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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.
9,227 approved · 403 refused · 563 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Avaloch Pier Tearoom Lochranza Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8HL
Received 27 Feb 20032 Fencedyke Farm Irvine Ayrshire KA11 1AE
Received 28 Feb 200327 Duffield Drive Largs Ayrshire KA30 8ED
Received 28 Feb 20038 Lower Vennel Bourtreehill South Irvine Ayrshire KA11 1PQ
Received 28 Feb 2003North Lodge Knock Castle Estate Largs Ayrshire KA30 8SE
Received 28 Feb 200350 Glasgow Street Millport Isle Of Cumbrae KA28 0DN
Received 28 Feb 2003Eldon Corrie Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8JP
Received 28 Feb 2003Springwell Corrie Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8JB
Received 28 Feb 200311 Woodhill Crescent Girdle Toll Irvine Ayrshire KA11 1QR
Received 3 Mar 20034 Willow Gardens Stanecastle Irvine Ayrshire KA11 1QY
Received 3 Mar 200324 Dalmailing Avenue Dreghorn Irvine Ayrshire KA11 4HX
Received 3 Mar 2003Highland Meats Blakely Road Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 5JQ
Received 3 Mar 200349 Denholm Way Beith Ayrshire KA15 1BN
Received 3 Mar 2003Training Unit Moorpark House Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 7LD
Received 3 Mar 200312 Thirdpart Holdings West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9QB
Received 3 Mar 2003Capringstone Farm Dreghorn Irvine Ayrshire KA11 3DA
Received 4 Mar 20037 Millglen Road Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 7EB
Received 4 Mar 2003Springwell Corrie Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8JB
Received 4 Mar 200335 Denholm Way Beith Ayrshire KA15 1BN
Received 5 Mar 200342 Castlepark Drive Fairlie Largs Ayrshire KA29 0DG
Received 5 Mar 2003Site To West Of Nupkur Point West Bay Millport Isle Of Cumbrae KA28 0HA
Received 4 Mar 200325 Bank Street Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0AD
Received 5 Mar 2003Orr's Trust Public Park Muirpark Road Beith Ayrshire
Received 5 Mar 200349 Main Street Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 7BX
Received 5 Mar 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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