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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.
9,839 approved · 437 refused · 612 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Baidland Meadow Dalry Ayrshire KA24 5HP
Received 8 Aug 201716 Barr Crescent Largs Ayrshire KA30 8PX
Received 9 Aug 2017Trinity Church Roebank Road Beith Ayrshire KA15 2DY
Received 9 Aug 20176 McMillan Place Oldhall West Industrial Estate Irvine Ayrshire KA11 5DB
Received 9 Aug 2017134 Clark Drive Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0NU
Received 9 Aug 2017Site To North East Of 17A South Crescent Road Ardrossan Ayrshire
Received 10 Aug 201724-30 Nelson Street Largs Ayrshire
Received 10 Aug 201718 Harbour Street Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8PY
Received 10 Aug 20172 Dalry Road Beith Ayrshire KA15 1AN
Received 10 Aug 20171 First Avenue Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8HJ
Received 10 Aug 201716 Montgomerie Terrace Skelmorlie Ayrshire PA17 5DT
Received 14 Aug 20173 Golf Course Road Skelmorlie Ayrshire PA17 5BH
Received 14 Aug 201712 Howgate Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6EJ
Received 15 Aug 2017Site To East Of Unit 1 Bridgend Industrial Estate Dalry Ayrshire
Received 15 Aug 20172 Springbank Gardens Lawthorn Irvine Ayrshire KA11 2BY
Received 15 Aug 2017Site To North Of Gulmarg 30 The Lane Skelmorlie Ayrshire
Received 15 Aug 201734 West Doura Avenue Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 5NS
Received 16 Aug 2017Site To South Of Kilpatrick Kennels Blackwaterfoot Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 16 Aug 2017Site To The South And West Of Lochshore Industrial Estate Caledonian Place Glengarnock Beith Ayrshire
Received 16 Aug 201713 Pantonville Road West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9NQ
Received 16 Aug 2017Viewfield Manor Holiday Village Torranyard Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 7RD
Received 17 Aug 20175 East Castle Avenue Largs Ayrshire KA30 8JU
Received 18 Aug 201734 Mill Road Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0JW
Received 21 Aug 2017Carlung Farm Carlung Estate West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9PU
Received 22 Aug 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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