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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.
9,636 approved · 425 refused · 595 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
60 Eglinton Street Beith Ayrshire KA15 1AQ
Received 5 Feb 2004Melvin House Dalry Road Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 7HW
Received 2 Feb 2004Melvin House Dalry Road Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 7HW
Received 2 Feb 20044 Montgomerie Avenue Fairlie Largs Ayrshire KA29 0EE
Received 4 Feb 2004Plot 4 Skelmorlie Castle Road Skelmorlie Ayrshire
Received 5 Feb 2004Parks Garage And Showroom 5 Corsehill Mount Road Dreghorn Irvine Ayrshire KA11 4JZ
Received 3 Feb 200427 Knockrivoch Place Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 7PY
Received 6 Feb 20043 Happyhills West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9AU
Received 6 Feb 2004Training Unit Moorpark House Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 7LD
Received 9 Feb 20045A Bute Terrace Millport Isle Of Cumbrae KA28 0BD
Received 9 Feb 20046 Ranken Crescent Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0PW
Received 9 Feb 200429 Jamieson Way Beith Ayrshire KA15 1BL
Received 9 Feb 200414 Bath Street Largs Ayrshire KA30 8BL
Received 9 Feb 20048 Arran Place Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 8DR
Received 9 Feb 200415 Fudstone Drive Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 6DE
Received 9 Feb 200452 Donaldson Drive Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0QH
Received 10 Feb 2004162 New Street Stevenston Ayrshire KA20 3HH
Received 10 Feb 200421 Summerlea Road Seamill West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9HP
Received 10 Feb 200420 Baberton Way Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6QL
Received 6 Feb 20045 Gilfillan Avenue Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 6LF
Received 11 Feb 200414 Burnside Way Largs Ayrshire KA30 9DL
Received 13 Feb 200414 Hamilton Street Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 5DS
Received 11 Feb 2004Site To North Of Keppenburn Workshops Main Road Fairlie Largs Ayrshire
Received 11 Feb 20042 Graham Avenue Stevenston Ayrshire KA20 4AD
Received 13 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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