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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.
9,102 approved · 395 refused · 557 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Main Road Gateside Beith Ayrshire KA15 2LF
Received 11 Oct 200282 East Road Irvine Ayrshire
Received 14 Oct 20023 Kerr Drive Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0JH
Received 14 Oct 200272 Eglinton Street Beith Ayrshire KA15 1AQ
Received 14 Oct 200212 Wardlaw Gardens Lawthorn Irvine Ayrshire KA11 2EW
Received 15 Oct 200225 Lennox Wynd Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 6DD
Received 15 Oct 2002133 Sillars Meadow Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0LZ
Received 16 Oct 200213 Central Avenue Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 6JQ
Received 16 Oct 20022 Macdonald Court Beith Ayrshire KA15 1BW
Received 16 Oct 2002St Columba's Parish Church Gallowgate Street Largs Ayrshire
Received 16 Oct 2002St Columba's Parish Church Gallowgate Street Largs Ayrshire
Received 16 Oct 2002Site To North Of Littlemill Kildonan Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 16 Oct 2002Site To East Of 15 Pathfoot Kilwinning Ayrshire
Received 16 Oct 2002The Workshop Whiting Bay Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8PR
Received 16 Oct 2002Site To East Of 142 Harbour Street Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8PZ
Received 16 Oct 2002Brownhills Farm Barrmill Beith Ayrshire KA15 1HH
Received 16 Oct 2002Stoneroadsends Brae Dalry Ayrshire
Received 14 Oct 20029 Cairngorm Court Irvine Ayrshire KA11 1PN
Received 17 Oct 200225 Chapelton Way Largs Ayrshire KA30 8RF
Received 18 Oct 2002147 Main Street Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6EQ
Received 22 Oct 2002Site To North Of 1 McLuckie Drive Kilwinning Ayrshire
Received 21 Oct 2002Plot B Berry Drive Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0LJ
Received 22 Oct 200221 Brisbane Road Largs Ayrshire KA30 8LF
Received 22 Oct 200216 Burnside Road Largs Ayrshire KA30 9BX
Received 22 Oct 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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