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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.
8,485 approved · 371 refused · 519 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
XS Clothing Lamont Drive Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8HD
Received 2 Apr 200116 Maxwood Place Girdle Toll Irvine Ayrshire KA11 1QG
Received 2 Apr 2001Plots 1 And 7, Phase 2 Hazeldene Park Kilwinning Ayrshire
Received 2 Apr 200133 Brisbane Road Largs Ayrshire KA30 8LH
Received 2 Apr 200184 Greenock Road Largs Ayrshire KA30 8PF
Received 2 Apr 200110 Seton Terrace Skelmorlie Ayrshire PA17 5AX
Received 2 Apr 20017B Seton Terrace Skelmorlie Ayrshire PA17 5AX
Received 3 Apr 200131 Nelson Street Largs Ayrshire KA30 8LN
Received 3 Apr 2001Site In Front Of 73-75 High Street Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0AL
Received 4 Apr 200110 Highet Gardens Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8RQ
Received 4 Apr 2001Electicity Sub-station Symington Place Riverside Business Park Irvine
Received 4 Apr 20015 Ladyacre Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 7DW
Received 4 Apr 200125 Abbot's Walk Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6BG
Received 5 Apr 200143 Sharphill Road Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 5NW
Received 5 Apr 200114 Station Road Stevenston Ayrshire KA20 3NL
Received 6 Apr 20018 Marine Court Fairlie Largs Ayrshire KA29 0BN
Received 6 Apr 2001140 High Road Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 5QR
Received 6 Apr 200120 Pencil View Largs Ayrshire KA30 8JZ
Received 6 Apr 2001Site To West Of Ashbank Lochranza Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8HJ
Received 6 Apr 20018 Skelmorlie Castle Road Skelmorlie Ayrshire PA17 5AQ
Received 9 Apr 2001Flat 20 Bank Street Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0AD
Received 9 Apr 200148 Central Avenue Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 6JP
Received 9 Apr 2001Site To South Of The Royal Bank Of Scotland Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 9 Apr 2001Site To Rear Of Ceol-Na-Mara Lamlash Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8LD
Received 9 Apr 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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