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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.
8,938 approved · 386 refused · 550 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
27 Simson Avenue West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9DR
Received 10 Jun 200212 The Glebe Dreghorn Irvine Ayrshire KA11 4DA
Received 11 Jun 2002Site To South Of Campbell Park Blakely Road Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 5JQ
Received 11 Jun 200210-14 Nineyard Street Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 5HT
Received 10 Jun 20027 Braefoot Girdle Toll Irvine Ayrshire KA11 1BY
Received 12 Jun 200210-14 Nineyard Street Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 5HT
Received 12 Jun 20026 Pathfoot Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 7NG
Received 12 Jun 20029 Thornhouse Avenue Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0LS
Received 13 Jun 20029 Balgray Way Girdle Toll Irvine Ayrshire KA11 1RP
Received 13 Jun 2002Cleansing Department 2 Byrehill Drive West Byrehill Industrial Estate Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6HN
Received 10 Jun 20025 Gullane Place Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6TR
Received 14 Jun 2002Plot 3 47 Almswall Road Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6BS
Received 14 Jun 200223 Kilruskin Drive West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9JA
Received 14 Jun 2002Granite House Blackwaterfoot Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8EY
Received 14 Jun 200238 Roebank Road Beith Ayrshire KA15 2DY
Received 17 Jun 20025 Thorntree Avenue Beith Ayrshire KA15 2ED
Received 17 Jun 200268 Victoria Crescent Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8DY
Received 18 Jun 2002Site To West Of Maxi Haulage Redburn Estate Kilwinning Road Irvine Ayrshire
Received 18 Jun 2002Site To West Of TA Centre Corsehill Mount Road Dreghorn Irvine Ayrshire
Received 17 Jun 200218 Moncur Court Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6UP
Received 17 Jun 20021 McLuckie Drive Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6DL
Received 17 Jun 200213 Fullerton Drive Seamill West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9HS
Received 17 Jun 2002Site To North Of Summerlea Road Seamill West Kilbride Ayrshire
Received 17 Jun 2002St Moliose Church Shiskine Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 17 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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