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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.
8,930 approved · 386 refused · 550 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
51B Vennal Street Dalry Ayrshire KA24 4AG
Received 4 Jun 200232 Eglinton Street Beith Ayrshire KA15 1AQ
Received 4 Jun 200232 Eglinton Street Beith Ayrshire KA15 1AQ
Received 4 Jun 2002Dye Mill Cottage Lamlash Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8NU
Received 4 Jun 2002131 Hunter Drive Irvine Ayrshire KA12 9BS
Received 5 Jun 20029B Rosebank Gardens Lawthorn Irvine Ayrshire KA11 2DL
Received 6 Jun 20025 Rowanside Terrace Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 7LL
Received 6 Jun 200235 Chapelton Way Largs Ayrshire KA30 8RF
Received 6 Jun 200299 Sillars Meadow Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0LD
Received 6 Jun 2002Site To South Of Threadmill Blair Road Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 7QH
Received 6 Jun 2002Site To West Of 49 Ardrossan Road Saltcoats Ayrshire
Received 6 Jun 2002Former Hessilhead School Beith Ayrshire KA15 1HU
Received 6 Jun 2002Anvil Cottage Pirnmill Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8HP
Received 6 Jun 2002131 Sillars Meadow Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0LZ
Received 7 Jun 2002Co-Operative Retail Services Ltd Medine Avenue Beith Ayrshire KA15 2DJ
Received 7 Jun 20026 Nelson Road Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 5RF
Received 7 Jun 20024 And 5 Glen Avenue Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 7 Jun 200225 Bank Street Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0AD
Received 7 Jun 200225 Bank Street Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0AD
Received 10 Jun 200216 Riverway Riverway Retail Park Irvine Ayrshire
Received 10 Jun 200214A Mill Park Dalry Ayrshire KA24 5BB
Received 10 Jun 200215A Mill Park Dalry Ayrshire KA24 5BB
Received 10 Jun 200219 Mill Park Dalry Ayrshire KA24 5BB
Received 10 Jun 20029 Bowfield Road West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9LB
Received 10 Jun 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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