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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.
11,594 approved · 533 refused · 731 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Oct 1995 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Monach Gardens Dreghorn Irvine Ayrshire KA11 4EB
Received 6 Apr 202367-69 High Street Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0AL
Received 6 Apr 202367-69 High Street Irvine Ayrshire KA12 0AL
Received 6 Apr 2023The Royal Bank Of Scotland Plc Invercloy Road Brodick Ayrshire KA27 8AP
Received 7 Apr 2023The Royal Bank Of Scotland Plc Invercloy Road Brodick Ayrshire KA27 8AP
Received 7 Apr 202335-37 Main Street Largs Ayrshire KA30 8AF
Received 7 Apr 202335-37 Main Street Largs Ayrshire KA30 8AF
Received 7 Apr 202337 Bowfield Road West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9LD
Received 10 Apr 202310 Glenside Grove West Kilbride Ayrshire KA23 9AB
Received 11 Apr 2023Site To South Of 25 Marine Parade Millport Ayrshire
Received 11 Apr 20231 Annetyard Road Skelmorlie Ayrshire PA17 5BW
Received 12 Apr 202324 Eglinton Street Saltcoats Ayrshire KA21 5DG
Received 12 Apr 202381 Main Street Dreghorn Irvine Ayrshire KA11 4AQ
Received 13 Apr 202381 Main Street Dreghorn Irvine Ayrshire KA11 4AQ
Received 13 Apr 2023Merck KGaA Second Avenue Heatherhouse Industrial Estate Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8NB
Received 13 Apr 2023Site To East Of Steele Of Stevenston Garage Portland Place Portland Industrial Estate Stevenston North Ayrshire
Received 14 Apr 2023West Byrehill Industrial Estate Byrehill Place West Byrehill Kilwinning North Ayrshire
Received 14 Apr 2023Site To South East Of Goldcraigs Roads Depot Kilwinning North Ayrshire
Received 14 Apr 2023Site To North West Of 33 Stevenston Road Kilwinning North Ayrshire
Received 17 Apr 2023Mid Thunderguy Farm Pirnmill Brodick Ayrshire KA27 8HP
Received 17 Apr 2023The Chuck Wagon Lamont Place Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8JB
Received 17 Apr 202314 Raven Way North Newmoor Irvine North Ayrshire KA11 4FU
Received 17 Apr 2023Cumbrae Ferry Slip Millport Ayrshire KA28 0HQ
Received 17 Apr 202379 Kilwinning Road Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8SU
Received 17 Apr 2023Records 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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