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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 dates13,011Searchable applications
197Recorded as pending
94%Approval rate · 11,406 approved or refused records
642Refused applications
10,764 approved · 642 refused · 951 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided26/0237/PP
Proposed improvements to an access road and junction, associated landscaping, creation of a temporary haul road, and other associated development
Access Road Serving Braehead Farm, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire
Received 21 May 2026 - Decided26/0238/LDPU
Installation of patio doors and fixed pane window, alteration of exisiting window opening and the closing up of two existing external openings
12 Glebe Road Galston East Ayrshire KA4 8DT
Received 21 May 2026 - Decided26/0041/AMCPP
Application to discharge Conditions 4A (Low Carbon Statement), Condition 5A (Construction Traffic Mangement Plan), 12A (Construction Environment Management Plan) and 13A (Biodiversity) of Planning consent 25/0303/PP
Land At Glasgow Road, Kilmarnock, KA3 6BQ
Received 18 May 2026 - Registered26/0241/PP
Erection of 6 holiday pods and associated access road and parking.
Arranview Holiday Park Grassyards Road New Farm Loch Galston KILMARNOCK
Received 21 May 2026 - Unknown26/0242/PN
Prior Notification for Farm-related Building Works (Non-residential).
Magbiehill Park Farm Dunlop Road Stewarton KA3 3DX
Received 21 May 2026 - Registered26/0243/PP
Erection of two dwellinghouses (Class 9) and formation of two access points and other infrastructure
Vacant Land At MacIntyre Crescent Cumnock Ayrshire
Received 22 May 2026 - Decided26/0245/LDPU
Proposed rear extension, formation of windows and canopy to front elevation
19 Old Rome Drive Moorfield Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 2RU
Received 22 May 2026 - Decided26/0246/PP
Remove and replace roof slates
14 Portland Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 2BS
Received 22 May 2026 - Decided26/0247/LB
Remove and replace roof slates and internal alterations to form open plan office and meeting room
14 Portland Road Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 2BS
Received 22 May 2026 - Decided26/0248/PP
Wet dash render to walls of dwellinghouse conversion, demolition/rebuilding of boundary wall with wet dash render finish
2 Bowling Green Lane Galston East Ayrshire KA4 8AN
Received 22 May 2026 - Decided26/0016/S36AMC
Discharge of planning conditions 15 (Part 1) (Site Investigation and Ground Investigation) and 28 (Part 1) (Community Liaison Group) of Planning Permission 23/0001/S36
Lorg Wind Farm Between Carsphairn (approx 11km To South West) And Sanquhar (approx 12.3km To North East)
Received 25 May 2026 - Decided26/0250/LDEU
Use of land for the siting and residential use of caravan.
Norrelgrove 2 Gilmilnscroft Cottages U730 Glenshamrock North From B705 To C22 Coal Road Auchinleck East Ayrshire KA18 2NA
Received 25 May 2026 - Decided26/0042/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition (5a) (Energy Statement) of Planning Permission 26/0112/PP - Substitution of house types, 8 semi-detached to 6 detached dwellinghouses (plots 3-8)
Land To Rear 9 Truesdale Crescent Drongan East Ayrshire
Received 26 May 2026 - Decided26/0043/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition 9 (Part 1) (Financial Guarantee) of Planning Consent 23/0005/S36
Inchbean Farm Treeswoodhead Road Shortlees Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 5LL
Received 26 May 2026 - Decided26/0045/AMCPP
Discharge of Condition 10 (Part A) (Species Protection Plan) of Planning consent 23/0604/PP.
Land South Of Coylton Substation A70 From B730 To U74 Bardarroch Ochiltree East Ayrshire
Received 26 May 2026 - Decided26/0251/PP
Construction of pitched roof extension (including water tank extension), the installation of a GSHP system, solar panels, replacement render and wallhead flashings, windows, doors and curtilage fencing
1 Meagher Court Barshare Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 1NA
Received 27 May 2026 - Decided26/0252/PP
Proposed single-storey rear extension.
13 Fairlie Avenue Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 1UA
Received 27 May 2026 - Decided26/0254/PP
Removal of garage, proposed 2 storey side extension, single storey rear extension with balcony and porch to front.
3 Drumclog Place Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA3 7UN
Received 29 May 2026 - Decided26/0255/PP
Installation of rooflights to front and rear roofplanes
32 South Hamilton Street Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 2DW
Received 29 May 2026 - Decided26/0256/PP
Proposed single storey front extension with raised decking to the rear
17 Ailsa View Stewarton East Ayrshire KA3 5HF
Received 29 May 2026 - Decided26/0257/PP
Alterations to, and expansion of, existing play area, including levels, drainage, landscaping and all other associated works
Land East Of Draffen House, Draffen Mount, Stewarton
Received 1 Jun 2026 - Registered26/0258/PP
Proposed Single Storey Extension to Rear
3 Middlemas Drive Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 3DZ
Received 1 Jun 2026 - Decided26/0259/LDPU
Erection of single storey rear extension, installation of flue and external alterations
3 Fairlie Avenue Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 1UA
Received 1 Jun 2026 - Decided26/0260/PP
Proposed conversion of existing conservatory to sun lounge
14 Arran View Stewarton East Ayrshire KA3 5EX
Received 1 Jun 2026
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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