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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.
9,737 approved · 429 refused · 607 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
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Received 23 Feb 2017Braehead House Whiting Bay Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8RJ
Received 23 Feb 2017Site To North East Of 28 Garnock Street Dalry Ayrshire
Received 23 Feb 2017Site To South Of 22 Garnock Street Dalry Ayrshire
Received 23 Feb 201798 Moorburn Road Largs Ayrshire KA30 9DG
Received 23 Feb 2017Knock House Knock Castle Estate Largs Ayrshire KA30 8SE
Received 23 Feb 2017130-132 High Street Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8AH
Received 24 Feb 20171 Bath Square Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 8DP
Received 24 Feb 2017Glenview Cottage Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 8PQ
Received 24 Feb 201742 Hunter Drive Irvine Ayrshire KA12 9AT
Received 24 Feb 2017Site To South West Of Pointhouse Kings Cross Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 24 Feb 201740 Scott Street Largs Ayrshire KA30 9NT
Received 24 Feb 2017Old Parish Church The Cross Beith Ayrshire KA15 1BS
Received 24 Feb 201727-31 Mackintosh Place South Newmoor Industrial Estate Irvine Ayrshire KA11 4JT
Received 27 Feb 2017Site To North West Of 1-3 Newton Street Kilbirnie Ayrshire
Received 27 Feb 2017Hunterston Construction Yard Fairlie Largs Ayrshire
Received 27 Feb 2017Site To North Of 56-58 Shore Road Skelmorlie Ayrshire
Received 27 Feb 201714 Seton Terrace Skelmorlie Ayrshire PA17 5AX
Received 28 Feb 2017Wilsons Car Auctions 6 Kilwinning Road Dalry Ayrshire KA24 4LG
Received 28 Feb 201744 Main Street Dreghorn Irvine Ayrshire KA11 4AA
Received 28 Feb 2017Tyn Angorfa Corrie Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8JB
Received 28 Feb 20172 Golf Course Road Skelmorlie Ayrshire PA17 5BH
Received 28 Feb 20174A Kilmeny Terrace Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 8DX
Received 1 Mar 2017Old Parish Church The Cross Beith Ayrshire KA15 1BS
Received 1 Mar 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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