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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908 approved · 18 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
24 Hawthorn Place Troon South Ayrshire KA10 6QQ
Received 4 Mar 202628 Willow Park Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 3TF
Received 5 Mar 20268 Auchenbeg Crescent Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 4TF
Received 5 Mar 2026Cloverhill Farm Ayr South Ayrshire KA6 6LP
Received 3 Mar 20267 Springvale Park Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 2SJ
Received 6 Mar 202618 Ballantine Drive Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 2RG
Received 9 Mar 2026Flat 4 25 Links Road Prestwick South Ayrshire KA9 1QG
Received 9 Mar 202630 Waggon Road Ayr South Ayrshire KA8 8BA
Received 9 Mar 202633 Greenan Way Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 4EJ
Received 10 Mar 202619 Seabank Road Prestwick South Ayrshire KA9 1QS
Received 10 Mar 202648 Hayhill Ayr South Ayrshire KA8 0SL
Received 11 Mar 202629 Spey Road Troon South Ayrshire KA10 7DP
Received 11 Mar 202669 Beach Road Troon South Ayrshire KA10 6SX
Received 11 Mar 202680 Doonfoot Road Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 4DP
Received 12 Mar 202612 Corrie Place Troon South Ayrshire KA10 6TZ
Received 12 Mar 20268C New Bridge Street Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 1JX
Received 12 Mar 202684 Ayr Road Prestwick South Ayrshire KA9 1RR
Received 13 Mar 20262 Coranbae Place Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 4JB
Received 16 Mar 202686 Midton Road Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 2TP
Received 16 Mar 2026Craigallian Dunure Road Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 4LA
Received 16 Mar 202624 Arrol Drive Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 4AQ
Received 16 Mar 2026Flat A 31 South Harbour Street Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 1JA
Received 17 Mar 2026Maidens Bowling Club Harbour Road Maidens South Ayrshire KA26 9NR
Received 18 Mar 20261 Rowanbank Road Prestwick South Ayrshire KA9 1DP
Received 18 Mar 2026Records 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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