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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.
9,867 approved · 437 refused · 614 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Seaview Croft Whiting Bay Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8RQ
Received 3 Oct 20172 Knight's Bridge House Irvine Ayrshire KA13 7QD
Received 3 Oct 20175- 7 The Causeway Fairlie Largs Ayrshire KA29 0AQ
Received 4 Oct 201749 Main Road Springside Irvine Ayrshire KA11 3AX
Received 4 Oct 2017Place Estate Kilbirnie Ayrshire
Received 4 Oct 2017Overhead Line Kilmory Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 4 Oct 201725 Sinclair Drive Largs Ayrshire KA30 9BL
Received 5 Oct 201749 Ardrossan Road Seamill West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9NE
Received 6 Oct 201784 St Andrews Gardens Dalry Ayrshire KA24 4JZ
Received 6 Oct 2017Site To East Of Lochinver Lamlash Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 6 Oct 2017Sandy Cove 45A Ardrossan Road Seamill West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9NB
Received 6 Oct 201752 Dockhead Street Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 5EG
Received 9 Oct 20171 Wee Close Beith Ayrshire
Received 9 Oct 201719 Braehead Dalry Ayrshire KA24 5EY
Received 9 Oct 201713 Gray Crescent Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8HS
Received 9 Oct 201710 Montgomerie Terrace Skelmorlie Ayrshire PA17 5DT
Received 10 Oct 201794 Moorburn Road Largs Ayrshire KA30 9DG
Received 10 Oct 20171A Park Road Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 8JR
Received 11 Oct 201737 Pantonville Road West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9NQ
Received 16 Oct 201715 Berry Drive Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0LY
Received 16 Oct 2017Redburn Gate Irvine Ayrshire
Received 17 Oct 20172A Riverway Riverway Retail Park Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8AG
Received 17 Oct 2017Site To South West Of 13 Montgomerie Terrace Skelmorlie Ayrshire
Received 17 Oct 2017Site To North Of Tarryholme Pond Irvine Ayrshire
Received 18 Oct 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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