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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908 approved · 18 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Drive Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 3TB
Received 4 Sept 20262 Templeton Crescent Prestwick South Ayrshire KA9 1JA
Received 4 Sept 2026Loch Fergus C74 From B742 North East Of Bowmanston To A70 At Old Toll Ayr South Ayrshire KA6 6ER
Received 7 Sept 202630 Rowallan Crescent Prestwick South Ayrshire KA9 2HE
Received 7 Sept 202641 Seafield Drive Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 4BJ
Received 7 Sept 202623 Alloway Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 4PY
Received 7 Sept 202623 Alloway Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 4PY
Received 7 Sept 202619C Crosbie Road Troon South Ayrshire KA10 6HE
Received 7 Sept 2026Sandyford Foods Mossblown South Ayrshire KA9 2SY
Received 7 Sept 20264 Shanter Way Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 4PF
Received 8 Sept 2026Girvan Distillery Girvan South Ayrshire KA26 9PT
Received 8 Sept 20268 Scaur O' Doon Road Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 4EW
Received 8 Sept 202651 Longhill Avenue Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 4DY
Received 8 Sept 20263 Kyle Street Prestwick South Ayrshire KA9 1PQ
Received 9 Sept 202619 Annbank Road Mossblown South Ayrshire KA6 5BH
Received 9 Sept 202614 Crawford Avenue Prestwick South Ayrshire KA9 2BN
Received 9 Sept 2026Knockormal Hill Lendalfoot South Ayrshire
Received 9 Sept 202621 Grange Avenue Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 4SX
Received 10 Sept 202614 Old Station Wynd Troon South Ayrshire KA10 6RR
Received 11 Sept 20267 St Andrew's Street Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 3AH
Received 14 Sept 202631 Campbell Drive Troon South Ayrshire KA10 6XE
Received 14 Sept 20262 Yorke Road Troon South Ayrshire KA10 6EW
Received 14 Sept 2026Lochton Mill Barrhill South Ayrshire KA26 0QY
Received 14 Sept 202612 Midton Road Ayr South Ayrshire KA7 2SF
Received 14 Sept 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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