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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.
8,765 approved · 382 refused · 538 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Geirston Road Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 7LG
Received 19 Dec 2001Cunninghame House Friars Croft Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8EE
Received 20 Dec 2001Allied Distillers Ltd Willowyard Road Beith Ayrshire KA15 1JH
Received 19 Dec 2001Bellevue Farm Sliddery Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8PB
Received 19 Dec 2001162 Glencairn Street Stevenston Ayrshire KA20 3BS
Received 20 Dec 2001Site To North Of Redburn Hotel Kilwinning Road Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8SU
Received 21 Dec 2001Site To North Of Redburn Hotel Kilwinning Road Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8SU
Received 21 Dec 20015 The Paddock Perceton Irvine Ayrshire KA11 2AZ
Received 21 Dec 20013 Smith Street Dalry Ayrshire KA24 5BZ
Received 21 Dec 200152 Woodside Road Beith Ayrshire KA15 2BU
Received 21 Dec 2001Site To North Of Glenisle Sliddery Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 21 Dec 2001Site To West Of Hillhead Farm Shannochie Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8SJ
Received 21 Dec 20019 Hamilton Drive Largs Ayrshire KA30 9NY
Received 21 Dec 200154 Eglinton Street Beith Ayrshire
Received 21 Dec 2001Rock Cottage Corrie Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8JP
Received 21 Dec 2001Electricity Sub-station Meadowhead Road Irvine Ayrshire KA11 5AT
Received 21 Dec 2001Site Adjacent To Bellesdale Avenue Waterside Street Largs Ayrshire KA30 9LR
Received 21 Dec 200167-69 High Street Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0AL
Received 24 Dec 2001Site Adjacent To Marina Area The Harbour Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 8ED
Received 24 Dec 2001Site Adjacent To St. Peter's In Chains South Crescent Road Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 8DU
Received 24 Dec 2001Site To North Of Kirn Point Lochranza Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8JF
Received 24 Dec 2001Alpine Corrie Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8JB
Received 24 Dec 2001W & J Knox Mill Road Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 7DZ
Received 21 Dec 200167-69 High Street Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0AL
Received 9 Jan 2002Records 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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