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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 dates12,979Searchable applications
197Recorded as pending
94%Approval rate · 11,377 approved or refused records
634Refused applications
10,743 approved · 634 refused · 950 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided26/0167/PP
Construction of new single storey, double classroom building with connecting footpaths and fence line
Onthank Primary School Meiklewood Road Onthank Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 2ES
Received 9 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0168/TP
Lime tree reduction
12 Fishers Grove Stewarton East Ayrshire KA3 3BF
Received 7 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0170/PP
Single storey side extension
2 Castle Drive Beansburn Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 1TN
Received 10 Apr 2026 - Unknown26/0171/PN
Prior Notification for Farm-related Building Works (Non-residential).
Allanton Farm A71 From U6 Newlands To U4 Ladybrow Darvel East Ayrshire KA17 0LY
Received 13 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0172/PP
Proposed single storey rear extension to existing care home
Grange Nursing Home 4 Grange Terrace Grange Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 2JR
Received 13 Apr 2026 - Awaiting decision26/0173/PP
Change of use of dwellinghouse (Class 9) to short term let (Sui Generis)
2 Mauchline Road Catrine East Ayrshire KA5 6QL
Received 13 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0175/PP
Installation of uPVC cladding to front elevation of commercial unit (Class 1A)
77A Townhead Street Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 1LF
Received 15 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0176/PP
Change of use to waste transfer facility (Class 5) in retrospect
Grassyards Farm Grassyards Road New Farm Loch Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 6HZ
Received 15 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0177/PP
Proposed New Dwellinghouse including access, parking and garden
Land Adjacent To Allanton Mill Darvel
Received 15 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0178/PP
Installation of flue on front and extract grilles on side and rear of dwellinghouse
21 Burnock Street Ochiltree East Ayrshire KA18 2NP
Received 15 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0028/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition 3a and 3b (external materials) of planning consent 25/0252/PP (extension).
49 Main Street Dunlop East Ayrshire KA3 4AF
Received 15 Apr 2026 - Awaiting decision26/0001/S36VAR
Consultation under S36c of the Electricity Act 1989 (Variation of Consent 22/0003/S36 to construct a windfarm comprising 12 wind turbines with a maximum blade tip height of up to 180m, and associated infrastructure (variation includes relocation of the approved sub station and BESS compound approximately 1.5KM south-east, adjacent to the consented construction compound)
Knockkippen Wind Farm Near Patna
Received 14 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0180/AD
Advertisement of the following types : Fascia Sign (retrospective)
Rainbow Ink 22 - 24 Bank Street Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 1HA
Received 16 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0029/AMCPP
Discharge of Conditions: (2a)(Roofing Slate), (3a)(Colour cast iron rainwater pipies), (4a) (Details of replacement external doors) of Planning Consent 25/0622/PP The reinstatement of a fire damaged roof, and external fabric repairs to the Old Hall and Vestry areas of Hurlford Church Hall.
12 Main Road Crookedholm East Ayrshire KA3 6JT
Received 15 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0001/AMCLB
Discharge of Conditions 1(a)(natural slates), 2(a)(rainwater pipework), and 3(a)(external and internal doors) of Listed Building Consent 25/0623/LB.
12 Main Road Crookedholm East Ayrshire KA3 6JT
Received 15 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0181/PP
Change the use from Industrial to Class 11 (Assembly and Leisure) (golf training and coaching)
Block 1, Unit 2 1 Bellsland Grove Glencairn Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 4BD
Received 17 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0182/PP
Installation of flue and extract grilles to front of dwellinghouse
19 Burnock Street Ochiltree East Ayrshire KA18 2NP
Received 17 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0183/PPP
Planning Permission in Principle for proposed erection of 2no. dwellinghouses.
Land At Hunterston, Stair, Mauchline
Received 17 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0184/PP
Installation of a galvanised steel roller shutter covering the shopfront window and adjacent doorway in retrospect.
2 Croft Street Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 1JB
Received 17 Apr 2026 - Registered26/0185/PPP
Subdivision of existing plot and erection of dwellinghouse
13 Cutstraw Road Stewarton East Ayrshire KA3 5HX
Received 20 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0014/S36AMC
Discharge of Condition 10 (Parts 1 & 2) (Construction and Environmental Management Plan) of Planning Consent 23/0005/S36
Inchbean Farm Treeswoodhead Road Shortlees Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 5LL
Received 20 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0187/PP
Part change of use from Community Centre (Class 10) to Pharmacy (Class 1A) with associated alterations
Netherthird Community Centre Ryderston Drive Netherthird Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 3AR
Received 20 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0188/AD
Display of advertisement comprising of manifestation to window on shopfront
Netherthird Community Centre Ryderston Drive Netherthird Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 3AR
Received 20 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0189/LDPU
Change of roof materials to an existing house
14 Greenhill Holdings C24 From Bonnyton Road To North Ayrshire Boundary At Plann Bridge Knockentiber East Ayrshire KA2 0DX
Received 21 Apr 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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