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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
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for South Ayrshire. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
908 approved · 18 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Jan 2025 to 25 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 28 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Dalquharran Castle - Ruin C29 From Dailly Road Maybole South Via Ruglen And Wallacetown To B741 Junction North Of Dailly Maybole South Ayrshire KA26 9QJ
Received 7 Apr 202527 Firth Road Troon South Ayrshire KA10 6TF
Received 17 Apr 202520 Rosemount Gardens Prestwick South Ayrshire KA9 2DS
Received 17 Apr 20255 Corsehill Park Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 2UG
Received 22 Apr 202518 Bellesleyhill Road Ayr South Ayrshire KA8 9BL
Received 22 Apr 20258 Beechwood Paddock Loans South Ayrshire KA10 7LX
Received 22 Apr 202512 Ballantine Drive Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 2RG
Received 22 Apr 2025147 Welbeck Crescent Troon South Ayrshire KA10 6AP
Received 22 Apr 2025Advertising Hoarding Station Road Ayr South Ayrshire
Received 23 Apr 2025Victory Park And Pavilion South Park Avenue Girvan South Ayrshire
Received 23 Apr 202544 South Beach Troon South Ayrshire KA10 6EF
Received 23 Apr 202529 - 39 Beresford Terrace Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 2EU
Received 23 Apr 2025Proposed Wind Farm, Knockcronal U4 From C1 Junction Near Craig Via Balbeg And Dalmorton To Palmullan Bridge Straiton South Ayrshire
Received 23 Apr 202569 Beach Road Troon South Ayrshire KA10 6SX
Received 24 Apr 202590 St Meddans Street Troon South Ayrshire KA10 6NW
Received 24 Apr 202524 Fraser Avenue Troon South Ayrshire KA10 6XF
Received 24 Apr 20257 Alloway Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 4PY
Received 24 Apr 20252B Weston Avenue Annbank South Ayrshire KA6 5EG
Received 25 Apr 2025South Townend Main Street Symington South Ayrshire KA1 5QL
Received 28 Apr 202548A Beach Road Troon South Ayrshire KA10 6SU
Received 28 Apr 202529 Main Street Monkton South Ayrshire KA9 2QJ
Received 28 Apr 202522 St Vincent Crescent Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 4QW
Received 29 Apr 2025Glenview Annbank South Ayrshire KA6 5HY
Received 29 Apr 202524 Park Circus Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 2DL
Received 29 Apr 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Scotland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for South 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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