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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.
9,669 approved · 425 refused · 597 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
11 West Road Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8RF
Received 23 Mar 200410 Macdonald Court Beith Ayrshire KA15 1BW
Received 24 Mar 200434 Duddingston Avenue Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6RR
Received 23 Mar 2004Burn Bank Lamlash Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8LD
Received 23 Mar 2004Achadh-Na-Gruesaiche Sliddery Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8PB
Received 23 Mar 200413 Douglas Street Largs Ayrshire KA30 8PS
Received 24 Mar 200441-43 Old Raise Road Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 5RB
Received 25 Mar 200418 Raillies Avenue Largs Ayrshire KA30 8QY
Received 25 Mar 200415 Keir Hardie Drive Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 6BD
Received 25 Mar 2004Block 2 Fairlie Quay Enterprise Park Fairlie Largs Ayrshire
Received 23 Mar 2004Waterside Mill Blair Estate Dalry Ayrshire KA24 4ER
Received 26 Mar 2004130 Campbell Avenue Stevenston Ayrshire KA20 4BS
Received 22 Mar 20042 Yonderfield Cottage Portencross West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9PY
Received 30 Mar 2004Site To West Of St Peter's Primary School South Isle Road Ardrossan Ayrshire
Received 25 Mar 2004Mosside Auchenmade Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 7RS
Received 22 Mar 200412A Silverhill Whiting Bay Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 22 Mar 2004Drimlabarra Croft Kildonan Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8SE
Received 22 Mar 200472 Bank Street Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0LP
Received 26 Mar 20047 Fife Place Fairlie Largs Ayrshire KA29 0BU
Received 26 Mar 2004Glenard Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8DN
Received 26 Mar 200432 Bridgepark Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 8BQ
Received 26 Mar 200452 Bowfield Road West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9LA
Received 26 Mar 200423 Hazeldene Park Kilwinning Ayrshire
Received 29 Mar 2004Site To South West Of Araluen Shiskine Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 26 Mar 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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