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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.
9,780 approved · 434 refused · 608 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Morrishill Drive Beith Ayrshire KA15 1LS
Received 18 May 20171A Blacklands Crescent Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6HS
Received 18 May 2017Site To North Of Tarryholme Pond Irvine Ayrshire
Received 18 May 201710 Main Street Dalry Ayrshire KA24 5DH
Received 18 May 201710 Ardrossan Road Seamill West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9LR
Received 18 May 201724 Montgomerie Terrace Skelmorlie Ayrshire PA17 5DT
Received 18 May 201710 Main Street Dalry Ayrshire KA24 5DH
Received 18 May 20175 Station Road Fairlie Largs Ayrshire KA29 0DX
Received 18 May 201755 Princes Street Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 8DE
Received 19 May 201745-47 Kirkgate Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0DG
Received 19 May 20179 Brathwic Terrace Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8BW
Received 22 May 201716 Kirkton Crescent Millport Isle Of Cumbrae KA28 0HJ
Received 22 May 201712 Avondale Road West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9BJ
Received 22 May 2017Co-Operative Retail Services Ltd Medine Avenue Beith Ayrshire KA15 2DJ
Received 23 May 201733 Aitken Drive Beith Ayrshire KA15 2ER
Received 23 May 2017Scottish Co-Operative Wholesale Society Ltd Alma Road Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8AG
Received 23 May 2017The Stables House Dalry Ayrshire KA24 4JH
Received 24 May 201724-36 Boglemart Street Stevenston Ayrshire
Received 24 May 2017Former Caley Youth Centre 2 Station Road Stevenston Ayrshire
Received 24 May 201718 Windmill Street Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 5EN
Received 24 May 2017Lodge House Glenfoot Estate Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 8PQ
Received 29 May 2017Former Carphone Warehouse New Street Irvine Ayrshire
Received 30 May 2017The Carphone Warehouse New Street Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8NU
Received 30 May 2017Site 21 Crompton Way North Newmoor Industrial Estate Irvine Ayrshire
Received 31 May 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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