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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.
8,785 approved · 382 refused · 541 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Weir Place Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 7EL
Received 31 Jan 200254-58 Main Street Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 7BY
Received 31 Jan 200235 Braeside Avenue Largs Ayrshire KA30 8HE
Received 31 Jan 20024 Bay Street Fairlie Largs Ayrshire KA29 0AL
Received 28 Jan 2002Flat 1 Elmbank House 112 Greenock Road Largs Ayrshire KA30 8PF
Received 28 Jan 2002Bellevue Farm Blackwaterfoot Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8EX
Received 4 Feb 200217-19 Main Street Largs Ayrshire KA30 8AA
Received 1 Feb 2002Largs Chandlers Largs Yacht Haven Irvine Road Largs Ayrshire KA30 8EZ
Received 4 Feb 200221 Balloch Crescent Millport Isle Of Cumbrae KA28 0BY
Received 5 Feb 20028 Lovat Street Largs Ayrshire KA30 9NE
Received 5 Feb 200216 Bankhouse Avenue Largs Ayrshire KA30 9PF
Received 5 Feb 2002Telephone Exchange Bourtreehill South Irvine Ayrshire KA11 1JA
Received 5 Feb 20029 Barrie Terrace Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 8AY
Received 6 Feb 2002Woodlands Primary School Woodlands Avenue Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0PU
Received 5 Feb 20027 Sommerville Drive Stevenston Ayrshire KA20 3PA
Received 6 Feb 200281 Canal Street Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 5JB
Received 6 Feb 20023 Herriot Avenue Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 7HZ
Received 7 Feb 2002Upper Floor Right 7 Weston Terrace West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9JX
Received 7 Feb 200252 Kirkton Avenue West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9DY
Received 8 Feb 200220 Queens Court Irvine KA12 0HJ
Received 11 Feb 2002Dungoyne Lamlash Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8JN
Received 11 Feb 2002Braemoor Holiday Village Torranyard Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 7RD
Received 8 Feb 2002High Armsheugh Irvine Ayrshire KA11 2AW
Received 11 Feb 2002Johnston Castings & Engineering Ltd Drakemyre Dalry Ayrshire KA24 5JL
Received 11 Feb 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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