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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.
8,991 approved · 392 refused · 553 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Limekiln Cottage Limekiln Road Stevenston Ayrshire KA20 3LE
Received 23 Jul 200237 Longcraigs Avenue Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 7PU
Received 23 Jul 20021 Aitken Street Largs Ayrshire KA30 8AT
Received 23 Jul 200217 Lochlibo Court Girdle Toll Irvine Ayrshire KA11 1RE
Received 24 Jul 200216 Norman Crescent Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8SB
Received 24 Jul 200264 Netherlee Crescent Dalry Ayrshire KA24 5HF
Received 24 Jul 200213 Lammermuir Court Bourtreehill South Irvine Ayrshire KA11 1JW
Received 23 Jul 200215 Castlepark Crescent Irvine Ayrshire KA12 9BF
Received 24 Jul 20024 Hunter Avenue Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 8BB
Received 25 Jul 2002Thirdpartpark Cottage Dalry Ayrshire KA24 5HS
Received 25 Jul 2002115 High Street Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8AA
Received 25 Jul 200222 Cubrieshaw Street West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9AY
Received 23 Jul 20022 Danefield Avenue Largs Ayrshire KA30 8RU
Received 25 Jul 200210 Seton Terrace Skelmorlie Ayrshire PA17 5AX
Received 25 Jul 200230 Annetyard Drive Skelmorlie Ayrshire PA17 5BN
Received 25 Jul 200228 Annetyard Drive Skelmorlie Ayrshire PA17 5BN
Received 26 Jul 20024 St Bride's Drive West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9BH
Received 26 Jul 2002Site Opposite Johnston Castings Drakemyre Dalry Ayrshire
Received 26 Jul 2002Flat 1 Morland House Station Road Skelmorlie Ayrshire PA17 5AB
Received 26 Jul 200241 Sorbie Road Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 8AP
Received 26 Jul 2002Whitefield Farm Cottage Sliddery Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8PB
Received 26 Jul 2002Park Terrace Workshops, Park Terrace Lamlash Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 29 Jul 20022 Boathouse Avenue Largs Ayrshire KA30 8PW
Received 29 Jul 200215 Bellard Walk West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9JL
Received 29 Jul 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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