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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 North Ayrshire. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
8,379 approved · 363 refused · 513 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Jan 2000 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
7 Cumbrae Road Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 6HA
Received 12 Oct 200076 Brisbane Road Largs Ayrshire KA30 8NN
Received 11 Oct 2000The Ponds Winton Circus Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 5DA
Received 10 Oct 2000St Palladius Primary School Roche Way Dalry Ayrshire KA24 5DG
Received 17 Oct 2000Former Laundry Building Redheugh House Dipple Road Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 7JX
Received 17 Oct 2000Redheugh Lodge Dipple Road Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 7JX
Received 17 Oct 200084 Gateside Street West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9BB
Received 17 Oct 20009 Douglas Street Largs Ayrshire KA30 8PS
Received 17 Oct 2000St Peters Primary School 24 South Crescent Road Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 8EA
Received 17 Oct 200024 Annick Road Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0JF
Received 17 Oct 2000Perceton B And C Irvine Ayrshire KA11 2AJ
Received 17 Oct 2000Site To West Of Greenhead Farm Stevenston Ayrshire
Received 17 Oct 2000Site To East Of 1-6 Ladeside Terrace Shiskine Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 17 Oct 2000The Royal Bank Of Scotland Plc Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8AP
Received 17 Oct 2000Kilpatrick Kennels Blackwaterfoot Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8EY
Received 17 Oct 2000St Peters Primary School 24 South Crescent Road Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 8EA
Received 18 Oct 20005 Glen Grove Largs Ayrshire KA30 8RA
Received 17 Oct 2000Site To West Of 5B Riverway Riverway Retail Park Irvine Ayrshire
Received 18 Oct 2000Site To West Of Roundabout Riverway Riverway Retail Park Irvine Ayrshire
Received 18 Oct 200041 Churchill Avenue Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 7JN
Received 18 Oct 200030 Knockrivoch Place Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 7PY
Received 18 Oct 200029 Mill Park Dalry Ayrshire KA24 5BB
Received 18 Oct 200050-52 Byres Road Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6JU
Received 19 Oct 2000Laigh Patterton Farm Irvine Ayrshire KA11 2AS
Received 19 Oct 2000Records 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 North 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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