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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.
9,611 approved · 423 refused · 594 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Riverway Riverway Retail Park Irvine Ayrshire
Received 12 Jan 20044 Oxenward Road Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6EH
Received 14 Jan 2004Langside Farm Beith Ayrshire KA15 2LJ
Received 12 Jan 2004Crosbie Mains Farm West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9PH
Received 12 Jan 2004Site 1 Montgomerie Park Irvine North Ayrshire
Received 13 Jan 20041-3 Hamilton Street Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 5DT
Received 14 Jan 20041-3 Hamilton Street Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 5DT
Received 14 Jan 200413 Shore Road Skelmorlie Ayrshire PA17 5EQ
Received 14 Jan 200412 Arranview Gardens Seamill West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9NR
Received 15 Jan 2004Site To East Of 2 Kilburn Water Largs Ayrshire
Received 15 Jan 2004120-122 High Street Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8AH
Received 16 Jan 200483 Braehead Girdle Toll Irvine Ayrshire KA11 1BE
Received 16 Jan 200435-37 Windmill Street Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 5EW
Received 16 Jan 2004139 Glen Avenue Largs Ayrshire KA30 8QQ
Received 16 Jan 2004131 Sillars Meadow Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0LZ
Received 19 Jan 2004Site To South Of The Lochs Whiting Bay Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 6 Jan 2004Site To East Of Spindrift Whiting Bay Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 6 Jan 2004Site To East Of Grahamfield Whiting Bay Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 6 Jan 2004Site Of Former Bridgend Mill Tofts Dalry Ayrshire KA24 5AU
Received 13 Jan 2004Harry Fairbairn Ltd Ayr Road Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8BZ
Received 19 Jan 2004Site To South East Of 36A Templand Road Dalry Ayrshire
Received 19 Jan 200452 Main Street Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 7DB
Received 19 Jan 200452 Main Street Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 7DB
Received 19 Jan 20042 Merlewood Road Seamill West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9HR
Received 19 Jan 2004Records 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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