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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.
9,799 approved · 435 refused · 609 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Site To East Of Castlepark Gardens Fairlie Largs Ayrshire
Received 1 Jun 2017Site To West Of 59 Corrie Crescent Saltcoats Ayrshire
Received 1 Jun 2017Bonnington Cottage Knowe Road Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8BY
Received 2 Jun 2017Fernbank 5 Geirston Road Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 7LG
Received 2 Jun 2017Flat 1 22 South Crescent Road Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 8EA
Received 2 Jun 2017The Brae Townfoot Dreghorn Irvine Ayrshire KA11 4EG
Received 2 Jun 201774 Auldlea Road Beith Ayrshire KA15 2JU
Received 2 Jun 201742 Anderson Drive Irvine Ayrshire KA12 9HY
Received 2 Jun 201736 Brisbane Street Largs Ayrshire KA30 8QN
Received 5 Jun 201735 Mountcastle Wynd Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6DH
Received 6 Jun 2017Holehouse Farm Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 7LA
Received 6 Jun 2017Garnock Viaduct North West Of Beith Road Dalry Ayrshire
Received 6 Jun 201756 Waterside Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8QJ
Received 7 Jun 201777 Innes Park Road Skelmorlie Ayrshire PA17 5BB
Received 7 Jun 2017Fernbank 5 Geirston Road Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 7LG
Received 7 Jun 2017Old Barony Church Main Street West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9AR
Received 7 Jun 2017Broadstonehall Farm Gateside Beith Ayrshire KA15 1HG
Received 7 Jun 201735 Vernon Street Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 5HE
Received 8 Jun 20173 Knight's Bridge House Irvine Ayrshire KA13 7QD
Received 8 Jun 2017The Stables Station Road Skelmorlie Ayrshire PA17 5AB
Received 8 Jun 201710 Dornoch Court Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6QN
Received 8 Jun 2017Shore Footpath Bay Street Fairlie Largs Ayrshire
Received 8 Jun 201711 Auchenharvie Place Stevenston Ayrshire KA20 4AE
Received 9 Jun 2017Ardoch Farm Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 7QJ
Received 12 Jun 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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