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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 dates12,868Searchable applications
197Recorded as pending
94%Approval rate · 11,278 approved or refused records
627Refused applications
10,651 approved · 627 refused · 940 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Unknown26/0072/PN
Prior Notification for Farm-related Building Works (Non-residential).
Low Dallars Farm C53 Treeswoodhead Road To Carnell Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 5JW
Received 19 Feb 2026 - Registered26/0073/PP
Erection of shed for stables/storage and formation of a new access road for private use (Retrospective)
Land To North-West Of Middleyard Cottage B7037 From C76 Lawersbridge To U752 Meikle Carleith Galston East Ayrshire KA4 8NN
Received 19 Feb 2026 - Decided26/0001/S36SCP
Request for Scoping Opinion for Proposed Section 36 Application - Proposed development for 14 turbines with maximum blade tip of up to 200m
Dalfad Wind Farm
Received 13 Feb 2026 - Decided26/0074/TP
Removal of 4no. trees (TPO Reference TPO/5/1988)
16 Kirkton Road Fenwick Ayrshire KA3 6DH
Received 19 Feb 2026 - Decided26/0075/PP
Proposed installation of replacement water supply pipe connecting Holehouse Hillhead & Haggisbank to the public water main.
Holehouse Hillhead B743 From U722 Dykenuek And Blindburn To U79 Brocklar Sorn East Ayrshire KA5 6JF
Received 23 Feb 2026 - Decided26/0019/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition 7 (service management plans) of planning permission 25/0303/PP (Mixed use development including EV Charing facility, Class 3 Food and Drink and Class 1A convenience retail with associated car parking and landscaping)
Land At Glasgow Road Kilmarnock KA3 6BQ
Received 23 Feb 2026 - Decided26/0004/PREAPP
The project will include the refurbishment and extension of the Doon Campus, including improvements to external landscape areas
Doon Academy Ayr Road Dalmellington East Ayrshire KA6 7SJ
Received 20 Feb 2026 - Decided26/0020/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition 11 (Bird Protection Plan) (Part b) for 23/0604/PP (Proposed Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) (planning ref 23/0604/PP)
Land South Of Coylton Substation A70 From B730 To U74 Bardarroch Ochiltree East Ayrshire
Received 23 Feb 2026 - Decided26/0005/NMV
Change of exterior finish from wooden timber cladding to plain white painted sheeting with timber frame
Craufurdland Fishery 6 Craufurdland Estate U65 Crooksmill From B7038 Nr South Craig To C10 Grassyards Kilmarnock East Ayrshire
Received 20 Feb 2026 - Decided26/0077/PP
Proposed single storey rear extension
20 Cotter Drive New Farm Loch Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 7EA
Received 24 Feb 2026 - Decided26/0078/PP
Change of roof finish materials on original dwelling
Fir Tree Lodge 1 Paddock View Nos 1 - 6 Thorntoun Estate Crosshouse East Ayrshire KA2 0BH
Received 24 Feb 2026 - Registered26/0079/PP
Erection of 4 no. dwellinghouses to substitute dwellinghouses approved under Planning Consent 22/0201/PP at Plots 3,4 5 and 6
Mill O Shiel Drongan East Ayrshire KA6 7EF
Received 25 Feb 2026 - Decided26/0082/PP
Installation of two air source heat pumps 22.4kWh external on the rear exterior wall of the building.
Barrhill Community Education Centre Bank Avenue Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 1PQ
Received 26 Feb 2026 - Decided26/0084/PP
Proposed 1.5 storey side and single rear extension.
10 Holmside Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 1AP
Received 26 Feb 2026 - Decided26/0085/PP
Proposed change of use of vacant shop premises to part of dwellinghouse and associated alterations including new window and door
12 Polwarth Street Galston East Ayrshire KA4 8HG
Received 27 Feb 2026 - Decided26/0086/PP
Proposed 39500 bird free range laying facility with litter store, associated meal storage bins, new access and turning facility for artic lorries
220M South West Of Fowler Farm U734 Hillhead And Auchmillan From A76 At Mauchline To B7037 Nr Auchmannoch Bridge Mauchline East Ayrshire KA5 6HB
Received 27 Feb 2026 - Decided26/0087/PP
Proposed single storey extension to the front of detached dwellinghouse
39 East Main Street Darvel East Ayrshire KA17 0HR
Received 27 Feb 2026 - Decided26/0088/PP
Installation of 1No. BT Street Hub Unit and associated advertisement panels on either side of the unit
Footpath Outside 7 Welbeck Street, Kilmarnock KA1 3JN
Received 27 Feb 2026 - Decided26/0089/AD
Two digital 75 inch LCD display screen, one on each side of the Street Hub unit
Footpath Outside 7 Welbeck Street, Kilmarnock KA1 3JN
Received 27 Feb 2026 - Decided26/0092/TP
Species: Mature Beech (Fagus sylvatica) Trees: T001, T002, T003, T005 and T008 - Works Proposed: Full removal to near ground level, including stump grinding where feasible.
Former Glenmuir Engineering Site Barrhill Terrace Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 1PT
Received 2 Mar 2026 - Decided26/0006/NMV
Reposition proposed shed and retain existing shed 1.
Aiket Castle U13 Aiket From Nether Oldhall To Brae Dunlop East Ayrshire KA3 4BP
Received 26 Feb 2026 - Decided26/0021/AMCPP
Discharge of Conditions 4 (Part a) (CTMP), 7 (Part a) (Site Access), 9 (Part a) (CEMP) and 20 (Outline Decommissioning, Restoration and Aftercare Scheme) of Planning Consent 23/0604/PP (BESS)
Land South Of Coylton Substation A70 From B730 To U74 Bardarroch Ochiltree East Ayrshire
Received 3 Mar 2026 - Decided26/0093/LB
Installation of replacement slates, rain water goods, roof felt and re-painting the external walls
1 High Street Dalmellington East Ayrshire KA6 7QU
Received 4 Mar 2026 - Decided26/0094/PP
Extension to Dwelling to form additional accommodation.
2 Watson Street Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 7BY
Received 4 Mar 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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