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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.
8,917 approved · 384 refused · 549 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Apr 1999 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Scott Drive Largs Ayrshire KA30 9PA
Received 17 May 200232 Norman Crescent Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8SB
Received 20 May 20029 Penbreck Court Girdle Toll Irvine Ayrshire KA11 1QT
Received 20 May 200231 Ritchie Street West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9AL
Received 17 May 2002Tayvallich Ayr Road Irvine Ayrshire KA11 5AB
Received 20 May 2002Unit 1 113 Glencairn Street Stevenston Ayrshire KA20 3BN
Received 20 May 2002Unit 2 113 Glencairn Street Stevenston Ayrshire KA20 3BN
Received 20 May 2002Lower Flat Red Gables Halketburn Terrace Skelmorlie Ayrshire
Received 20 May 20024 Willow Gardens Stanecastle Irvine Ayrshire KA11 1QY
Received 21 May 200238 Lomond Crescent Beith Ayrshire KA15 2EA
Received 21 May 200223 Ranken Drive Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0QX
Received 22 May 200221 John Street Largs Ayrshire KA30 8HY
Received 22 May 200215 Glen Avenue Largs Ayrshire KA30 8RG
Received 22 May 2002Shewalton Landfill Site Murdoch Place Oldhall West Industrial Estate Irvine Ayrshire
Received 22 May 200226 Castlepark Drive Fairlie Largs Ayrshire KA29 0DF
Received 22 May 2002Site To East Of The Cottage Kings Cross Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 22 May 2002Derelict Property To West Of Hillhead Farm Shannochie Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 22 May 200236 Eglinton Road Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 8NQ
Received 23 May 2002Dambank Cottage Beith Ayrshire KA15 1HU
Received 23 May 2002Breakplough Kerelaw Road Stevenston Ayrshire KA20 4AS
Received 23 May 200219 Springbank Gardens Lawthorn Irvine Ayrshire KA11 2BY
Received 24 May 2002Site To North Of Laigh Gooseloan Kilwinning Ayrshire
Received 24 May 2002Busbie Muir Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 7NU
Received 24 May 200222 Longfield Avenue Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 6DR
Received 24 May 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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