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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908 approved · 18 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Attiquin Farm Maybole South Ayrshire KA19 7PD
Received 7 May 2026Land Adjacent To Plewlands Farm C92 From B730 Junction Near Caldrongill To C8 Jucntion East Of Plewlands Craigie South Ayrshire
Received 7 May 2026Land At Ayr Racecourse Whitletts Road Ayr South Ayrshire
Received 8 May 202622 Barrhill Road Pinwherry South Ayrshire KA26 0QE
Received 8 May 202643 Greenfield Avenue Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 4NR
Received 11 May 202610 Sandgate Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 1BH
Received 11 May 2026Auchenkyle Southwood Road Troon South Ayrshire KA10 7EL
Received 11 May 2026Auchenkyle Southwood Road Troon South Ayrshire KA10 7EL
Received 11 May 2026Tullisland Old Loans Road Dundonald South Ayrshire KA2 9DB
Received 12 May 20263A Victoria Park Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 2TR
Received 12 May 20263A Victoria Park Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 2TR
Received 12 May 202629 Ballantine Drive Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 2RG
Received 12 May 202635 Main Road Kirkoswald South Ayrshire KA19 8HY
Received 14 May 202635 Main Road Kirkoswald South Ayrshire KA19 8HY
Received 14 May 20267 Wellington Square Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 1EN
Received 15 May 20267 Wellington Square Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 1EN
Received 15 May 2026Danmar Cottage Dunduff Farm Dunure South Ayrshire KA7 4LH
Received 15 May 20268A Montgomerie Terrace Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 1JL
Received 18 May 20263 Fisherton Avenue Dunure South Ayrshire KA7 4LJ
Received 18 May 2026Lomond Kerrix Road Symington South Ayrshire KA1 5FJ
Received 18 May 2026Oakfield House Tarbolton South Ayrshire KA5 5NX
Received 19 May 202617 Fullarton Crescent Troon South Ayrshire KA10 6LL
Received 19 May 20264 Garden Place Troon South Ayrshire KA10 6BT
Received 19 May 20267 Seafield Drive Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 4BE
Received 19 May 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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