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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.
8,589 approved · 374 refused · 525 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 4 Station Plaza Townhead Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6NT
Received 12 Jul 2001Kames Antiques & Jewellery Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8AJ
Received 16 Jul 200111-17 Fullarton Place Stevenston Ayrshire
Received 16 Jul 200119 Paddockdyke Skelmorlie Ayrshire PA17 5DA
Received 16 Jul 200182 Moorburn Road Largs Ayrshire KA30 9DE
Received 17 Jul 2001106 Bank Street Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0NF
Received 17 Jul 2001Eildon Bridgend Lane Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 7JB
Received 17 Jul 20014 East Castle Avenue Largs Ayrshire KA30 8JU
Received 17 Jul 2001Site To East Of 7 The Crescent Skelmorlie Ayrshire
Received 17 Jul 2001Shewalton Lodge Ayr Road Irvine Ayrshire KA11 5AB
Received 18 Jul 2001Unit 4 Station Plaza Townhead Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6NT
Received 12 Jul 2001Vikingar Greenock Road Largs Ayrshire
Received 19 Jul 20012 St Andrews Way Irvine Ayrshire KA11 4DJ
Received 19 Jul 200143 Eastern Crescent Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 6JJ
Received 19 Jul 2001St Peters Primary School 24 South Crescent Road Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 8EA
Received 18 Jul 2001St Peters Primary School 24 South Crescent Road Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 8EA
Received 17 Jul 2001Rockware Glass "A" Substation Portland Road Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8JE
Received 20 Jul 2001Co-Operative Retail Services Ltd Medine Avenue Beith Ayrshire KA15 2DJ
Received 20 Jul 200129 Cairngorm Court Irvine Ayrshire KA11 1PN
Received 24 Jul 200115 South Crescent Road Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 8EA
Received 24 Jul 2001Fairlie Bowling Club And Site To North Main Road Fairlie Largs Ayrshire KA29 0AS
Received 24 Jul 2001Ground Floor Right 18 Ferry Road Millport Isle Of Cumbrae KA28 0DZ
Received 25 Jul 20019 Dornoch Court Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6QN
Received 25 Jul 200116 Riverway Riverway Retail Park Irvine Ayrshire
Received 25 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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