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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.
8,403 approved · 364 refused · 513 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
98 Brisbane Road Largs Ayrshire KA30 8NN
Received 6 Nov 20006 Waterside Street Largs Ayrshire KA30 9LN
Received 6 Nov 200020 Ochil Court Irvine Ayrshire KA11 1PJ
Received 6 Nov 200048 Underwood Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 7HS
Received 7 Nov 2000Unit 68 Third Avenue Heatherhouse Industrial Estate Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8LT
Received 7 Nov 200031 Springvale Street Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 5LP
Received 7 Nov 200017 Dockhead Street Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 5ED
Received 8 Nov 2000Site To West Of 24 Overton Drive West Kilbride Ayrshire
Received 8 Nov 20009 Riverway Riverway Retail Park Irvine Ayrshire
Received 9 Nov 200063D High Road Stevenston Ayrshire KA20 3DX
Received 9 Nov 2000Star Inn Centre Parkend Road Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 5PL
Received 9 Nov 2000Lyndhurst Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8AJ
Received 8 Nov 2000Former Douglas Bar Alma Road Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 10 Nov 2000Former Douglas Bar Alma Road Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 10 Nov 200018 Sharphill Road Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 5NP
Received 13 Nov 2000Coldstream Mill Beith Ayrshire KA15 2LP
Received 10 Nov 2000Perceton A Irvine Ayrshire
Received 10 Nov 200077 Woodhill Crescent Girdle Toll Irvine Ayrshire KA11 1QR
Received 15 Nov 200017 Nelson Street Largs Ayrshire KA30 8LN
Received 15 Nov 200041 Underwood Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 7HS
Received 17 Nov 200010-14 Nineyard Street Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 5HT
Received 17 Nov 20002A Smith Avenue Irvine Ayrshire KA12 9JP
Received 20 Nov 20009 East Road Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0BP
Received 20 Nov 200010-14 Nineyard Street Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 5HT
Received 20 Nov 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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