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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.
9,671 approved · 426 refused · 598 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Site To North Of 9 Ardrossan Road Seamill West Kilbride Ayrshire
Received 29 Mar 200484 Main Street Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 7AA
Received 30 Mar 2004Vedo Mare Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8DW
Received 30 Mar 200433 Dennyholm Wynd Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 6HG
Received 30 Mar 200432 Boydston Road Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 7LW
Received 30 Mar 200411 Stairlie Crescent West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9BT
Received 31 Mar 2004Titwood Farm Kilmaurs Kilmarnock Ayrshire KA3 2PN
Received 26 Mar 2004Site To South East Of And 6 Kames Street Millport Isle Of Cumbrae KA28 0BN
Received 29 Mar 2004Sannox Sand Quarry Sannox Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 29 Mar 2004Site To North East Of 1 Mill Road Irvine Ayrshire
Received 30 Mar 2004Ground Floor 18 West Bay Millport Isle Of Cumbrae
Received 30 Mar 2004Site To North Of 16-20 Annick Drive Dreghorn Irvine Ayrshire
Received 31 Mar 2004158 High Street Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8AN
Received 31 Mar 200416 Murdoch Crescent Stevenston Ayrshire KA20 3JZ
Received 31 Mar 2004Redburn Hotel Kilwinning Road Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8SU
Received 1 Apr 200423A Summerlea Road Seamill West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9HP
Received 1 Apr 2004129 High Street Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8AZ
Received 1 Apr 200410 Macara Drive Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0LH
Received 1 Apr 20049 Fullerton Drive Seamill West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9HS
Received 1 Apr 2004167B Glenapp Place Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6TB
Received 13 Apr 200421 Wheatley Road Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 6ES
Received 13 Apr 2004Unit 1 Block 2 River Place Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 7EN
Received 1 Apr 20045 Parkhouse Drive Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 6AF
Received 2 Apr 2004Fuchsia Bank Corrie Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8JP
Received 2 Apr 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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