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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.
9,928 approved · 442 refused · 620 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Site To East Of 38B Skelmorlie Castle Road Skelmorlie Ayrshire
Received 22 Jan 20188 Marble Avenue Dreghorn Irvine Ayrshire KA11 4BE
Received 22 Jan 2018Surgery Newton Road Lochranza Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8HQ
Received 24 Jan 201849 Main Road Gateside Beith Ayrshire KA15 2LF
Received 25 Jan 2018Meiklelaught Farm Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 6NF
Received 25 Jan 201817 Cuff Crescent Beith Ayrshire KA15 1LT
Received 25 Jan 201810 Inverleven Place Lawthorn Irvine Ayrshire KA11 2DW
Received 26 Jan 20187 James Crescent Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0UL
Received 26 Jan 2018161 Glen Avenue Largs Ayrshire KA30 8QQ
Received 26 Jan 2018Castle Bay Service Station Irvine Road Largs Ayrshire KA30 8HS
Received 26 Jan 2018Site To North East Of The Grange Perceton Irvine Ayrshire
Received 29 Jan 20182 Second Avenue Heatherhouse Industrial Estate Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8HL
Received 30 Jan 2018Willowpark Lochlibo Road Burnhouse Beith Ayrshire KA15 1LF
Received 31 Jan 2018Perceton House Irvine Ayrshire KA11 2AL
Received 1 Feb 201849 Main Road Gateside Beith Ayrshire KA15 2LF
Received 2 Feb 201820-22 Nelson Street Largs Ayrshire KA30 8LW
Received 2 Feb 2018Waterside Inn Ardrossan Road Seamill West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9NG
Received 5 Feb 2018Site To North Of The Stables Laigh Dykehead Farm Dalry Ayrshire
Received 6 Feb 20185 Stanley Avenue Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 8NT
Received 6 Feb 2018Site To South East Of Gowarratin Dalry Ayrshire
Received 6 Feb 201813 Ladyacre Way Montgomerie Park Irvine Ayrshire KA11 2FJ
Received 6 Feb 2018Site To South West Of 11 East Road Irvine Ayrshire
Received 7 Feb 2018Site To South Of 128-130 Meadowfoot Road West Kilbride Ayrshire
Received 7 Feb 2018Gailes Farm Gailes Irvine Ayrshire
Received 7 Feb 2018Records 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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