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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.
9,207 approved · 403 refused · 562 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
5 Perceton Mains Farm Irvine Ayrshire KA11 2AJ
Received 19 Feb 2003Site To North Of Whitehirst Farm Kilwinning Ayrshire
Received 19 Feb 2003Bourtreehill Health Centre Cheviot Way Bourtreehill South Irvine Ayrshire KA11 1JU
Received 19 Feb 200326 Courthill Street Dalry Ayrshire KA24 5AN
Received 19 Feb 20038 Steven Place Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 7JQ
Received 20 Feb 200327 Duffield Drive Largs Ayrshire KA30 8ED
Received 20 Feb 200395 Duddingston Avenue Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6RX
Received 24 Feb 20034 Ladyford Avenue Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6DR
Received 24 Feb 200312 West Park Court Stevenston Ayrshire KA20 3JU
Received 24 Feb 200332 Main Street Largs Ayrshire KA30 8AD
Received 24 Feb 2003Woodside Cottage Shewalton Road Irvine Ayrshire KA11 5AW
Received 24 Feb 2003High Boydston Farm Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 8PL
Received 24 Feb 2003Site To South Of 55 Wellpark Road Saltcoats Ayrshire
Received 25 Feb 200342 Stuart Street Millport Isle Of Cumbrae KA28 0AG
Received 25 Feb 200330 Ballot Road Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0HW
Received 24 Feb 200326 Braehead Dalry Ayrshire KA24 5HG
Received 25 Feb 2003Plot 9 Site To North Of Anchorage Blackwaterfoot Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 26 Feb 2003Bank Of Scotland Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8AL
Received 26 Feb 2003Site Opposite Glencloy Garage Auchrannie Road Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 25 Feb 200336A Dockhead Street Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 5EG
Received 26 Feb 2003Bank Of Scotland Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8AL
Received 26 Feb 2003Site To North Of Largiemhor House Whiting Bay Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8QP
Received 26 Feb 200323-31 Cochrane Street Kilbirnie Ayrshire
Received 27 Feb 20039 Brisbane Street Largs Ayrshire KA30 8QW
Received 27 Feb 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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