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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.
8,644 approved · 375 refused · 525 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
McDonalds 7 Riverway Riverway Retail Park Irvine Ayrshire
Received 13 Sept 2001119 Greenacres Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 7PR
Received 13 Sept 200120 Auchanshangan Drive Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 6DS
Received 13 Sept 20019 Mount Stuart Road Largs Ayrshire KA30 9ES
Received 13 Sept 20016 Dykesfield Place Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 6DB
Received 14 Sept 2001Gailes Golf Centre Gailes Irvine Ayrshire KA11 5AE
Received 18 Sept 20011 Chapelton Drive Largs Ayrshire KA30 8RD
Received 18 Sept 2001Braemoor Holiday Village Torranyard Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 7RD
Received 19 Sept 20013 Burnfoot Lane Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 8NY
Received 19 Sept 200149 Fullerton Drive Seamill West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9HT
Received 19 Sept 200114B Mill Park Dalry Ayrshire KA24 5BB
Received 19 Sept 200113 Bankside Gardens Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 7JA
Received 19 Sept 2001Law Hill Transmitting Station West Kilbride Ayrshire
Received 19 Sept 20018 Danefield Avenue Largs Ayrshire KA30 8RU
Received 19 Sept 2001Site To West Of Balmichael Visitors Centre Shiskine Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 19 Sept 200118 Eglinton Street Beith Ayrshire KA15 1AQ
Received 20 Sept 200120 Woodhill Crescent Girdle Toll Irvine Ayrshire KA11 1QU
Received 25 Sept 20011 Campbell Place Dreghorn Irvine Ayrshire KA11 4HD
Received 25 Sept 200152-54 Dundonald Road Dreghorn Irvine Ayrshire KA11 4AW
Received 25 Sept 200119 Darmule Drive Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6UR
Received 25 Sept 200120 Roebank Road Beith Ayrshire KA15 2DX
Received 25 Sept 2001Seamill Hydro Hotel 39 Ardrossan Road Seamill West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9ND
Received 25 Sept 200134 Kilruskin Drive West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9JA
Received 25 Sept 200135-37 Main Street Largs Ayrshire KA30 8AF
Received 25 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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