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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.
10,565 approved · 469 refused · 674 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Boathouse Drive Largs Ayrshire KA30 8NX
Received 14 Jun 201920 Hillside Street Stevenston Ayrshire KA20 3JA
Received 17 Jun 2019Waterside Inn Ardrossan Road Seamill West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9NG
Received 17 Jun 2019173 Bank Street Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0NH
Received 17 Jun 2019Site Of Former Primary School Kilmory Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 18 Jun 2019Unmanned Public Convenience Whiting Bay Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 19 Jun 201927 Stanlane Place Largs Ayrshire KA30 8DD
Received 19 Jun 2019Rosemont House Glen Cloy Road Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8DA
Received 20 Jun 201911 Ailsa Road Irvine Industrial Estate Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8LR
Received 20 Jun 2019Site To South Of 43 St Brennans Court Kilbirnie Ayrshire
Received 21 Jun 2019Perceton House Stables Irvine Ayrshire KA11 2AJ
Received 21 Jun 2019Kidsneuk Cottage 17 Kidsneuk Gardens Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8SX
Received 21 Jun 201951 Stoneyholm Road Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 7JS
Received 24 Jun 201967 Kelvin Street Largs Ayrshire KA30 9BD
Received 25 Jun 201910 Gullane Place Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6TR
Received 25 Jun 2019Bridgegate House Bridgegate Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8BD
Received 25 Jun 2019Site To North East Of 10 Kyle Road Irvine Industrial Estate Irvine Ayrshire
Received 25 Jun 201928 Burnside Road Largs Ayrshire KA30 9BX
Received 25 Jun 20195 Bellesdale Avenue Largs Ayrshire KA30 9EE
Received 25 Jun 2019Bowencraig Pitches Irvine Road Largs Ayrshire
Received 26 Jun 2019Site To East Of Skelmorlie Clubhouse Skelmorlie Ayrshire
Received 26 Jun 201945 Craigspark Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 7PS
Received 27 Jun 20193 Glen Avenue Largs Ayrshire KA30 8RQ
Received 28 Jun 201925 Summerlea Road Seamill West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9HP
Received 28 Jun 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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