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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.
8,580 approved · 374 refused · 525 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Oct 1999 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Main Street Drybridge Irvine Ayrshire KA11 5BY
Received 5 Jul 2001Ex James McFarlane School Campbell Avenue Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 5AF
Received 5 Jul 2001Drummond House Church Place Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 8DS
Received 5 Jul 200111 Mill Park Dalry Ayrshire KA24 5BB
Received 5 Jul 200129 Castlepark Drive Fairlie Largs Ayrshire KA29 0DD
Received 5 Jul 200140 Whyte Avenue Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0EG
Received 9 Jul 2001Killoch Law Brae West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9DD
Received 9 Jul 2001Tignacachla Plot 1 Shiskine Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 9 Jul 2001Site To South Of Birchburn Farm Shiskine Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 9 Jul 200167 High Road Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 5SA
Received 10 Jul 20016 Arranview Gardens Seamill West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9NR
Received 11 Jul 2001St. Bridgets Primary School Hagthorn Avenue Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 6EJ
Received 11 Jul 2001Unit 9 2 Kyle Road Irvine Industrial Estate Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8JF
Received 12 Jul 200180 Loudoun Crescent Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6TS
Received 12 Jul 20017 Kilruskin Drive West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9JA
Received 12 Jul 20015-7 Telford Place South Newmoor Industrial Estate Irvine Ayrshire KA11 4HW
Received 15 May 2001New Electricity Substation Riverside Avenue Riverside Business Park Irvine Ayrshire KA11 5DL
Received 13 Jul 2001119 Greenacres Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 7PR
Received 13 Jul 200116A Eglinton Gardens Skelmorlie Ayrshire PA17 5DW
Received 13 Jul 2001Tarsuin Blackwaterfoot Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8EX
Received 13 Jul 2001Breakough Farm College Street Millport Isle Of Cumbrae KA28 0HF
Received 13 Jul 20011 Iona Court Dreghorn Irvine Ayrshire KA11 4JL
Received 16 Jul 2001Ardrossan Academy Sorbie Road Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 8AR
Received 16 Jul 200144 Main Road Fairlie Largs Ayrshire KA29 0DW
Received 16 Jul 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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