North Ayrshire

Subsea cable manufacturer XLCC is to develop a manufacturing facility, with around 900 jobs, in North Ayrshire thanks to a new £20 million investment by the Scottish National Investment Bank. XLCC’s High-Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) cable will efficiently transport electricity over long

Following the recent completion of two major packages of improvement works in 2024, Arran’s largest social housing provider Trust Housing Association has now announced a further phase of investment to follow this year.

Plans have been submitted for a new battery energy storage system (BESS) facility in Kilwinning. Renewable energy company Apatura is seeking planning approval to construct and operate a 100 MW BESS with associated infrastructure and landscaping within a field just off the B778 Old Glasgow Road. 

North Ayrshire’s largest council house development will commemorate the invention of Braille. One of the streets in the new development at Ayrshire Central Hospital – which is now under construction – will be called Braille Gardens.

North Ayrshire Council has highlighted the impact of its work to provide new affordable homes after its cabinet approved its new five-year Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) for 2025-2030. The council and its Registered Social Landlord partners are delivering new homes throughout the area. Cou

A major £48 million flood protection scheme on the Isle of Cumbrae has been completed.

Work is now officially underway on North Ayrshire Council’s largest-ever housing development.

The contractors who are currently at the design stage for the new educational facility in Ardrossan are holding an event to discuss their plans and possible future opportunities for local businesses.

Planning consent has been granted for a £150 million upgrade to an Ayrshire marine yard, paving the way for increased offshore wind power off the UK’s west coast.

Work on the ambitious £14 million regeneration project for the Harbourside area of Irvine will begin in January.

Work is underway to give a new start to the former King’s Arms Hotel in Irvine’s High Street.

Construction work on two pioneering North Ayrshire Council-owned solar PV farms is already well advanced. Work on the first of two facilities began earlier this year at Nethermains, a former landfill site, between Irvine and Kilwinning. Much of the infrastructure on the site has now been instal

Work is now well underway on the latest North Ayrshire Council housing development in the Garnock Valley.

A series of events are taking place as part of the extensive consultation into North Ayrshire's latest Local Development Plan.

Cunninghame Housing Association has celebrated the completion of its latest new build housing development at Garven Road in Stevenston with an official closing ceremony.