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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.
10,663 approved · 472 refused · 680 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 To North West Of Chapelton Mains Seamill West Kilbride Ayrshire
Received 7 Aug 2019Flat 1 3 Allanton Park Terrace Fairlie Largs Ayrshire KA29 0AW
Received 7 Aug 201911 Barrie Terrace Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 8AY
Received 7 Aug 2019Glaxosmithkline Shewalton Road Riverside Business Park Irvine Ayrshire KA11 5AP
Received 8 Aug 201922 Kirk Vennel Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0DQ
Received 8 Aug 20191 Graystones Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 7DT
Received 9 Aug 2019Site To Rear Of 1 & 2 Kelvin Gardens Largs Ayrshire KA30 8SX
Received 12 Aug 201914B Meadowfoot Road West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9BX
Received 12 Aug 2019Site To West Of Ailsa Cottage Kilmory Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 12 Aug 2019Sidehead Farm Burnhouse Beith Ayrshire KA15 1LE
Received 12 Aug 2019Site To East Of Fardens Skelmorlie Ayrshire
Received 13 Aug 2019Site To East Of Millstone Point Lochranza Brodick Isle Of Arran
Received 13 Aug 20198 Park Avenue Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 7AD
Received 15 Aug 20192 Acheson Gardens Largs Ayrshire KA30 8TN
Received 15 Aug 20192 Braeside Girdle Toll Irvine Ayrshire KA11 1BX
Received 15 Aug 2019Unit 2 Block 4 Lochshore Industrial Estate Caledonian Place Glengarnock Beith Ayrshire KA14 3AZ
Received 15 Aug 201939 Glenbervie Wynd Irvine Ayrshire KA11 4DL
Received 15 Aug 201998 East Road Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0AA
Received 19 Aug 2019Auchencloigh Farm Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 7LJ
Received 19 Aug 20191 Nursery Drive Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6EL
Received 19 Aug 2019Site To West Of Pennant Court Montgomerie Park Irvine Ayrshire
Received 21 Aug 2019Site To East Of Blackshaw Farm West Kilbride Ayrshire
Received 21 Aug 2019Site To Rear Of Harbour Arts Centre Harbour Street Irvine Ayrshire
Received 21 Aug 20198 Springbank Gardens Lawthorn Irvine Ayrshire KA11 2BY
Received 21 Aug 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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