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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.
9,149 approved · 399 refused · 559 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Plots 3 And 4 Skelmorlie Castle Road Skelmorlie Ayrshire PA17 5EE
Received 29 Nov 2002Sheigra Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8DA
Received 29 Nov 200236 Weir Road Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 7ET
Received 2 Dec 2002Pointhouse Kings Cross Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8RG
Received 2 Dec 200296 Greenock Road Largs Ayrshire KA30 8PG
Received 2 Dec 2002Braehead Cottage Whiting Bay Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8RJ
Received 2 Dec 200220 Burnside Way Largs Ayrshire KA30 9DL
Received 3 Dec 2002Site To West Of Southern Gailes Ayr Road Irvine Ayrshire KA11 5AB
Received 2 Dec 20021 Arkwright Way North Newmoor Industrial Estate Irvine Ayrshire KA11 4JU
Received 2 Dec 200247 A And B Sharon Street Dalry Ayrshire KA24 4BZ
Received 2 Dec 2002Criffel Wilson Street Beith Ayrshire KA15 2BE
Received 3 Dec 20021 Dalmailing Avenue Dreghorn Irvine Ayrshire KA11 4HX
Received 4 Dec 20022 Dalmailing Avenue Dreghorn Irvine Ayrshire KA11 4HX
Received 4 Dec 2002Coastguard House Lamlash Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8NF
Received 3 Dec 20025 Brathwic Terrace Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8BW
Received 4 Dec 2002Site To North Of Ruanacreag Plot 2 Lochranza Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 3 Dec 2002Site Opposite 174 Glencairn Street Stevenston Ayrshire
Received 2 Dec 2002Drimlabarra Phase 2 Kildonan Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 3 Dec 2002Duskwater Cottage Beith Ayrshire KA15 1HU
Received 5 Dec 2002Parkhouse Corriecravie Sliddery Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8PD
Received 4 Dec 200245 High Road Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 5RZ
Received 5 Dec 2002Cunninghamhead Mill Cunninghamhead Kilmarnock Ayrshire KA3 2PD
Received 6 Dec 2002Plot 1 Lochshore Industrial Estate Caledonia Road Glengarnock Beith Ayrshire
Received 6 Dec 20026 Ritchie Street West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9AL
Received 6 Dec 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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