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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.
9,301 approved · 407 refused · 568 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Apr 1997 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
29 Somerville Park Lawthorn Irvine Ayrshire KA11 2EL
Received 22 Jul 19993 (Site To South East Of) Springbank Gardens Lawthorn Irvine Ayrshire KA11 2BY
Received 18 Aug 19993 Tarryholme Drive Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0DR
Received 30 Aug 199929 The Paddock Perceton Irvine Ayrshire KA11 2AZ
Received 6 Aug 1999Unit 66 Third Avenue Heatherhouse Industrial Estate Irvine Ayrshire
Received 8 Sept 199982 Waterside Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8QL
Received 9 Aug 199996 Waterside Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8QL
Received 13 Oct 19993 Williamfield Grove Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8SE
Received 22 Sept 1999Site To North Of 28 Wilson Avenue Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0TW
Received 17 Aug 1999Meadow Park Wilson Avenue Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0TW
Received 22 Sept 1999Boagside Farm Kilbirnie Ayrshire
Received 8 Oct 199931 Herriot Avenue Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 7HZ
Received 4 Aug 1999Place Bungalow (Site To West Of) Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 7LH
Received 23 Jul 199964 Main Street Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 7DD
Received 15 Sept 1999Site To East Of Auchenhew Farm Kildonan Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 5 Oct 1999The Cnoc (Outbuildings Adjacent To) Kildonan Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8SE
Received 16 Sept 1999Drumla Farm (Byre And Hay Bale Store) Kildonan Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8RP
Received 3 Aug 1999General Purpose Shed Clachchaig Farm Kilmory Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 1 Sept 1999Shannochie Farm (outbuildings) Kilmory Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8PH
Received 2 Jul 1999Darmule Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 7RU
Received 6 Sept 1999Unit 4 Ashgrove Workshops Ashgrove Road Kilwinning Ayrshire
Received 21 Sept 1999Site To West Of Blairafton Wynd Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6UD
Received 30 Sept 19992 Byres Road Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6JT
Received 5 Aug 199916 Calderwood Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 7DR
Received 18 Aug 1999Records 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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