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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908 approved · 18 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Lawhill Cottage Isle Of Pin Road Troon South Ayrshire KA10 7ES
Received 25 Sept 2025Municipal Buildings South Beach Troon South Ayrshire KA10 6EF
Received 26 Sept 20251 Woodlands Street Prestwick South Ayrshire KA9 1RE
Received 26 Sept 20256 Southpark Road Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 2TL
Received 29 Sept 20258 Darley Crescent Troon South Ayrshire KA10 6JH
Received 29 Sept 20251B Dornoch Park Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 2TH
Received 29 Sept 2025Proposed Met Mast, Knockodhar Site 2 B734 From A714 Junction At Pinmore Bridge To Barr Pinmore South Ayrshire
Received 30 Sept 2025Quarry Cottage Kilmarnock South Ayrshire KA1 5NX
Received 30 Sept 2025Site On E Side Croft Street Tarbolton South Ayrshire
Received 30 Sept 20253 Greenfield Avenue Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 4NW
Received 2 Oct 202536 Abbots Way Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 4HJ
Received 2 Oct 202524 Racecourse Road Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 2UU
Received 2 Oct 202578 South Beach Troon South Ayrshire KA10 6EG
Received 2 Oct 202595D Templehill Troon South Ayrshire KA10 6BQ
Received 2 Oct 202538 King Street Crosshill South Ayrshire KA19 7RE
Received 3 Oct 2025200 Dalrymple Street Girvan South Ayrshire KA26 9BQ
Received 3 Oct 20256 Queen's Drive Troon South Ayrshire KA10 6SE
Received 3 Oct 2025Firth View Cottages Dunure Road Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 4LA
Received 6 Oct 2025Municipal Buildings South Beach Troon South Ayrshire KA10 6EF
Received 7 Oct 202516 Baird Road Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 4PN
Received 7 Oct 20258 Cherry Hill Road Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 4TE
Received 8 Oct 202513D Harbour Road Troon South Ayrshire KA10 6DE
Received 8 Oct 20251 Northfield Place Ayr South Ayrshire KA8 9AP
Received 8 Oct 2025Hosiery Park And Pavilion Brodie Avenue Troon South Ayrshire
Received 9 Oct 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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