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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908 approved · 18 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Dyke Farm Symington South Ayrshire KA1 5PN
Received 2 Dec 202516 Queen's Terrace Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 1DU
Received 2 Dec 202523 St Catherines Road Ayr South Ayrshire KA8 0LW
Received 2 Dec 20257 Barns Terrace Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 2DB
Received 3 Dec 20257 Barns Terrace Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 2DB
Received 3 Dec 20259 Thornyflat Crescent Ayr South Ayrshire KA8 0NZ
Received 3 Dec 2025Land At Brunston Wynd Dailly South Ayrshire
Received 3 Dec 2025Coldcothill Cottage Craigie South Ayrshire KA1 5NN
Received 3 Dec 2025Cosses Ballantrae South Ayrshire KA26 0LR
Received 3 Dec 2025151 Lochside Road Ayr South Ayrshire KA8 9LJ
Received 4 Dec 202516 Queen's Terrace Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 1DU
Received 4 Dec 202512 Brandon Gardens Prestwick South Ayrshire KA9 1RY
Received 5 Dec 20252 Whitehall Avenue Prestwick South Ayrshire KA9 1HT
Received 8 Dec 202513 Fergus Way Coylton South Ayrshire KA6 6NY
Received 8 Dec 20253 Regent Park Station Road Prestwick South Ayrshire KA9 1FQ
Received 8 Dec 202513C Main Street Dundonald South Ayrshire KA2 9HF
Received 8 Dec 2025Mossbog Farm Craigie South Ayrshire KA5 5LP
Received 9 Dec 2025Land At Laurel Bank Alloway Road Maybole South Ayrshire
Received 9 Dec 2025Flat 3 30 New Bridge Street Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 1JX
Received 9 Dec 202527 Quail Road Ayr South Ayrshire KA8 8LT
Received 9 Dec 2025Telecommunications Mast A70 From A77t Holmston Roundabout To B744 At Belston Ayr South Ayrshire
Received 9 Dec 2025Dunure House Private Road From Station Road To Dunure House Dunure South Ayrshire
Received 10 Dec 2025Land At Hillhead Coylton South Ayrshire
Received 11 Dec 2025Garden Cottage Newfield Mains Road Dundonald South Ayrshire KA2 9AW
Received 11 Dec 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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