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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.
9,179 approved · 401 refused · 560 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Castle View West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9HD
Received 8 Jan 200313-17 Main Street Glengarnock Beith Ayrshire KA14 3AX
Received 10 Jan 2003Sites To North And South Of Burnt Hill Brisbane Glen Road Largs Ayrshire
Received 10 Jan 2003Site To Southwest Of 6 Westfield Kilbirnie Ayrshire
Received 10 Jan 2003Rubha Ban Pirnmill Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 14 Jan 200318 Kelvin Walk Largs Ayrshire KA30 8SJ
Received 14 Jan 2003Wimpey Housing Development (Site 2) Old Caley Road Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0UX
Received 14 Jan 2003Seamill Hydro Sub-station Ardrossan Road Seamill West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9ND
Received 14 Jan 2003Netherhall Lodge Greenock Road Largs Ayrshire
Received 14 Jan 200328 Montgomerie Drive Fairlie Largs Ayrshire KA29 0DY
Received 15 Jan 200345 Sillars Meadow Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0LG
Received 14 Jan 2003Site To Rear Of 16 Ferry Road Marine Parade Millport Isle Of Cumbrae
Received 15 Jan 200342 Lomond Crescent Beith Ayrshire KA15 2EB
Received 16 Jan 20039 Crawford Street Largs Ayrshire KA30 8DH
Received 16 Jan 2003Site To North Of 38 Knoxville Road Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 7EB
Received 16 Jan 2003Training Unit Moorpark House Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 7LD
Received 16 Jan 200337 Herbertson Crescent Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0QW
Received 17 Jan 20039 Annanhill Place Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6TW
Received 17 Jan 2003Garage Site Muir Drive Irvine Ayrshire
Received 14 Jan 200369 Sharon Street Dalry Ayrshire KA24 5DT
Received 17 Jan 20031 Adair Avenue Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 5QS
Received 17 Jan 2003Middleton Farm Irvine Ayrshire KA11 2AJ
Received 20 Jan 20036 Killoch Place Girdle Toll Irvine Ayrshire KA11 1AZ
Received 20 Jan 200332 Eglinton Street Beith Ayrshire KA15 1AQ
Received 20 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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