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North Ayrshire
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for North Ayrshire. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates14,149Searchable applications
96Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 12,812 approved or refused records
571Refused applications
12,241 approved · 571 refused · 768 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jun 1994 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and building standardsLocal plan Local development planConservation areas Conservation areas and consent
Council contacts
- Planning enquiries01294324763Council source
- Planning enquiries01294324319Council source
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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Conservation areas13 mapped area records
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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.
More application records
- Approved subject to Conditions24/00163/PP
Subdivision of existing house (Glendower House) into two dwellings plus the erection of a single dwelling within thegrounds
5 Montgomerie Terrace Skelmorlie North Ayrshire PA17 5DT
Received 29 Feb 2024 - Approved subject to Conditions24/00164/LBC
Subdivision of existing house (Glendower House) into two dwellings
5 Montgomerie Terrace Skelmorlie North Ayrshire PA17 5DT
Received 29 Feb 2024 - Approved with no Conditions24/00166/AN
Prior notification for the erection of a replacement agricultural building
Jameston Moss Dalry North Ayrshire KA24 4HA
Received 29 Feb 2024 - Approved with no Conditions24/00169/PP
Enlarge the area of raised timber decking to rear of detached dwelling house
25 Caldwell Road West Kilbride North Ayrshire KA23 9LF
Received 1 Mar 2024 - Scoping/Screening Agreed24/00170/EIA
Request for EIA Screening Opinion for the Cumbrae Slipway Reconstruction project
Site To South Of Cumbrae Slip Millport Isle Of Cumbrae North Ayrshire
Received 1 Mar 2024 - Approved with no Conditions24/00171/PP
Erection of one and a half storey extension to rear of semi-detached dwelling house to replace existing single storey extension
Creag Ghrianach Lochranza Brodick Isle Of Arran North Ayrshire KA27 8JF
Received 1 Mar 2024 - Approved with no Conditions24/00173/PP
Installation of a synthetic football pitch surface, the erection of 4 x 15m high floodlights and the siting of a modular changing rooms unit
Ardrossan Winton Rovers Football Ground Winton Street Ardrossan North Ayrshire KA22 8JG
Received 4 Mar 2024 - Application Withdrawn24/00174/PP
Erection of detached dwelling house with detached garden room
Site To North West Of Pinule Montgreenan Kilwinning North Ayrshire
Received 4 Mar 2024 - Application Withdrawn24/00175/PP
Erection of 2 no. single storey self-catering holiday cottages
Site To North Of Pinule Montgreenan Kilwinning North Ayrshire
Received 4 Mar 2024 - Approved subject to Conditions24/00176/PP
Alteration and conversion of first floor commercial property to form dwelling flat including roof extension and formation of roof terrace
49 Vernon Street Saltcoats North Ayrshire KA21 5HE
Received 4 Mar 2024 - Approved with no Conditions24/00178/PP
Shopfront alterations and associated remedial works
30 Main Street Beith North Ayrshire KA15 2AA
Received 4 Mar 2024 - Approved with no Conditions24/00179/PP
Erection of greenhouse to side elevation including alterations to existing house roof and erection of detached outbuilding
Grouse Lodge Dippen Brodick Isle Of Arran North Ayrshire KA27 8RW
Received 4 Mar 2024 - Approved with no Conditions24/00180/PP
Erection of single storey extensions to rear and side with formation of dormer to rear
10 Laigh Letter Row Lamlash Brodick Isle Of Arran North Ayrshire KA27 8GE
Received 5 Mar 2024 - Approved with no Conditions24/00181/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
Kaimhill Farm Kilbirnie North Ayrshire KA25 7JZ
Received 5 Mar 2024 - Approved with no Conditions24/00182/PP
Alterations to existing rear extension
1 The Crescent Skelmorlie North Ayrshire PA17 5DX
Received 5 Mar 2024 - Approved with no Conditions24/00184/LBC
Masonry repairs to lancet window architraves, repointing of low-level masonry and lithomex repairs to minor spalled stonework on front elevation of building
Dalry And Kilbirnie Delivery Office 3 Townend Street Dalry North Ayrshire KA24 4AB
Received 5 Mar 2024 - Scoping/Screening Agreed24/00185/EIA
Request for EIA screening opinion for holiday accommodation and ancillary development
Tennox Farm Kilbirnie North Ayrshire KA25 6LX
Received 6 Mar 2024 - Approved with no Conditions24/00187/PP
Erection of detached garage within curtilage of dwellinghouse (retrospective)
Millview Cottage 1 Dunlop Road Barrmill Beith North Ayrshire KA15 1HN
Received 6 Mar 2024 - Approved subject to Conditions24/00189/PP
Installation of weir wall, and outfall headwall including removal of trees covered by Lochranza No.1 Tree Preservation Order
Site At Eason Biorach Burn And Chalmadale Burn Lochranza Brodick Isle Of Arran North Ayrshire
Received 6 Mar 2024 - Approved with no Conditions24/00190/PP
Erection of detached garage to rear of dwelling house
52 Townfoot Dreghorn Irvine North Ayrshire KA11 4EZ
Received 6 Mar 2024 - Approved with no Conditions24/00193/PP
Erection of a wall mounted community noticeboard on the external face of the Garrison grounds wall in Clifton Street
Garrison Halls Clifton Street Millport Isle Of Cumbrae North Ayrshire KA28 0AZ
Received 6 Mar 2024 - Approved with no Conditions24/00194/LBC
Erection of a wall mounted community noticeboard on the external face of the Garrison grounds wall in Clifton Street
Garrison Halls Clifton Street Millport Isle Of Cumbrae North Ayrshire KA28 0AZ
Received 6 Mar 2024 - Approved with no Conditions24/00196/PP
Erection of extension to rear of detached dwelling house
Altbeg Cottage Corriegills Road Corriegills Brodick Isle Of Arran North Ayrshire KA27 8BL
Received 7 Mar 2024 - Approved with no Conditions24/00197/PP
Alterations and conversion of adjoining byre to form one and a half storey extension to existing dwelling house including erection of conservatory
Mid Lambroughton Farm Kilmarnock North Ayrshire KA3 2PL
Received 7 Mar 2024
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What these statistics cover
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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