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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.
8,852 approved · 383 refused · 545 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Site To East Of 7 The Crescent Skelmorlie Ayrshire
Received 20 Mar 2002Site To East Of Ashcraig North Lodge Shore Road Skelmorlie Ayrshire PA17 5HB
Received 20 Mar 20024 Fosterland Skelmorlie Ayrshire PA17 5BS
Received 20 Mar 2002Ardmhor House Whiting Bay Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8QP
Received 21 Mar 2002Mayfield Farm Mayfield Road Stevenston Ayrshire KA20 4AQ
Received 22 Mar 200218 McMillan Drive Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 8PE
Received 22 Mar 2002Tignacachla Plot 1 Shiskine Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 22 Mar 2002Gailes Golf Centre Gailes Irvine Ayrshire KA11 5AE
Received 25 Mar 2002Site To North Of Newhouse Farm Dalry Ayrshire
Received 25 Mar 200234 Caldwell Road West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9LF
Received 25 Mar 20029 Main Street Dalry Ayrshire KA24 5DL
Received 26 Mar 2002Greenacres 1 Dubbs Road Stevenston Ayrshire
Received 26 Mar 200221 Campsie Avenue Bourtreehill South Irvine Ayrshire KA11 1JF
Received 26 Mar 2002Site To South Of Perceton Mains Middleton Road Irvine Ayrshire
Received 26 Mar 2002Eas Mor Waterfall Kildonan Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 26 Mar 200242B West Road Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8RE
Received 27 Mar 200225 Main Street Dreghorn Irvine Ayrshire KA11 4AQ
Received 27 Mar 200239 Dundonald Road Dreghorn Irvine Ayrshire KA11 4AN
Received 27 Mar 2002Plot 13 North Stoneyholm Stoneyholm Road Kilbirnie Ayrshire
Received 27 Mar 20023 Windlestraw Court Bourtreehill South Irvine Ayrshire KA11 1JT
Received 28 Mar 2002Castlehead Stables Dalry Ayrshire KA24 4LQ
Received 28 Mar 2002North Ayrshire Council Works Department Moorpark Industrial Estate Moorpark Place Stevenston Ayrshire KA20 3JT
Received 27 Mar 2002Robert Wilson & Son Burnhouse Beith Ayrshire KA15 1LF
Received 2 Apr 200232 Gogoside Road Largs Ayrshire KA30 9LX
Received 2 Apr 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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