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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.
8,442 approved · 367 refused · 517 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 North Street Dalry Ayrshire
Received 17 Jan 2001Site To South Of 16 James Street Dalry Ayrshire
Received 19 Jan 200116 Gallowgate Street Largs Ayrshire KA30 8LX
Received 19 Jan 2001Irvine Police Station High Street Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0HH
Received 22 Jan 200111 Guildford Street Millport Isle Of Cumbrae KA28 0AE
Received 18 Jan 2001Site To South Of 74 High Street Irvine Ayrshire
Received 19 Jan 2001Site To West Of 78-106 High Street Irvine Ayrshire
Received 19 Jan 2001Site In Front Of 91 High Street Irvine Ayrshire KA12 9BS
Received 19 Jan 2001Site To West Of 144-146 High Street Irvine Ayrshire
Received 19 Jan 2001Site To East Of 173 High Street Irvine Ayrshire
Received 19 Jan 2001Pasturehill Cottage Dalry Ayrshire KA24 4HR
Received 23 Jan 20011 Alford Place Irvine Ayrshire KA11 1RZ
Received 23 Jan 2001McLellan's Cottage Corrie Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8JB
Received 23 Jan 200142 Whyte Avenue Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0EQ
Received 24 Jan 200111 Guildford Street Millport Isle Of Cumbrae KA28 0AE
Received 24 Jan 200131 Hastie Avenue Millport Isle Of Cumbrae KA28 0BT
Received 24 Jan 20018 Burns Street Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8RP
Received 24 Jan 2001Site To North Of Corsehill Terrace Springside Terrace Springside Irvine Ayrshire KA11 3AR
Received 25 Jan 200149 Longcraigs Avenue Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 7PU
Received 26 Jan 2001Road Verge On West Side Paddockholm Road Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 7EQ
Received 26 Jan 2001Unit 69 Third Avenue Heatherhouse Industrial Estate Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8HN
Received 20 Nov 2000Knock House Largs Ayrshire KA30 8SE
Received 29 Jan 2001Woodend Dalry Road Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6PJ
Received 29 Jan 2001Site To North Of 1 Brewster Place Riverside Business Park Irvine Ayrshire
Received 30 Jan 2001Records 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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