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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.
11,002 approved · 491 refused · 699 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
East Laigh Gree Burnhouse Beith Ayrshire KA15 1LQ
Received 25 Mar 202258 Caledonian Road Stevenston Ayrshire KA20 3LQ
Received 25 Mar 202243 Fullerton Drive Seamill West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9HT
Received 25 Mar 202238 Kilwinning Road Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8RY
Received 25 Mar 2022West Kilbride Golf Club 33-35 Fullerton Drive Seamill West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9HT
Received 25 Mar 202221 Annetyard Drive Skelmorlie Ayrshire PA17 5BN
Received 28 Mar 2022Site Adjacent To Graze Restaurant 1 - 5 Crossroads Dalry Ayrshire
Received 28 Mar 2022Site To West Of Kilreen Brodick North Ayrshire
Received 28 Mar 2022Staff Block 6 Auchrannie Road Brodick North Ayrshire
Received 28 Mar 202224 West Road Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8RE
Received 28 Mar 2022Seaburn Cottage Lamlash Brodick Ayrshire KA27 8LD
Received 29 Mar 2022Site To The North Of 1 Mull Crescent Towerlands Road Irvine Ayrshire
Received 29 Mar 2022Site To West Of 35 Irvine Road Largs Ayrshire
Received 29 Mar 2022The Old Byre Showroom Machrie Brodick Ayrshire KA27 8EB
Received 29 Mar 20222 Altbeg Cottage Corriegills Road Corriegills Brodick Ayrshire KA27 8BL
Received 29 Mar 2022Ardagh Glass Ltd Portland Road The Industrial Estate Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8JA
Received 29 Mar 202229 Kilwinning Road Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8RR
Received 30 Mar 2022Stirling Highgate Beith Ayrshire KA15 1HX
Received 30 Mar 2022Broadstone Gateside Beith Ayrshire KA15 1HQ
Received 30 Mar 2022Aston House Perceton Irvine Ayrshire KA11 2AJ
Received 30 Mar 202215-17 Eglinton Street & 4-6 Strand Beith Ayrshire KA15 1AB
Received 30 Mar 2022Annickbank Inovation Campus Annickbank Campus Irvine Ayrshire KA11 4LF
Received 31 Mar 202221 New Street Dalry Ayrshire
Received 31 Mar 202214B South Crescent Road Ardrossan Ayrshire KA22 8DY
Received 1 Apr 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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