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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.
9,632 approved · 424 refused · 595 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Chaseley House Shore Road Skelmorlie Ayrshire PA17 5EQ
Received 29 Jan 2004East Woodside Beith Ayrshire KA15 2JF
Received 29 Jan 2004The Coach House Southannan Estate Fairlie Largs Ayrshire
Received 29 Jan 20048 Boyd Street Largs Ayrshire KA30 8LD
Received 29 Jan 200456 Hillcrest Drive Stevenston Ayrshire KA20 3AP
Received 30 Jan 20045 Beithglass Avenue Skelmorlie Ayrshire PA17 5BG
Received 30 Jan 20046B South Crescent Road Ardrossan Ayrshire
Received 2 Feb 2004Bennetts Portland Avenue Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8NL
Received 20 Jan 20046 Morville Crescent Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 7EN
Received 2 Feb 20046 Arran Place Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 8DR
Received 2 Feb 20046 Arran Place Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 8DR
Received 3 Feb 20049 Arran Place Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 8DR
Received 2 Feb 200430 Seafield Court Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 8NS
Received 2 Feb 200411 Netherlee Crescent Dalry Ayrshire KA24 5HF
Received 2 Feb 200436-38 Main Street Beith Ayrshire KA15 2AA
Received 2 Feb 2004Arthurlie Cordon Lamlash Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8NQ
Received 2 Feb 2004Site To The North Of Pennyburn Roundabout Ardeer Stevenston Ayrshire
Received 3 Feb 2004174 Glencairn Street Stevenston Ayrshire KA20 3BS
Received 3 Feb 200420 Broadlie Drive Dalry Ayrshire KA24 5ED
Received 3 Feb 200440 Dalry Road Beith Ayrshire KA15 1BA
Received 3 Feb 200455 Knoxville Road Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 7ED
Received 3 Feb 200412 Ritchie Street West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9AL
Received 3 Feb 200413 North Crescent Road Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 8LZ
Received 4 Feb 200460 Eglinton Street Beith Ayrshire KA15 1AQ
Received 5 Feb 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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