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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.
10,993 approved · 491 refused · 698 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Dec 1996 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 Girdle Toll Irvine Ayrshire KA11 1AP
Received 1 Mar 20223 Irvine Road Largs Ayrshire KA30 8JR
Received 1 Mar 2022120 - 122 Irvine Road Largs Ayrshire
Received 1 Mar 20222 Sidney Street Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 5DD
Received 1 Mar 2022Site To North Of Dunard Corrie Brodick Ayrshire
Received 2 Mar 2022Fungarth Grieves Road Whiting Bay Brodick Ayrshire KA27 8FF
Received 2 Mar 2022Site To West Of Blairpark Farm Dalry Ayrshire
Received 2 Mar 20221 Arkwright Way North Newmoor Industrial Estate Irvine Ayrshire KA11 4JU
Received 2 Mar 2022Fairlie Lodge 59 Main Road Fairlie Largs Ayrshire KA29 0AA
Received 3 Mar 202218 Coll Gardens Dreghorn Irvine Ayrshire KA11 4EA
Received 4 Mar 2022Craigmill Dalry Ayrshire KA24 4LQ
Received 4 Mar 20225 Caaf Close Dalry Ayrshire KA24 4JX
Received 7 Mar 2022Bay View Brodick Ayrshire KA27 8AJ
Received 7 Mar 20225 Montgomerie Crescent Fairlie Largs Ayrshire KA29 0EB
Received 8 Mar 2022Loan Mhor Shannochie Brodick Ayrshire KA27 8SJ
Received 8 Mar 2022Blackshaw Farm West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9PG
Received 8 Mar 202250 Brisbane Road Largs Ayrshire KA30 8NJ
Received 9 Mar 202282 Main Street Largs Ayrshire KA30 9AN
Received 9 Mar 2022The Old Mill Quarry Beith Ayrshire KA15 1HY
Received 9 Mar 202210 Penbreck Court Girdle Toll Irvine Ayrshire KA11 1QT
Received 10 Mar 2022Site To West Of 60 Greenock Road Largs North Ayrshire
Received 11 Mar 2022Site To South And East Of Mains Bungalow Eglinton Irvine North Ayrshire
Received 11 Mar 202239 Hawkhill Drive Stevenston Ayrshire KA20 3DF
Received 11 Mar 202244 Overtoun Road Springside Irvine Ayrshire KA11 3BG
Received 11 Mar 2022Records 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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