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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.
9,683 approved · 427 refused · 600 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 South Of Bonnington Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 28 Apr 20047 Sidney Street Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 5DB
Received 28 Apr 2004130 Clark Drive Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0NU
Received 30 Apr 2004Lochranza Hotel Lochranza Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8HL
Received 29 Apr 200415-19 Main Street Beith Ayrshire
Received 28 Apr 200415-19 Main Street Beith Ayrshire
Received 28 Apr 20045 Jacks View West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9HX
Received 30 Apr 2004Training Unit Moorpark House Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 7LD
Received 30 Apr 2004Site To North East Of 2A Station Road Skelmorlie Ayrshire PA17 5AD
Received 4 May 200419 Douglas Street Largs Ayrshire KA30 8PT
Received 6 May 2004West Mains Farm Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 6LX
Received 4 May 2004Steele Of Stevenston Garage Portland Place Stevenston Ayrshire KA20 3NN
Received 30 Apr 200416 McLuckie Park Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6DJ
Received 4 May 200456 Castlepark Drive Fairlie Largs Ayrshire KA29 0DG
Received 4 May 2004Plot 2 Steven Place Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 7DT
Received 4 May 200411 Danefield Avenue Largs Ayrshire KA30 8RU
Received 4 May 2004Colathim Blackwaterfoot Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8EU
Received 4 May 200461 Moorburn Road Largs Ayrshire KA30 9DG
Received 5 May 200465 High Road Stevenston Ayrshire KA20 3DZ
Received 6 May 20044 Milton Road Dreghorn Irvine Ayrshire KA11 4AU
Received 6 May 200423 Hamilton Street Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 5DT
Received 6 May 200447 Denholm Way Beith Ayrshire KA15 1BN
Received 6 May 200419 Western Crescent Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 6JE
Received 6 May 200421 Burnside Road Largs Ayrshire KA30 9BX
Received 6 May 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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