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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.
8,680 approved · 376 refused · 535 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2-8 Eglinton Street And 20-32 The Cross Beith Ayrshire KA15 1BS
Received 8 Oct 20012-8 Eglinton Street And 20-32 The Cross Beith Ayrshire KA15 1BS
Received 8 Oct 2001Cumbrae Parish Church Bute Terrace Millport Isle Of Cumbrae KA28 0BA
Received 8 Oct 200129 Margnaheglish Road Lamlash Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8LL
Received 9 Oct 20015B Ballot Road Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0HW
Received 10 Oct 2001Unit 74 East Road Irvine Ayrshire
Received 10 Oct 200193 Princes Street Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 8DQ
Received 10 Oct 200193 Princes Street Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 8DQ
Received 10 Oct 200140 Kerse Avenue Dalry Ayrshire KA24 4DJ
Received 10 Oct 2001Site To West Of 18 The Den Dalry Ayrshire
Received 12 Oct 200137 Innes Park Road Skelmorlie Ayrshire PA17 5BB
Received 10 Oct 2001The Chalets Torbeg Shiskine Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8HE
Received 10 Oct 200112 West Doura Avenue Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 5NR
Received 11 Oct 200112 Blair Road Dalry Ayrshire KA24 4DY
Received 11 Oct 2001Site To North Of Ruanacreag Plot 3 Lochranza Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 10 Oct 2001Site To North Of Ruanacreag Plot 1 Lochranza Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 10 Oct 2001Site To North Of Ruanacreag Plot 2 Lochranza Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 10 Oct 2001Proposed Electricity Sub-station Riverside Avenue Riverside Business Park Irvine Ayrshire KA11 5DL
Received 11 Oct 200112 Bradshaw Street Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 5HR
Received 11 Oct 200125 Marine Parade Millport Isle Of Cumbrae KA28 0EE
Received 11 Oct 2001Landscaped Area The Cross Beith Ayrshire KA15 1BS
Received 12 Oct 200130 Huttonpark Crescent Largs Ayrshire KA30 8QR
Received 12 Oct 200191 Montfode Drive Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 7PH
Received 15 Oct 20012 Meadowbank Road Largs Ayrshire KA30 8HD
Received 15 Oct 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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