - Decided25/0615/PP
External alterations and repairs to shop front (including painting) and installation of roller shutter to rear
59 - 61 John Finnie Street Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 1BH
Received 9 Dec 2025 - Decided25/0616/LDPU
Agricultural Shed and Access Track
Land to the north of Molmontend, Newmilns East Ayrshire, KA17 0NZ
Received 9 Dec 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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