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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.
9,880 approved · 438 refused · 614 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Apr 1997 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Benthead Farm Benthead Farm Access Road Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 7RU
Received 18 Oct 20172 Horse Isle View Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 8PD
Received 19 Oct 2017Site To South East Of 15 Kyle Road Irvine Industrial Estate Irvine Ayrshire
Received 20 Oct 2017Bellford Mill Silverhill Whiting Bay Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8QL
Received 20 Oct 201729-31 Countess Street Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 5HP
Received 23 Oct 201749 Ardrossan Road Seamill West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9NE
Received 24 Oct 20176A Red Gables Square Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 8PF
Received 24 Oct 201731 Parkhouse Road Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 8AN
Received 24 Oct 201751 Main Street Largs Ayrshire KA30 8AQ
Received 24 Oct 2017Oakbank Whiting Bay Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8RQ
Received 25 Oct 2017Watt Court Sheltered Housing Watt Court Dalry Ayrshire KA24 5DQ
Received 26 Oct 2017Site To North West Of Chapelton Mains Seamill West Kilbride Ayrshire
Received 27 Oct 2017Site To The North Of Pennyburn Roundabout Castlehill Road Stevenston Ayrshire
Received 27 Oct 2017Site To The North Of Pennyburn Roundabout Castlehill Road Stevenston Ayrshire
Received 27 Oct 201785 High Road Stevenston Ayrshire KA20 3DZ
Received 30 Oct 2017Bellford Mill Silverhill Whiting Bay Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8QL
Received 30 Oct 2017Site To North Of 26C Skelmorlie Castle Road Skelmorlie Ayrshire
Received 31 Oct 20172A Riverway Riverway Retail Park Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8AG
Received 31 Oct 2017Garrison House The Garrison Millport Isle Of Cumbrae KA28 0DG
Received 1 Nov 20176 Alma Park Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8AT
Received 1 Nov 2017124/2 Irvine Road Largs Ayrshire KA30 8EY
Received 1 Nov 201716 Hillside West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9NZ
Received 1 Nov 201746 Ford Avenue Dreghorn Irvine Ayrshire KA11 4BW
Received 2 Nov 201733 Holmhead Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 6BS
Received 2 Nov 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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