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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 dates12,859Searchable applications
197Recorded as pending
94%Approval rate · 11,270 approved or refused records
625Refused applications
10,645 approved · 625 refused · 939 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided26/0013/AMCPP
Discharge of Conditions 1 (Litter collection and storage) and Condition 7 (Signage boards) of Planning Consent 21/0062/PP
4 Brown's Road Newmilns East Ayrshire KA16 9AS
Received 10 Feb 2026 - Decided26/0056/PP
Formation of rear dormer
24 Moorfield Avenue Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 1TT
Received 11 Feb 2026 - Decided26/0057/PP
Demolition of building and formation of car park.
33 Main Street Kilmaurs East Ayrshire KA3 2SY
Received 12 Feb 2026 - Decided26/0058/CA
Demolition of building
33 Main Street Kilmaurs East Ayrshire KA3 2SY
Received 12 Feb 2026 - Decided26/0059/PP
Demolition of storm damaged buildings and erection of a steel portal framed agricultural shed.
Low Byrahill Farm C117 From Kirkford To North Ayrshire Boundary Stewarton East Ayrshire KA3 5JQ
Received 12 Feb 2026 - Decided26/0060/PP
Erection of a steel portal framed agricultural sheep shed.
Low Gameshill U39 Gouknest From B778 West Of Stewarton To A735 South Of Dunlop Stewarton East Ayrshire KA3 3ER
Received 12 Feb 2026 - Decided26/0002/PREAPP
Proposed residential development for erection of 67 new houses in 3-storey flats and 2-storey houses, with roads and parking
Site Of Former George McTurk Court Cairn Road & Glaisnock Street Cumnock
Received 11 Feb 2026 - Decided26/0061/PP
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
8 Bard's Gait Ballochmyle Mauchline East Ayrshire KA5 6LB
Received 13 Feb 2026 - Registered26/0062/LB
Installation of gates and railings (retrospective)
West Lodge Dunlop House Dunlop East Ayrshire KA3 4BD
Received 13 Feb 2026 - Decided26/0015/AMCPP
Discharge of planning conditions 2 (Materials), 3 (Culvert), 4 (Boundary Treatment/Landscaping), 9(Levels) and 10 (Low Carbon) of approved application 23/0167/PP (Erection of 2 No Dwellings and associated gardens and parking)
Kirk Wynd Development Site Muirkirk Road Cumnock East Ayrshire
Received 13 Feb 2026 - Unknown26/0063/PN
Prior Notification for Farm-related works to re-surface the access track
Auldhouseburn Farm Muirkirk East Ayrshire KA18 3RZ
Received 16 Feb 2026 - Decided26/0064/PP
Demolition of existing dwelling, erection of two storey dwellinghouse, detached garage and garden store.
87 Main Road Crookedholm East Ayrshire KA3 6JY
Received 16 Feb 2026 - Registered26/0014/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition (2)(a) ( Details of glazing panel frames ) of Planning Permission 24/0576/PP (External alterations to shopfronts units, increased signage zones and car parking reconfiguration)
Units 1 - 8, Queen's Drive Retail Park Kilmarnock KA1 3XL
Received 1 Feb 2026 - Awaiting decision26/0065/PPP
Planning Permission in Principle for Residential Development
Land Adjacent 105 Smallburn Road Smallburn Muirkirk East Ayrshire
Received 16 Feb 2026 - Decided26/0003/S36AMC
Submission for approval of Condition (20 part 2) (Restoration Methodology - Borrow Pit 3 of Planning Permission 19/0001/S36VAR ( Restoration scheme for Borrow Pit 3 used in the construction of Pencloe Wind Farm.)
Commercial Forestry in FLS Pencloe Forest
Received 16 Feb 2026 - Decided26/0017/AMCPP
Discharge of Condtion 2 (Part 1) (Restoration and Aftercare Scheme) for 25/0542/PP (Formation of access track to facilitate BESS development)
Inchbean Farm Treeswoodhead Road Shortlees Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 5LL
Received 17 Feb 2026 - Decided26/0016/AMCPP
Discharge of Conditions (3) (Proposed External Materials), (4) (Proposed Surface and Foul Water Management Arrangement) (5) (Proposed Hard and Soft Landscaping), (7) (Energy Statement/ SAP Calculations), and (9) (External Lighting) of Planning Permission 25/0287/PP (Erection of 3 no. dwellinghouses with associated access, landscaping and drainage, and temporary siting of residential static caravan)
Kerse Park Farm Kerse Park Craigs Road Hollybush East Ayrshire KA6 6HB
Received 4 Feb 2026 - Decided26/0066/PP
Proposed Extension to Existing Clubhouse facilities, change of use of open space to form extended car park and erection of fencing.
Synergy Arena Bonnyton Thistle Fc Harriet Road Townholm Kilmarnock East Ayrshire
Received 18 Feb 2026 - Awaiting decision26/0018/AMCPP
Discharge Conditions (2) Fibre Optic Infrastructure , (3) (Ecologist Survey), (4) (Construction Traffic Management Plan / Dust management Plan), (6) (Remediation Strategy), (7) Low Carbon Technology Energy Statement), (9) (Proposed Roads Details & (11) (Landscaping); of Planning Permission 25/0096/PP (Erection of 49 dwellinghouses and construction of roads, footpaths, car parking and drainage)
Former Yates Yard Craigens Road Cumnock
Received 12 Feb 2026 - Decided26/0067/PP
Siting of shepherds hut and sitooterie / store building
Blackstone Farm Rigg Road Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 3JJ
Received 18 Feb 2026 - Decided26/0004/S36AMC
Submission for approval of Planning Condition 1(a) Borrow Pit 6 of Planning Consent 23/0028/S36VAM) (Restoration scheme for borrow pit 6 used for production of aggregate for access track finishing and concrete batching.)
Open Moorland And Some Small Areas Of Commercial Forestry Within Pencloe Forest Owned By FLS Pencloe Wind Farm
Received 19 Feb 2026 - Decided26/0068/PP
Change of use of agricultural land to Class 11 (assembly and leisure), the erection of 10 lodges and 1 reception building and associated works
Land at Meikle Mosside, Rowallan, Kilmarnock
Received 19 Feb 2026 - Decided26/0069/PP
Change of Use from Storage to Leisure Class 11
Unit 6 77 Ayr Road Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 1EF
Received 19 Feb 2026 - Decided26/0071/PP
Proposed extension to existing football clubhouse to form enlarged changing facilities, and associated alterations.
Auchinleck Football Club Beechwood Park Beechwood Avenue Auchinleck Ayrshire KA18 2AR
Received 19 Feb 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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