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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.
10,506 approved · 462 refused · 665 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Site Opposite Glencloy Garage Auchrannie Road Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 27 Mar 201917 Milton Crescent Dreghorn Irvine Ayrshire KA11 4AX
Received 27 Mar 2019Glaxosmithkline Shewalton Road Riverside Business Park Irvine Ayrshire KA11 5AP
Received 27 Mar 2019The Barn West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9PA
Received 28 Mar 2019Silverbank Whiting Bay Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8QL
Received 28 Mar 201914 Turnberry Wynd Irvine Ayrshire KA11 4DP
Received 1 Apr 2019Silverbank Whiting Bay Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8QL
Received 2 Apr 2019Site To North West Of Chapelton Mains Seamill West Kilbride Ayrshire
Received 2 Apr 2019Site To South East Of Thornhill Kings Cross Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 2 Apr 2019159 Bank Street Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0NH
Received 3 Apr 201935-37 Main Street Largs Ayrshire KA30 8AF
Received 4 Apr 2019Site To North East Of The Grange Perceton Irvine Ayrshire
Received 4 Apr 2019Sannox No 1 TPO Sannox Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 5 Apr 2019Sandmoor Lamlash Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8NF
Received 5 Apr 2019Plot 10A Harbour View Blackwaterfoot Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 8 Apr 201927 Ashgrove Road Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6PA
Received 8 Apr 2019Glendale Cordon Lamlash Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8NQ
Received 9 Apr 2019Site To East Of Kyle View Skelmorlie Castle Road Skelmorlie Ayrshire
Received 9 Apr 2019Largiemhor House Whiting Bay Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8QP
Received 10 Apr 2019Site To North West Of Chapelton Mains Seamill West Kilbride Ayrshire
Received 10 Apr 20193 Motte Gardens Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 8NZ
Received 10 Apr 2019Rahane Machrie Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8DZ
Received 11 Apr 2019Site To East Of Scotthaven Park Terrace Lamlash Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 11 Apr 2019West Bankside Farm Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 7LQ
Received 11 Apr 2019Records 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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