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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.
9,357 approved · 409 refused · 573 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
88 Waterside Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8QL
Received 2 Jul 200385A Burns Crescent Girdle Toll Irvine Ayrshire
Received 2 Jul 2003Bridgegate House Bridgegate Irvine Ayrshire
Received 2 Jul 2003Site To North Of 25 Hepburn Way Lawthorn Irvine Ayrshire
Received 2 Jul 20032 Graham Avenue Stevenston Ayrshire KA20 4AD
Received 2 Jul 200316 Glenbervie Drive Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6QG
Received 3 Jul 2003Phases 5 And 7 Dykesmains Farm Burns Avenue Saltcoats Ayrshire
Received 3 Jul 2003Merkland House Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8HZ
Received 3 Jul 200347 Ranken Crescent Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0PW
Received 4 Jul 200396 Townfoot Dreghorn Irvine Ayrshire KA11 4EZ
Received 4 Jul 20032/1 2 Church Place Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 8DS
Received 4 Jul 200338 Mill Park Dalry Ayrshire KA24 5BB
Received 4 Jul 20033 Rosebery Court Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 7AH
Received 4 Jul 20034 Paddockdyke Skelmorlie Ayrshire PA17 5DA
Received 4 Jul 2003129 Sillars Meadow Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0LZ
Received 7 Jul 200333 Templand Crescent Dalry Ayrshire KA24 5EZ
Received 7 Jul 200336 James Crescent Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0UL
Received 7 Jul 2003Site To North Of Ashgrove Sliddery Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8PD
Received 7 Jul 2003Penmachrie Golf Road Millport Isle Of Cumbrae KA28 0HB
Received 1 Jul 200338 Castle Drive Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 6AZ
Received 7 Jul 20034 Brodick Avenue Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6RJ
Received 8 Jul 2003Meikle Ittington Farm Cottage Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 7NX
Received 7 Jul 200323 - 27 Old Raise Road Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 5RB
Received 7 Jul 2003Site To South Of Faulds Wynd Seamill West Kilbride Ayrshire
Received 7 Jul 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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