RSPB Airds Moss Nature Reserve East Ayrshire KA18 3NA Approximately 7km SW Of Muirkirk Data via plota.co.uk
26/0222/PP - Planning Permission
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Proposal
Wetland habitat creation works (extension to existing wetland area) Data via plota.co.uk
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Received
12 May 2026
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Consultation
27 May 2026
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Approved
16 Jul 2026
Approved on 16 Jul 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 17 Jul 2026
Documents 5
Decision & officer reports 1
Plans & drawings 2
Application forms 1
Other documents 1
Site constraints 2
Special area of conservation about 231 m away: Airds Moss
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Also on the record
SSSI about 231 m away: Muirkirk Uplands.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site
Checked on 11 September 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
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Important details
- Council
- East Ayrshire
- Application type
- Planning Permission
- Postcode
- KA18 3NA
- Received
- 12 May 2026
- Validated
- 12 May 2026
- Ward
- Ballochmyle
- Parish
- Lugar And Logan
- Case officer
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- Target decision
- 11 Jul 2026
- Decision
- Approved with Conditions
- Decision date
- 16 Jul 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated
- Applicant
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- Agent
- Timothy Lill
How this decision compares
Decided in 65 days from validation, 8 days slower than East Ayrshire's median of 57 for full applications. Approved, as 96% of full applications here are.
This one65d
Council57d
UK56d
50%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
174decided in the last year
Plota live figures for full applications decided by East Ayrshire in the last twelve months, from validation. East Ayrshire decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- 100753156-001
- Neighbours
- 28 May 2026
- Consultation
- 27 May 2026
- Comments by
- 10 Jun 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
22 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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Nearby activity
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RSPB Airds Moss Nature Reserve, Ayrshire; Postcode (not a postal address): KA18 3NA. Approximately 7km SW of Muirkirk.
Wetland habitat creation works
2021
Approved
Powharnal Opencast Grasswater Opencast Coal Site Access Road Cronberry Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 3NA
Discharge of planning obligation (restoration guarantee) of Section 75 Agreement of Plann…
2022
Approved
Powharnal Opencast Grasswater Opencast Coal Site Access Road Cronberry Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 3NA
Discharge of Condition No. 28A (Aftercare Scheme) of Planning Consent 17/0149/PP
2021
Approved
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Siting of temporary storage container
2018
Approved
Powharnal Opencast Grasswater Opencast Coal Site Access Road Cronberry Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 3NA
Discharge of Condition 16A (Water Enviroment Monitoring Plan) of Planning Consent 17/1053…
2019
Approved
Powharnal Opencast Grasswater Opencast Coal Site Access Road Cronberry Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 3NA
Discharge of Condition 41 (Bridge Crossing Details) of Planning Application 17/0149/PP
2019
Approved
Powharnal Opencast Grasswater Opencast Coal Site Access Road Cronberry Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 3NA
Discharge of Condition 20 (Burn Details) of Planning Application 17/0149/PP
2018
Approved
Powharnal Opencast Grasswater Opencast Coal Site Access Road Cronberry Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 3NA
Discharge of Condition 37 (Lighting plan) of Planning Consent 17/1053/PP.
2018
Approved
Powharnal Opencast Grasswater Opencast Coal Site Access Road Cronberry Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 3NA
Discharge of Condition 18 (Ecological Clerk of Works) of Planning Consent 17/1053/PP.
2018
Approved
Powharnal Opencast Grasswater Opencast Coal Site Access Road Cronberry Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 3NA
Discharge of Conditions 1 ,13 & 15 (Materials Management Plan) of Planning Consent 17/105…
2018
Approved
Powharnal Opencast Grasswater Opencast Coal Site Access Road Cronberry Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 3NA
Discharge of Condition 22 (seed mixes) of Planning Consent 17/1053/PP.
2018
Approved
Powharnal Opencast Grasswater Opencast Coal Site Access Road Cronberry Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 3NA
Discharge of Condition 23 (Invasive species control) of Planning Consent 17/1053/PP.
2017
Approved
Dalfad Surface Coal Mine C/o Powharnal Surface Coal Mine Skew Bridge Cronberry Cumnock KA18 3NA
To remove from the ambit of the planning obligation, the area shown outlined in red and c…
2018
Approved
Powharnal Opencast Grasswater Opencast Coal Site Access Road Cronberry Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 3NA
Discharge of Condition 31 (Dust Monitoring) of Planning Consent 17/1053/PP.
2018
Approved
Powharnal Opencast Grasswater Opencast Coal Site Access Road Cronberry Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 3NA
Discharge Condition 34 (Noise Monitoring) of Planning Consent 17/1053/PP.
2018
Approved
Powharnal Opencast Grasswater Opencast Coal Site Access Road Cronberry Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 3NA
Information Submitted to Comply with On-Going Condition 25 (Bird Survey) of Planning Cons…
2017
Approved
Powharnal Opencast Grasswater Opencast Coal Site Access Road Cronberry Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 3NA
Application under Section 42 to remove Condition 45 of Planning Permission reference 17/0…
2017
Approved
Powharnal Opencast Grasswater Opencast Coal Site Access Road Cronberry Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 3NA
Restoration of former Powharnal Surface Mine by Muirkirk, including nature conservation…
2016
Approved
Powharnal Opencast Grasswater Opencast Coal Site Access Road Cronberry Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 3NA
Scoping request for restoration of Powharnal surface mine
2016
Approved
Powharnal Opencast Grasswater Opencast Coal Site Access Road Cronberry Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 3NA
Screening request for proposed restoration of Powharnal surface mine
2016
Approved
Powharnal Opencast Grasswater Opencast Coal Site Access Road Cronberry Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 3NA
Alternative restoration and after use strategy
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