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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.
9,756 approved · 432 refused · 607 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Constablewood Estate Brisbane Glen Road Largs Ayrshire KA30 8SN
Received 7 Apr 2017G/25 47 Marine Parade Millport Isle Of Cumbrae KA28 0EF
Received 7 Apr 2017Site To North Of Doonhill Harbour View Blackwaterfoot Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 7 Apr 2017Birchburn Farm Shiskine Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8EP
Received 7 Apr 2017Birchburn Farm Shiskine Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8EP
Received 7 Apr 201736 Causeyfoot Drive Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 6AU
Received 7 Apr 201744 Roebank Road Beith Ayrshire KA15 2DY
Received 7 Apr 201767-73 Nelson Street Largs Ayrshire KA30 9AB
Received 7 Apr 20177-9 Ayr Road Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8DJ
Received 10 Apr 2017Camphill Water Treatment Works Dalry Ayrshire KA24 5LB
Received 10 Apr 201744 Dalry Road Beith Ayrshire KA15 1BA
Received 10 Apr 201742 Hauplands Way West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9GB
Received 10 Apr 201751 Vennel Street Dalry Ayrshire KA24 4AG
Received 12 Apr 20172 Cubrieshaw Park West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9PN
Received 13 Apr 2017Blossom House Lamlash Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8JU
Received 17 Apr 201723 & 23A Quarry Road Irvine Ayrshire
Received 18 Apr 201771 Sillars Meadow Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0LG
Received 18 Apr 201710 Bridgegate Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8BQ
Received 19 Apr 201710 Bridgegate Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8BQ
Received 19 Apr 2017Site To North East Of Pleasantfield Whiting Bay Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 19 Apr 201754 Auldlea Road Beith Ayrshire KA15 2DA
Received 20 Apr 201736 Caledonia Crescent Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 8LW
Received 20 Apr 2017Rosebank Whiting Bay Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8QH
Received 20 Apr 2017Prospecthill Lamlash Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8LH
Received 21 Apr 2017Records 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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