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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 dates12,775Searchable applications
197Recorded as pending
94%Approval rate · 11,198 approved or refused records
618Refused applications
10,580 approved · 618 refused · 933 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided25/0639/LB
Proposed CCTV and external repairs
Kennox House Kennox C6 Auchenharvie Stewarton From Stewarton To Laigh Auchenharvie Stewarton East Ayrshire KA3 3EF
Received 19 Dec 2025 - Decided25/0640/PP
Part change of use of Swimming Pool (Class 11) to caf� (Class 3) and external alterations including formation of entrance and on the side (West) elevation and an extension on the side (East) extension.
New Cumnock Swimming Pool Castle New Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 4AH
Received 19 Dec 2025 - Decided25/0642/PP
Proposed 39500 bird free-range hen laying facility with litter store, associated meal storage bins, new access and turning facility for articulated lorries.
300metres South East Of Taiglim Farm, Glaisnock Road, Cumnock KA18 4PJ
Received 22 Dec 2025 - Decided25/0643/LB
External refurbishment works to roof (reslating of southern and eastern facing elevations)
Kirkland 62 Main Street Dunlop East Ayrshire KA3 4AG
Received 22 Dec 2025 - Decided25/0644/PP
Replacement rear dormer
26 Irvine Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 2JW
Received 22 Dec 2025 - Decided25/0645/PP
Change of use of land for storage of recovered vehicles and erection of car port and boundary wall
Land At Newton Terrace Catrine East Ayrshire
Received 22 Dec 2025 - Decided25/0646/PP
Proposed EV charging station comprising 12. No. EV charging points, amenity kiosk, associated plant, new vehicular access and landscaping.
Premier Inn B7064 From A71 Moorfield Roundabout To A759 Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 2RS
Received 22 Dec 2025 - Decided25/0648/PP
Proposed erection of new storage unit/Garage
Land At Midton Of Fullwood C108 Stewarton Cabroc Hill From B769 Nr Stewarton To Renfrewshire Boundary Nr Long Loch Renfrewshire Boundary Dunlop East Ayrshire KA3 5JZ
Received 23 Dec 2025 - Decided25/0649/PP
Change of use from storage for associated retail unit to residential.
2 Rigg Street Stewarton KA3 5AG
Received 23 Dec 2025 - Decided26/0001/PP
Construction of a riding arena, formation of an access road and parking area and an extension to existing stable block.
West Wing Damhead C113 Stewarton Pokelly From Cutstraw Road To C112 Fenwick East Ayrshire KA3 6BB
Received 5 Jan 2026 - Decided25/0010/PREAPP
Residential development and associated infrastructure
Land North Of Southhook Road Southhook Road Knockentiber East Ayrshire
Received 16 Dec 2025 - Decided25/0011/PREAPP
Masterplan led housing development and associated uses in principle
Altonhill Farm Kilmarnock Road Kilmaurs East Ayrshire KA3 2NR
Received 16 Dec 2025 - Decided25/0039/NMV
Minor amendment to culvert design, minor amendment to site access design, minor amendment to site levels and a change of the project's Environmental Clerk of Works of Planning Consent 23/0580/PP (Formation of 50MW Battery Storage Facility)
Land Off Ayr Road Coylton A70 From B730 To U74 Bardarroch Ochiltree East Ayrshire
Received 17 Dec 2025 - Decided26/0001/AMCPP
Submission for approval of Condition 9(2) (Use of Afton Road) of Planning Consent 24/0180/PP.
Blackhill Substation Afton Road Mossmark New Cumnock East Ayrshire
Received 6 Jan 2026 - Decided26/0003/PP
Proposed alterations to dwelling to from external terrace
Tigh Na Beithe Auchendoon B7034 From U757 Glenammer To U756 Skeldon Mill Doon Valley East Ayrshire KA6 7EB
Received 7 Jan 2026 - Awaiting decision26/0005/PP
Erection of free range poultry unit (39,500 hens for egg production), litter store, associated works, and new access to B7046.
Site 200M East Of Drumsmodden Farm Ochiltree Cumnock KA18 2RU
Received 8 Jan 2026 - Decided26/0007/PP
Construction of an extension for an elevator and installation of Solar Panels, Ground Source Heat Pumps (GSHPs), guard rails, replacement windows, roof finishing materials and wallhead flashings
1 Meagher Court Barshare Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 1NA
Received 9 Jan 2026 - Decided26/0008/PPP
Erection of a dwellinghouse
Vacant Land Opposite Caldwell Golf Club Lochlibo Road Lugton Ayrshire G78 4BU
Received 9 Jan 2026 - Decided26/0002/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition 29 (Planning Monitoring Officer) (Part a) of application no. 23/0005/S36.
Inchbean Farm Treeswoodhead Road Shortlees Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 5LL
Received 9 Jan 2026 - Registered26/0001/HH
Application for High Hedge Notice
Cottage 2 Braehead Farm Muirkirk Road Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 3LN
Received 24 Dec 2025 - Decided26/0001/EIASCR
Proposed 39500 bird free-range hen laying facility with litter store, associated meal storage bins, new access and turning facility for articulated lorries.
300metres South East Of Taiglim Farm , Glaisnock Road, Cumnock KA18
Received 8 Jan 2026 - Decided26/0009/TP
Tree crown reduction of no more than 30% and removal of lower over-hanging branches of 8 no. trees.
52a Irvine Road Kilmaurs East Ayrshire KA3 2RR
Received 15 Jan 2026 - Unknown26/0010/PN
Prior Notification for Farm-related Building Works (Non-residential).
Newlands Farm C117 Kilmarnock Stewarton From A735 At Altonhill To Buiston North Ayrshire Boundary Kilmaurs East Ayrshire KA3 2PR
Received 15 Jan 2026 - Decided26/0011/PP
Change of use and alterations to agricultural building to dwellinghouse (Class 9)
Loch View Farm Development B742 From A713 To At South Ayrshire Boundary At Snipe Loch Doon Valley East Ayrshire
Received 16 Jan 2026
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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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