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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 dates13,034Searchable applications
197Recorded as pending
94%Approval rate · 11,424 approved or refused records
642Refused applications
10,782 approved · 642 refused · 953 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided26/0021/S36AMC
Discharge of Condition 27 (Part 1) (Environmental Clerk of Works) of Planning Consent 23/0004/S36
Land North Of Kilmarnock South Substation And South Of Braehead
Received 9 Jun 2026 - Registered26/0279/PP
Proposed residential development, with new access, open space, landscaping, tree planting, SUDs & associated works (LDP2 Proposal KM-H4: Standalane)
Land To The West Of Standalane Standalane Kilmaurs East Ayrshire
Received 12 Jun 2026 - Decided26/0280/PP
Proposed single storey rear extension with associated external alterations
Bellisle Cottage Bellisle Farm A719 From B744 To C127 Ashyard Galston East Ayrshire KA1 5JF
Received 12 Jun 2026 - Decided26/0281/PP
Construction of Office (Class 4) for temporary use (10 years) and removal of trees
14 Lugar Street Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 1AB
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Unknown26/0282/PN
Prior Notification for Farm-related Building Works (Non-residential).
Land By Threepwood Farm U55 Threepwood And Cairnhill From C104 At Sornhill To U56 Meikle Carleith Galston East Ayrshire KA4 8ND
Received 16 Jun 2026 - Decided26/0051/AMCPP
Discharge of Conditions 2 and 3 (Installation of Bat Boxes), 6 (Low Carbon Building Values), 8 and 9 (Ground Contamination Report), 10 (Surface Water Management Plan), 12 (Dwellings Finished Floor Levels), 13 Finished Floor Levels to be +98m AOD,15 (Construction Traffic Management Plan, 17 (External Materials), 19 (Fibre Optics),21 (Landscaping), 26 (Site and garden finished floor level), 30 (Driveway Dimensions), and 32(a) (Otter Protection) of Planning Consent 25/0168/PP.
64 Newton Street Catrine East Ayrshire KA5 6RY
Received 16 Jun 2026 - Registered26/0284/PP
Proposed Storage Unit (Class 6).
Proposed Storage Unit Manse Lane Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 1DQ
Received 16 Jun 2026 - Decided26/0285/PP
Change of use of office to form Hot Food Takeaway and installation of external flue.
38 Townhead Street Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 1LD
Received 16 Jun 2026 - Decided26/0286/PP
Erection of a replacement dwelling house
The Old Waterworks, Amlaird Farm, A719 Galston Road End To Waterside, Waterside, East Ayrshire
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Decided26/0052/AMCPP
Discharge of Conditions 2a (Ground Material Method Statement) 3a (Landscaping) and 4a (Fencing) associated with Planning Permission 25/0523/PP
The Beg Allanton Farm Darvel
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Decided26/0290/PP
Installation of an anaerobic digester, combined heat and power (CHP) unit and associated infrastrucure
Darnlaw Farm A76t From C50 Knowe To Templeton Roundabout Auchinleck East Ayrshire KA18 2LX
Received 18 Jun 2026 - Unknown26/0291/PN
Prior Notification for Formation of Private Way (forestry)
NS 39740 10190 location within Patna Forest Block
Received 19 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decision26/0293/PP
Siting of an InPost Parcel Locker (retrospective)
39 Kilmaurs Road Knockentiber East Ayrshire KA2 0DY
Received 19 Jun 2026 - Unknown26/0295/PN
Prior Notification for change of use of agricultural building to dwelling
Loch View Farm Development B742 From A713 To At South Ayrshire Boundary At Snipe Loch Doon Valley East Ayrshire
Received 19 Jun 2026 - Decided26/0296/PP
Proposed change of use of commercial unit (Classes 4, 5 and 6) to Class 1A (Retail) and Class 6 (Storage and Distribution) (in retrospect)
Unit 4 Glenfield Gardens, Glencairn Industrial Estate, Kilmarnock
Received 19 Jun 2026 - Registered26/0298/PP
Proposed holiday cabin to be located on vacant agricultural land
Meadowhead Farm U40 Hareshawmuir From A719 At Hareshaw To Craigens Waterside East Ayrshire KA3 6JJ
Received 22 Jun 2026 - Decided26/0053/AMCPP
Submission for approval of Condition 1(i) parts (a) to (e), updated CEMP informed by completion of SI and GI, of planning permission 24/0052/AMCPP
Knockshinnoch Wind Farm South Of B730 Knockshinnoch Farm Nr Patna
Received 22 Jun 2026 - Registered26/0301/PP
Refurbishment and extension of Doon Campus including partial demolition, construction of a new two-storey extension, upgrading of retained buildings, facade improvements, replacement windows and doors and associated site works including access route improvements and landscaping enhancements to playgrounds and external spaces.
Doon Academy Ayr Road Dalmellington East Ayrshire KA6 7SJ
Received 22 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decision26/0302/PP
Single storey side and link extensions and external alterations to facilitate garage conversion
21 Thomas Howie Drive Dunlop KILMARNOCK KA3 4FA
Received 22 Jun 2026 - Decided26/0303/PP
Change of use on ground floor of middle unit only (number 29) Class 1a to Class 3, installation of new windows, re-opening of former window openings and associated alterations.
25-31 King Street Kilmarnock KA1 1PT
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Decided26/0018/NMV
Alterations to decking from original proposal, omitted with ground level sitting higher than original submission and landscaping updates.
The Stables Craighead Farm U21 Brockwellmuir From A735 To C7 Via C100 Lugton East Ayrshire KA3 4DT
Received 13 May 2026 - Registered26/0305/PP
Improvement works (including replacement memorial) to Sir Alexander Fleming memorial
Sir Alexander Fleming Memorial, Hastings Square, Darvel
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Decided26/0306/PP
Erection of shed for householder storage and new vehicle access on A70.
1 Pottery Cottages A70 At Coalhall To B730 Coalhall East Ayrshire KA6 6ND
Received 24 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decision26/0307/PP
Erection of agricultural shed and associated track, hardstanding, landscaping and fencing
Land Adjacent To B730 B730 From C82 At Schaw To A70 At Coalhall Coalhall East Ayrshire
Received 24 Jun 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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