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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.
10,093 approved · 449 refused · 629 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
West Kilbride Railway Station Cubrieshaw Street West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9AY
Received 1 May 2018Railway Station Building Vernon Street Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 5HN
Received 1 May 2018Site To South West Of Ladyland Moor Kilbirnie Ayrshire
Received 1 May 2018Knockrivoch Farm Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 6NH
Received 1 May 201869 Burnside Road Largs Ayrshire KA30 9BY
Received 2 May 201886-92 Glasgow Street Ardrossan Ayrshire
Received 2 May 2018Site To North And East And West Of Irvine Car Spares Shewalton Road Riverside Business Park Irvine Ayrshire
Received 2 May 2018Carna Blackwaterfoot Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8EU
Received 3 May 2018Erskine Cottage Chapelwell Street Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 5EB
Received 3 May 2018Birchburn Farm Shiskine Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8EP
Received 3 May 2018Site To North West Of Chapelton Mains Seamill West Kilbride Ayrshire
Received 3 May 201828 Auchenmaid Drive Largs Ayrshire KA30 9JJ
Received 3 May 201846 Main Street Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6AQ
Received 3 May 2018Cnoc Ranald Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8AF
Received 4 May 201885 Trelawney Terrace Stevenston Ayrshire KA20 3PN
Received 4 May 201844 Montgomerie Drive Fairlie Largs Ayrshire KA29 0DY
Received 4 May 2018McLaren Hotel Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8AJ
Received 4 May 2018Plot 10B Harbour View Blackwaterfoot Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 4 May 2018Cluny House Gateside Beith Ayrshire KA15 1HF
Received 7 May 2018Kildonan Hotel Kildonan Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8SE
Received 7 May 2018Hillside Cottage Bellesdale Avenue Largs Ayrshire KA30 9EF
Received 7 May 201826 Whittle Place South Newmoor Industrial Estate Irvine Ayrshire KA11 4HR
Received 8 May 20188 Slate Mill Gardens Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0XU
Received 8 May 20182 Smithstone Cottage Dalgarven Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6PL
Received 8 May 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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