Planning Services

Welcome to Planning Services

The South Ayrshire Planning Service is here to help you. If you wish further information about the contents of the online planning pages or advice on a specific part of the planning service please contact us.

ePlanning Services

  • ePlanning Scotland - Submit your Planning Application Online
    • The ePlanning Scotland website provides easy to use forms to submit planning applications and appeals online to South Ayrshire Council. It also assists the user in submitting the relevant form, documentation and correct fee. Guidance is available throughout the site to provide assistance.
  • View Planning Applications Online
    • South Ayrshire Council has introduced some new features which will improve your online access to current planning information. You can now view, track and comment on planning applications online and, for applications submitted since May 2009, view documents related to an application. Accessing Planning Applications Online gives help on using this new system. Please be aware that there may be a few days delay from our receiving an application or information and it being made available online.
    • Any comments on a planning application will be published on our website - refer to our privacy policy specific to the electronic handling of planning applications for advice and guidance on this and how we will handle your personal information.
    • Please note that, once the period for a challenge to a decision has passed and the application has been finally disposed of, the application will no longer be published on these web pages. This is to meet the requirements of the Data Protection Act.
  • Index Map of all Planning Applications since 1987
    • An index map displaying the historic record of applications back to 1987 providing general, non-personal information about planning applications.

Planning Development

The main functions of Planning Development are:

  • Planning Applications;
  • Listed Building Applications;
  • Conservation Areas;
  • Advertisement Consent Application;
  • All appeals relative to the above categories;
  • Providing Screening Opinions for Environmental Assessments;
  • Investigation of potential breaches of planning control;
  • Hazardous Substance Consents;
  • Mineral Consents;
  • Non Material Variations;
  • Provision of Property Information;
  • Development Monitoring;
  • Development Data Collection;
  • Farm and Forestry Notifications;
  • Providing pre-application planning advice; and
  • Telecommunication Industry Notifications.

Local Planning Services

The main functions of Local Planning are:

  • Affordable Housing in new housing development
  • Policy advice on implementation
  • preparation of statutory development plans, most particularly the South Ayrshire Local Plan;
  • contributing to preparation of the Ayrshire Joint Structure Plan;
  • preparation and review of planning policy;
  • preparation of master plans and development briefs;
  • collection, analysis and presentation of demographic and other land use information including census 2001;