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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.
8,910 approved · 384 refused · 549 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Hill Street Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0DE
Received 9 May 200270-72 Shore Road Skelmorlie Ayrshire PA17 5EG
Received 9 May 2002Lochlibo Inn Lochlibo Road Girdle Toll Irvine Ayrshire
Received 10 May 200212A Braefoot Girdle Toll Irvine Ayrshire KA11 1BY
Received 10 May 2002Letter Farm Hillside Terrace Lamlash Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8ND
Received 10 May 2002Site To East Of St Marks Primary School Berry Drive Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0LJ
Received 13 May 20025 Heronswood Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 7DP
Received 13 May 200233 Main Street Drybridge Irvine Ayrshire KA11 5BY
Received 14 May 200213 New Street Dalry Ayrshire KA24 5AH
Received 14 May 200241 Main Road Gateside Beith Ayrshire KA15 2LF
Received 14 May 2002Clock Tower Lamlash Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8JN
Received 14 May 200247 Monach Gardens Dreghorn Irvine Ayrshire KA11 4EB
Received 15 May 2002Rowallan Whiting Bay Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8PZ
Received 15 May 200266 Victoria Crescent Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8DY
Received 16 May 20028 Spiers Avenue Beith Ayrshire KA15 1JD
Received 16 May 200214 Aitken Street Largs Ayrshire KA30 8AU
Received 16 May 2002The Seafront Largs Ayrshire
Received 16 May 2002Auchenhew Farm Kildonan Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8SG
Received 16 May 2002Site Opposite No 13 West Bay Millport Isle Of Cumbrae KA28 0EZ
Received 16 May 2002The Craw Catacol Lochranza Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8HN
Received 16 May 2002Site To West Of 40-41 Marine Parade Millport Isle Of Cumbrae
Received 16 May 2002Site Opposite No 36 Glasgow Street Millport Isle Of Cumbrae KA28 0DL
Received 16 May 2002Site To East Of 14-18 Kelburn Street Millport Isle Of Cumbrae
Received 16 May 2002Plot 4 Ayr Road Irvine Ayrshire KA11 5AB
Received 17 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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