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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.
9,814 approved · 435 refused · 609 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
6 Noddleburn Road Largs Ayrshire KA30 8PY
Received 13 Jun 2017Co-Operative Retail Services Ltd Medine Avenue Beith Ayrshire KA15 2DJ
Received 13 Jun 2017Thirdpart Farm 1 Thirdpart Holdings Access Road West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9QB
Received 13 Jun 201722 Howden Avenue Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 7AH
Received 13 Jun 2017Blair House Blair Estate Dalry Ayrshire KA24 4ER
Received 14 Jun 20175 Raillies Avenue Largs Ayrshire KA30 8QY
Received 14 Jun 20171/L 148 Main Street Largs Ayrshire KA30 8JN
Received 14 Jun 201714 West Doura Avenue Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 5NR
Received 15 Jun 201733 Wilson Avenue Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0TW
Received 15 Jun 20171 Glencairn Street Stevenston Ayrshire KA20 3BE
Received 15 Jun 2017High Whitefarland Pirnmill Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8HP
Received 16 Jun 20176 Frazer Street Largs Ayrshire KA30 9HP
Received 16 Jun 20171 The Keys Kildonan Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8SA
Received 19 Jun 2017Bracken House Dalry Road Beith Ayrshire KA15 1AN
Received 19 Jun 201747 Knockrivoch Place Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 7PY
Received 19 Jun 2017Vulcan Garage Auchrannie Road Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8BZ
Received 20 Jun 201750 Station Road Springside Irvine Ayrshire KA11 3BA
Received 20 Jun 20173 Townfoot Dreghorn Irvine Ayrshire KA11 4EQ
Received 20 Jun 20171 Kinloch Court Blackwaterfoot Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8EF
Received 20 Jun 2017Ardrossan Telephone Exchange Campbell Avenue Saltcoats Ayrshire
Received 20 Jun 2017The Coach House Aiknut Road West Kilbride Ayrshire
Received 20 Jun 2017Bowertrapping Farm Dalry Ayrshire KA24 4HH
Received 22 Jun 2017Shewalton Store 13 Shewalton Road Riverside Business Park Irvine Ayrshire
Received 23 Jun 2017Site To East Of 25 Milton Road Kilbirnie Ayrshire
Received 26 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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