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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908 approved · 18 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ground Floor 3 Park Terrace Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 2AN
Received 21 Oct 202525 Midton Road Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 2SF
Received 21 Oct 20254 Bowman Warren Wynd Troon South Ayrshire KA10 7NE
Received 23 Oct 202512 Seafield Crescent Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 4AR
Received 23 Oct 202532A Kyle Street Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 1RZ
Received 23 Oct 2025Townend House Townend Drive Symington South Ayrshire KA1 5QL
Received 23 Oct 2025Townend House Townend Drive Symington South Ayrshire KA1 5QL
Received 23 Oct 202532B Charlotte Street Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 1EA
Received 23 Oct 202532C Charlotte Street Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 1EA
Received 23 Oct 202521 Fullarton Crescent Troon South Ayrshire KA10 6LL
Received 23 Oct 20258 Regent Park Station Road Prestwick South Ayrshire KA9 1FQ
Received 24 Oct 2025Second Floor Right 2 Academy Street Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 1HS
Received 24 Oct 2025High Mains Farm Girvan South Ayrshire KA19 8LX
Received 24 Oct 2025Proposed Wind Farm C111 From B7045 Junction Near Cloncaird Castle To C11 Junction At Stepends Maybole South Ayrshire
Received 23 Oct 20259 Crosbie Road Troon South Ayrshire KA10 6HE
Received 27 Oct 202587 South Beach Troon South Ayrshire KA10 6EQ
Received 27 Oct 202535 St Ninian's Road Prestwick South Ayrshire KA9 1SL
Received 28 Oct 202545 Coylebank Prestwick South Ayrshire KA9 2DH
Received 28 Oct 202522 Braemore Wood Troon South Ayrshire KA10 7FN
Received 28 Oct 2025Ayr Racecourse Whitletts Road Ayr South Ayrshire KA8 0JE
Received 28 Oct 20251B Dornoch Park Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 2TH
Received 28 Oct 2025Mossend Farm C110 From Dalrymple Road Kirkmichael To B742 Junction South Of Dalrymple Kirkmichael South Ayrshire KA19 7JX
Received 29 Oct 20255 Queen's Terrace Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 1DU
Received 29 Oct 20255 Queen's Terrace Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 1DU
Received 29 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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