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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.
10,789 approved · 481 refused · 687 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Jan 1997 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Apartments 3, 4 And 5 Kildonan Hotel Kildonan Isle Of Arran KA27 8SE
Received 13 Oct 202055A Main Road Fairlie Largs Ayrshire KA29 0AA
Received 14 Oct 2020Champion Shell Inn 5 Schoolwell Street Stevenston Ayrshire KA20 3DL
Received 14 Oct 20201 Brockly View Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 7HQ
Received 14 Oct 2020Corriecravie Garage Sliddery Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8PD
Received 15 Oct 2020Site To East Of 38B Skelmorlie Castle Road Skelmorlie Ayrshire
Received 15 Oct 2020142 Main Street Kilwinning Ayrshire KA13 6AA
Received 15 Oct 20209 New Street Stevenston Ayrshire KA20 3HB
Received 15 Oct 2020Cycle Footpath Link Between Tarryhome And Riverside Way Riverside Business Park Irvine Ayrshire
Received 19 Oct 202019 Main Road Fairlie Largs Ayrshire KA29 0DW
Received 19 Oct 2020Site To South West Of Hunterston Coal Yard Fairlie Largs Ayrshire
Received 19 Oct 202036 Greenock Road Largs Ayrshire KA30 8QL
Received 19 Oct 2020Garrison House The Garrison Millport Isle Of Cumbrae KA28 0DG
Received 19 Oct 2020Westbourne Caravan Park West Bay Road Millport Isle Of Cumbrae KA28 0HA
Received 20 Oct 2020Drift Inn Lamlash Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8JN
Received 21 Oct 2020Uncle Toms Cabin Hamilton Terrace Lamlash Brodick Isle Of Arran KA27 8LR
Received 22 Oct 2020Lintseedridge Farm Dalry Ayrshire KA24 5JU
Received 22 Oct 2020Blair House Blair Estate Dalry Ayrshire KA24 4ER
Received 23 Oct 20205 Kirkhill Old Perceton Irvine Ayrshire KA11 2AQ
Received 23 Oct 2020107 Herriot Avenue Kilbirnie Ayrshire KA25 7JB
Received 23 Oct 202016 Knockrivoch Wynd Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 7QA
Received 26 Oct 2020Kelburnfoot Fairlie Largs Ayrshire KA29 0BD
Received 26 Oct 202016 Carmel Drive Springside Irvine Ayrshire KA11 3AG
Received 26 Oct 2020Kelburnfoot Fairlie Largs Ayrshire KA29 0BD
Received 26 Oct 2020Records 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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