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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.
8,822 approved · 383 refused · 542 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
New Knock Castle Largs Ayrshire KA30 8SE
Received 28 Feb 2002New Knock Castle Largs Ayrshire KA30 8SE
Received 28 Feb 2002217 Glasgow Street Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 8JU
Received 1 Mar 200223A Nelson Street Largs Ayrshire
Received 1 Mar 20021-3 Ayr Road Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8DJ
Received 5 Mar 2002Site To South Of 9-12 Grampian Court Irvine Ayrshire
Received 6 Mar 20023 Centenary Road Riverside Business Park Irvine KA11 5DJ
Received 6 Mar 200236 Barnett Crescent Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 5JP
Received 6 Mar 200229 Greenbank Dalry Ayrshire KA24 5AY
Received 6 Mar 2002Mill Of Beith Beith Ayrshire KA15 2JN
Received 6 Mar 200210 Stakehill Largs Ayrshire KA30 9NQ
Received 6 Mar 2002Site To South Of 44 Meadowfoot Road West Kilbride Ayrshire
Received 6 Mar 2002Plot 20 Westpark Wynd Dalry
Received 6 Mar 2002Site To South Of 7 John Street Largs Ayrshire
Received 6 Mar 2002Glaxosmithkline Shewalton Road Irvine Ayrshire KA11 5AP
Received 7 Mar 2002Home Farm Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 7 Mar 20024 Kyleswell Street Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6BJ
Received 8 Mar 200255 Head Street Beith Ayrshire KA15 2EU
Received 8 Mar 20026 Almswall Road Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6BN
Received 13 Mar 20025 Burnfoot Road Fairlie Largs Ayrshire KA29 0DU
Received 15 Mar 20025 Montgomerie Crescent Fairlie Largs Ayrshire KA29 0EB
Received 15 Mar 200240 Moncur Road Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 7LD
Received 11 Mar 20027 Smith Street Dalry Ayrshire KA24 5BZ
Received 11 Mar 2002Electrical Substation Skelmorlie Castle Road Skelmorlie Ayrshire
Received 11 Mar 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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