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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.
10,200 approved · 451 refused · 632 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Boghead Beith Ayrshire KA15 1DZ
Received 25 Jun 2018Site To West Of Overton Farm Perceton Gate Irvine Ayrshire
Received 25 Jun 2018Fairlie Lodge 59 Main Road Fairlie Largs Ayrshire KA29 0AA
Received 25 Jun 2018Pizza Hut 2 Quarry Road Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0TQ
Received 25 Jun 2018174 Glencairn Street Stevenston Ayrshire KA20 3BS
Received 26 Jun 20189 Riverway Riverway Retail Park Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8AG
Received 26 Jun 20189 Riverway Riverway Retail Park Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8AG
Received 26 Jun 2018Auchencrannog Grieves Road Whiting Bay Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8FF
Received 26 Jun 201813 Ailsa Road Irvine Industrial Estate Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8LR
Received 27 Jun 2018Site To South Of Dreghorn Library 21 Main Street Dreghorn Irvine Ayrshire
Received 27 Jun 2018The Haven 42 Marine Parade Millport Isle Of Cumbrae KA28 0EF
Received 27 Jun 20186G South Crescent Road Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 8DU
Received 27 Jun 201850A Hamilton Street Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 5DS
Received 27 Jun 20184 Ganton Court Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6QT
Received 28 Jun 2018Arranton Place Lamlash Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 28 Jun 2018Lawwoodhead Dalry Road West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9PF
Received 28 Jun 201831 Ardrossan Road Seamill West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9NA
Received 28 Jun 2018McConechys Garage 62B Dalry Road Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 6DX
Received 29 Jun 20181A Smith Avenue Irvine Ayrshire KA12 9JP
Received 29 Jun 201899 Main Street Largs Ayrshire KA30 8JJ
Received 29 Jun 20188L Howard Street Millport Isle Of Cumbrae KA28 0AY
Received 29 Jun 2018Site To The North And North West Of Dippenhead Farm Dippen Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 29 Jun 201813 Trinity Drive Dalry Ayrshire KA24 4JT
Received 2 Jul 2018Plot 3 James Crescent Irvine Ayrshire
Received 2 Jul 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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