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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
Falkirk
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Falkirk. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates5,740Searchable applications
234Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 4,543 approved or refused records
197Refused applications
4,346 approved · 197 refused · 463 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Jun 2012 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Council contacts
- Planning enquiries01324504950Council source
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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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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.
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- DecidedP/12/0380/FUL
Landscape Restoration of Quarry Void, Comprising Planting and Earthworks Restoration and Upgrading of Southern Section of Site Access Road Leading to the A803
Cowdenhill Quarry Coneypark Crescent Banknock Bonnybridge FK4 1TX
Received 30 Jun 2012 - Awaiting decisionJANET
This is a test proposal PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND
Test Address 1 Test Address 2 Test Address 3
Received 14 Jan 2015 - DecidedP/17/0425/FUL
Amendment to Planning Permission P/15/0364/FUL (Substitution of Housetypes - Plots 308, 318 - 335 and 347 - 352)
Land To The South Of Kinglass Cottage Borrowstoun Road Bo'ness
Received 6 Jul 2017 - DecidedP/17/0479/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
42 Bantaskine Drive Falkirk FK1 5HS
Received 27 Jul 2017 - DecidedP/17/0487/FUL
Installation of Replacement Windows (Front Elevation)
1 Erngath Road Bo'ness EH51 9DR
Received 31 Jul 2017 - DecidedP/17/0492/FUL
Erection of Coffee Shop with Drive-Thru Facility and External Seating Area (Mixed Use Class 1/Class 3) with Associated Alterations to Car Parking and Landscaping
Site To The West Of Unit 10 Central Retail Park Falkirk
Received 1 Aug 2017 - DecidedP/17/0504/FUL
Erection of 91 Dwellinghouses and Associated Infrastructure
Land To The South West Of Tappernail Farm Reddingmuirhead
Received 7 Aug 2017 - DecidedP/17/0506/FUL
Change of Use of Public Open Space to Private Garden Ground and Erection of Raised Decking
10 Avonpark Avonbridge Falkirk FK1 2LR
Received 7 Aug 2017 - DecidedP/17/0507/FUL
Alteration to Vehicular Access
45 Bank Street Slamannan Falkirk FK1 3HA
Received 7 Aug 2017 - DecidedP/17/0526/FUL
Erection of Dwellinghouse
Dunrowan 37 Maggie Wood's Loan Falkirk FK1 5EH
Received 14 Aug 2017 - DecidedP/17/0527/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
3 Craighorn Drive Falkirk FK1 5NX
Received 15 Aug 2017 - DecidedP/17/0528/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse (Amendment to Planning Permission P/17/0003/FUL)
26 Erskine Hill Polmont Falkirk FK2 0UQ
Received 16 Aug 2017 - DecidedP/17/0529/FUL
Change of Use of Dwellinghouse to Form 2 Dwellinghouses
Easter Pirleyhill Farm Falkirk FK1 2BA
Received 16 Aug 2017 - DecidedP/17/0531/FUL
Change of Use of Premises to Church (Class 10 - Non-Residential Institutions)
Jubilee House The Hedges Falkirk FK1 4EE
Received 16 Aug 2017 - DecidedP/17/0533/PPP
Erection of Dwellinghouse
East Bonhard Linlithgow EH49 7NT
Received 17 Aug 2017 - DecidedP/17/0536/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
10 Stevenson Court Falkirk FK2 7PX
Received 18 Aug 2017 - DecidedP/17/0539/FUL
Change of Use of Former Fitness Suite to Office (Class 4)
Suite 1B The Falkirk Stadium 4 Stadium Way Falkirk FK2 9EE
Received 21 Aug 2017 - DecidedP/17/0540/ADV
Display of Illuminated Advertisements
Unit 18 Central Retail Park Falkirk FK1 1LW
Received 21 Aug 2017 - DecidedP/17/0541/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
53 Franklin Avenue Falkirk FK2 7FU
Received 21 Aug 2017 - DecidedP/17/0542/ADV
Display of Illuminated and Non-Illuminated Advertisements
199 High Street Falkirk FK1 1DU
Received 21 Aug 2017 - DecidedP/17/0543/FUL
Erection of Outbuilding (Partially Retrospective)
20 Watson Street Falkirk FK2 7EX
Received 21 Aug 2017 - DecidedP/17/0544/FUL
Demolition of Existing Storage Tank and Erection of New Storage Tank (Increase in Tank Height)
Ineos Bo'ness Road Grangemouth FK3 9XH
Received 22 Aug 2017 - DecidedP/17/0554/FUL
Continued Siting of Modular Canteen Building (Retrospective)
1 Central Boulevard Central Park Larbert FK5 4RU
Received 22 Aug 2017 - DecidedP/17/0546/ADV
Display of Non-Illuminated Advertisements
Bo'ness Apostolic Church 61 Stewart Avenue Bo'ness EH51 9NJ
Received 22 Aug 2017
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Start 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.
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Falkirk, 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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