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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.
9,275 approved · 405 refused · 568 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Site To South Of Milgarholm Roundabout Irvine Ayrshire
Received 28 Apr 200328 Stevenston Road Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6NJ
Received 28 Apr 200323 Main Street Largs Ayrshire KA30 8AE
Received 28 Apr 200315 Griers Walk Drybridge Irvine Ayrshire KA11 5BL
Received 29 Apr 200371 Sinclair Street Stevenston Ayrshire KA20 4AL
Received 29 Apr 200383 Sharphill Road Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 5QU
Received 29 Apr 200343 Eglinton Street Beith Ayrshire KA15 1AB
Received 29 Apr 200370 Eglinton Street Beith Ayrshire KA15 1AQ
Received 29 Apr 2003Site To The South And West Of 48 Bridgend Kilbirnie Ayrshire
Received 29 Apr 2003Site To North Of Fire Station Bridgend Lane Dalry Ayrshire KA24 4LR
Received 23 Apr 20034 Stakehill Largs Ayrshire KA30 9NQ
Received 24 Apr 200319 Glenacre Drive Largs Ayrshire KA30 9BJ
Received 25 Apr 200328 Glenacre Drive Largs Ayrshire KA30 9BJ
Received 25 Apr 200315 Gogo Street Largs Ayrshire KA30 8BU
Received 25 Apr 2003Site To South Of Upper Kirkton Golf Road Millport Isle Of Cumbrae
Received 25 Apr 2003Tesco Stores Ltd High Road Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 5RP
Received 28 Apr 2003Site To The North Of Glencraig And Thornlea Lamlash Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8LH
Received 29 Apr 2003Meikle Auchengree Auchengree Road Glengarnock Beith Ayrshire KA14 3BU
Received 23 Apr 2003Near Stewarton To Kilbirnie Dalry Ayrshire
Received 23 Apr 2003Site To The South Of Caledonia House Longford Avenue Kilwinning Ayrshire
Received 25 Apr 2003Glenhead Farm Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 8PH
Received 28 Apr 2003Site To The North Of Kilbirnie Water Treatment Works Dalry Ayrshire
Received 28 Apr 2003Site To The East Of North Southannnan Farm Fairlie Largs Ayrshire
Received 28 Apr 2003Site To South East Of Beithglass Quarry Skelmorlie Castle Road Skelmorlie Ayrshire
Received 28 Apr 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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