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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908 approved · 18 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
27 Racecourse Road Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 2TE
Received 16 Jun 2026Coilsholm Farm Mauchline South Ayrshire KA5 5TG
Received 16 Jun 20265 Shawfarm Road Prestwick South Ayrshire KA9 2TR
Received 17 Jun 202614 Crosbie Road Troon South Ayrshire KA10 6HE
Received 17 Jun 202646 Hawthorn Drive Girvan South Ayrshire KA26 0BG
Received 18 Jun 202625 Balgownie Grove Troon South Ayrshire KA10 7NT
Received 18 Jun 2026Curragh Farm A77t From Girvan Road Turnberry To Vicarton Street Girvan Girvan South Ayrshire KA26 9JH
Received 16 Apr 2026Glenburn Bing Fresson Avenue Prestwick South Ayrshire
Received 18 Jun 20262 Turnberry Lodge Road Turnberry South Ayrshire KA26 9LY
Received 19 Jun 2026Proposed Access Road C111 From B7045 Junction Near Cloncaird Castle To C11 Junction At Stepends Maybole South Ayrshire
Received 19 Jun 2026Creggan Bahn Court 2 Seafield Road Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 4AA
Received 19 Jun 2026Dalduff Farm Crosshill South Ayrshire KA19 7PU
Received 22 Jun 202612 Ailsa View Place Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 4NA
Received 22 Jun 2026141A Welbeck Crescent Troon South Ayrshire KA10 6AP
Received 22 Jun 20265 Harbour Street Girvan South Ayrshire KA26 9AJ
Received 23 Jun 20261 Cochrane Place Prestwick South Ayrshire KA9 1PW
Received 23 Jun 2026Vacant Land Adjacent To No 5 Shawfarm Road Prestwick South Ayrshire
Received 22 Jun 202649 Maryborough Road Prestwick South Ayrshire KA9 1SW
Received 24 Jun 2026Corseclays House Ballantrae South Ayrshire KA26 0JX
Received 25 Jun 202675 - 79 Portland Street Troon South Ayrshire KA10 6QN
Received 25 Jun 202639 Charlotte Street Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 1EA
Received 25 Jun 20269 Bathurst Drive Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 4QN
Received 25 Jun 202658 South Beach Troon South Ayrshire KA10 6EG
Received 26 Jun 202635 Miller Road Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 2AX
Received 26 Jun 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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