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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.
9,467 approved · 418 refused · 587 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
32 Caledonia Crescent Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 8LW
Received 5 Nov 200322 Whitlees Court Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 7PD
Received 5 Nov 200323 Sinclair Drive Largs Ayrshire KA30 9BL
Received 5 Nov 20031 Boyd Orr Road Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 6EW
Received 7 Nov 2003Greenview Whiting Bay Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8PZ
Received 12 Nov 200316 Belleisle Close Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6RG
Received 12 Nov 200336 Auchanshangan Drive Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 6DS
Received 12 Nov 200312 Provosts Loan Millport Isle Of Cumbrae KA28 0BZ
Received 12 Nov 200339 Fullerton Drive Seamill West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9HT
Received 11 Nov 200319 Carson Drive Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8HR
Received 11 Nov 20032 Linkwood Place Lawthorn Irvine Ayrshire KA11 2BN
Received 11 Nov 200351A Castlepark Drive Fairlie Largs Ayrshire KA29 0DG
Received 11 Nov 2003Whitehill Farm Corriegills Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8BL
Received 10 Nov 2003Pointhouse Kings Cross Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8RG
Received 11 Nov 20039 Riggs Cottages Stevenston Ayrshire KA20 3EU
Received 5 Nov 2003Temporary Sales Cabin, Tarryholme Irvine Ayrshire
Received 4 Nov 2003John Menzies 36 Mackintosh Place South Newmoor Industrial Estate Irvine Ayrshire KA11 4JY
Received 5 Nov 2003Kilmory Public Hall Kilmory Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8PQ
Received 5 Nov 2003Site To West Of Refuse Tip Market Road Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8AU
Received 5 Nov 20035 Lomond Crescent Beith Ayrshire KA15 2EA
Received 5 Nov 2003Bio Force UK 2 Brewster Place Riverside Business Park Irvine Ayrshire KA11 5DD
Received 5 Nov 2003Site 2 To The West Of Drimlabarra Croft Kildonan Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 7 Nov 200314 Townhead Street Stevenston Ayrshire KA20 3AG
Received 7 Nov 200311 Burnfoot Road Fairlie Largs Ayrshire KA29 0DU
Received 7 Nov 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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