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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.
8,637 approved · 375 refused · 525 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Templars Hall Bank Street Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0AJ
Received 4 Sept 2001Castlepark Nursery School Castlepark Irvine Ayrshire
Received 4 Sept 2001Site To South Of Landfill Site Skelmorlie Castle Road Skelmorlie Ayrshire
Received 4 Sept 2001Hawthorn Quarry, Dyemill Forest Whiting Bay Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 5 Sept 2001First Steps Nursery 216 Bank Street Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0YD
Received 4 Sept 20019 Glen Avenue Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8DQ
Received 4 Sept 2001Unit 1 Station Plaza Townhead Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6NT
Received 6 Sept 200117-21 James Street Dalry Ayrshire
Received 6 Sept 2001Rallies Farm House 27a Raillies Avenue Largs Ayrshire KA30 8QY
Received 6 Sept 2001Irvine Police Office 25 Kilwinning Road Irvine Ayrshire
Received 7 Sept 200122 Dockhead Street Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 5EG
Received 10 Sept 200110 Meadowfoot Road West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9BX
Received 10 Sept 20012 Marine Court Fairlie Largs Ayrshire KA29 0BN
Received 10 Sept 2001Brownmuir Castle Threepwood Road Beith Ayrshire
Received 10 Sept 200120 And 21 Paddockdyke Skelmorlie Ayrshire
Received 10 Sept 2001Site To East Of Drimla Lodge Kildonan Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 10 Sept 2001Bracken Hills Whiting Bay Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8QP
Received 10 Sept 2001Seamill Hydro Hotel 39 Ardrossan Road Seamill West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9ND
Received 11 Sept 2001Site To South Of Faulds Wynd Seamill West Kilbride Ayrshire
Received 11 Sept 200184 Stevenston Road Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6NH
Received 12 Sept 200129 Machrie Place Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6RW
Received 12 Sept 2001U Division 3 School Street Largs Ayrshire KA30 8BB
Received 12 Sept 200132 Marine Parade Millport Isle Of Cumbrae KA28 0EF
Received 12 Sept 2001McDonalds 7 Riverway Riverway Retail Park Irvine Ayrshire
Received 13 Sept 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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