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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.
9,165 approved · 400 refused · 560 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
115 High Street Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8AA
Received 20 Dec 2002115 High Street Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8AA
Received 20 Dec 2002Millrig Farm Skelmorlie Ayrshire PA17 5HH
Received 20 Dec 20022 Cockburn Place Riverside Business Park Irvine Ayrshire KA11 5DA
Received 20 Dec 200258 Whyte Avenue Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0EQ
Received 23 Dec 20028 Harbour Street Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 8BS
Received 23 Dec 200238 Greenock Road Largs Ayrshire KA30 8QL
Received 23 Dec 2002Plot 3 Birchburn Shiskine Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8EP
Received 23 Dec 2002Site To North Of 87 Eglinton Street Beith Ayrshire
Received 23 Dec 2002Site To South Of Landfill Site Skelmorlie Castle Road Skelmorlie Ayrshire
Received 23 Dec 2002Pennyburn Playing Fields Pennyburn Road Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6LF
Received 24 Dec 2002Outbuilding And Yard To Rear Of 60 Princes Street Ardrossan Ayrshire
Received 23 Dec 200220 Place View Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 6BE
Received 24 Dec 200214 Meadowfoot Road West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9BX
Received 24 Dec 2002167 High Street Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8AF
Received 6 Jan 20036 The Grange Perceton Irvine Ayrshire KA11 2EU
Received 6 Jan 2003The Lochrigg Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 7LL
Received 6 Jan 200330 Rankin Drive Largs Ayrshire KA30 9DB
Received 6 Jan 2003DDZ Marine Ltd. Largs Yacht Haven Irvine Road Largs Ayrshire KA30 8EZ
Received 6 Jan 20031 Shewalton Drive Drybridge Irvine Ayrshire KA11 5BT
Received 7 Jan 200363 Argyle Road Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 5NE
Received 8 Jan 2003Townend Of Shutterflat Farm Beith Ayrshire KA15 2LW
Received 6 Jan 2003Balmichael Bridge Cottage Shiskine Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8DT
Received 9 Jan 20038 Beachway Largs Ayrshire KA30 8PA
Received 9 Jan 2003Records 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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