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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.
9,422 approved · 413 refused · 580 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Apr 1997 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
32-36 Shore Road Skelmorlie Ayrshire
Received 25 Sept 20033 Manse Court Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6ED
Received 26 Sept 200318 Auchanshangan Drive Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 6DS
Received 26 Sept 200323 Murchland Way Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0XN
Received 29 Sept 20031 Cockburn Place Riverside Business Park Irvine Ayrshire KA11 5DA
Received 29 Sept 2003Ladyland House Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 7JR
Received 29 Sept 2003Ladyland House Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 7JR
Received 29 Sept 20031-3 Gagarin Terrace Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6JA
Received 26 Sept 20033 Steven Place Kilbirnie
Received 30 Sept 200311 Skelmorlie Castle Road Skelmorlie Ayrshire PA17 5AQ
Received 1 Oct 2003Law Hill Transmitting Station West Kilbride Ayrshire
Received 3 Oct 20036 Loach Avenue Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0EX
Received 2 Oct 2003108 Irvine Road Largs Ayrshire KA30 8EY
Received 2 Oct 20036 Howden Avenue Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 7AQ
Received 6 Oct 200326 Berry Drive Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0LJ
Received 6 Oct 2003Dalry Transmitter Station Dalry Ayrshire
Received 30 Sept 2003Site To South Of 1 Glen Road West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9BL
Received 30 Sept 20032 Hawkhill Retail Park Kilwinning Road Stevenston Ayrshire KA20 3DE
Received 2 Oct 2003Plots 3 And 4 Skelmorlie Castle Road Skelmorlie Ayrshire PA17 5EE
Received 2 Oct 2003Parks Garage And Showroom 5 Corsehill Mount Road Dreghorn Irvine Ayrshire KA11 4JZ
Received 3 Oct 20035 Ashgrove Road Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6NX
Received 6 Oct 20035 Acre Avenue Largs Ayrshire KA30 8EG
Received 6 Oct 2003Site To North Of Blairbeg House Lamlash Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 6 Oct 200311 Kersland Foot Girdle Toll Irvine Ayrshire KA11 1BP
Received 7 Oct 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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