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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.
8,792 approved · 383 refused · 542 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Loanhead Quarry Beith Ayrshire KA15 2JN
Received 11 Feb 200248 Clark Drive Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0LE
Received 12 Feb 200228 Roebank Road Beith Ayrshire KA15 2DY
Received 12 Feb 2002Site To East Of 99 Skelmorlie Castle Road Skelmorlie Ayrshire PA17 5AL
Received 12 Feb 2002Site Of Dreghorn And Perceton Parish Church Main Street Dreghorn Irvine Ayrshire KA11 4EE
Received 13 Feb 200250-52 Byres Road Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6JU
Received 13 Feb 2002Mudhook/Village Inn Public House Bay Street Fairlie Largs Ayrshire KA29 0AL
Received 14 Feb 2002Plot 1 47 Almswall Road Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6BS
Received 14 Feb 2002Mudhook/Village Inn Public House Bay Street Fairlie Largs Ayrshire KA29 0AL
Received 14 Feb 200252 Dundonald Road Dreghorn Irvine Ayrshire KA11 4DA
Received 15 Feb 200278 Main Street Largs Ayrshire KA30 8AL
Received 15 Feb 2002Seven Acres Mill Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 7RG
Received 18 Feb 2002Burnhouse Manor Hotel Barrmill Road Burnhouse Beith Ayrshire KA15 1LG
Received 18 Feb 200257-59 Main Street West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9AW
Received 18 Feb 2002Electricity Substation Bay Street Fairlie Largs Ayrshire KA29 0AL
Received 18 Feb 2002Meikle Ittington Farm Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 7NX
Received 19 Feb 2002Site To North And East Of 15 Thirdpart Holdings West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9QD
Received 19 Feb 200230-32 Stanlane Place Largs Ayrshire KA30 8DA
Received 19 Feb 2002112A Main Street Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6AA
Received 20 Feb 20023 Townhead Beith Ayrshire KA15 1DY
Received 20 Feb 2002Ach-Na-Darach Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8DP
Received 20 Feb 2002Glaxosmithkline Shewalton Road Irvine Ayrshire KA11 5AP
Received 21 Feb 200224 Castle Grove Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 6AW
Received 21 Feb 2002109 Main Street West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9AR
Received 21 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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