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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10,663 approved · 472 refused · 680 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
41 Mill Crescent Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0JR
Received 22 Aug 201921 Bank Street Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0AJ
Received 22 Aug 201921 Bank Street Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0AJ
Received 22 Aug 20199 Gigha Crescent Broomlands Irvine Ayrshire KA11 1DH
Received 23 Aug 2019Beachcombers The Promenade Largs Ayrshire KA30 8DG
Received 23 Aug 201918 Seafield Court Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 8NS
Received 26 Aug 201926 Witches Linn Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 8NP
Received 26 Aug 2019Torbeg Farm Shiskine Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8HE
Received 26 Aug 20198 Glen Avenue Largs Ayrshire KA30 8RB
Received 27 Aug 201917 Annanhill Place Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6TW
Received 27 Aug 2019Rosebank Whiting Bay Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8QH
Received 27 Aug 20194 Melbourne Terrace Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 5BY
Received 28 Aug 2019The Grange Perceton Irvine Ayrshire
Received 29 Aug 2019Unit 3 11 Ailsa Road Irvine Industrial Estate Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8LR
Received 29 Aug 201920 North Middleton Drive Largs Ayrshire KA30 9JW
Received 29 Aug 2019Kilwinning Sports Club Pennyburn Road Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6LF
Received 29 Aug 201911 Kelvin Gardens Largs Ayrshire KA30 8SX
Received 29 Aug 2019Unit 5 The Douglas Centre Alma Road Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8AJ
Received 29 Aug 2019Lochranza Whisky Distillery Lochranza Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8HJ
Received 30 Aug 2019Halketburn House 5A Halketburn Road Skelmorlie Ayrshire PA17 5BP
Received 30 Aug 2019CD Three Towns Motor Project Central Avenue Ardrossan Ayrshire
Received 30 Aug 2019Muirside Steadings Stevenston Road Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6NQ
Received 30 Aug 2019Mossend Farm Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 6LX
Received 30 Aug 201914 Landsborough Court Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 6HQ
Received 30 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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