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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 dates5,763Searchable applications
234Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 4,563 approved or refused records
200Refused applications
4,363 approved · 200 refused · 463 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
More application records
- DecidedP/17/0677/FUL
Lowering of Pavement to Gain Access to Front Garden
7 Grangemouth Road Falkirk FK2 9DD
Received 31 Oct 2017 - DecidedP/17/0678/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
46 St. Johns Way Bo'ness EH51 9JF
Received 1 Nov 2017 - DecidedP/17/0679/FUL
Change of Use of Open Space to Class 5 Industrial Use and Erection of 2.4m High Fence
Land To The East Of 13 Crawfield Lane Crawfield Lane Bo'ness
Received 1 Nov 2017 - DecidedP/17/0680/FUL
Erection of 4 Flatted Dwellings (Part Retrospective) (Amendment to Planning Permission F/93/0886)
Land To The South Of 11 - 21 (Odd) Victoria Road Victoria Road Falkirk
Received 1 Nov 2017 - DecidedP/17/0681/FUL
Erection of 5 Dwellinghouses
Land To The East Of 5 Rosemary Court Duke Street Denny
Received 2 Nov 2017 - DecidedP/17/0682/RAIL
Parapets Works to Overbridge
Site To The South West Of 2 Wholequarter Avenue Main Street Redding
Received 2 Nov 2017 - DecidedP/17/0683/FUL
Formation of a Containerised Electricity Storage Facility with Associated Fencing and Infrastructure
Scottish Power Falkirk Road Bonnybridge FK4 1SN
Received 3 Nov 2017 - DecidedP/17/0684/FUL
Erection of Dwellinghouse and Garage
Land To The South West Of Learigg Falkirk
Received 3 Nov 2017 - DecidedP/17/0685/FUL
Change of Use of Disused Sewage Works to Aquaponics Business (For the Production of Vegetable Produce and Fish Farming) and Erection of Polytunnels
Polmonthill Sewage Works Polmont Falkirk FK2 0YD
Received 3 Nov 2017 - DecidedP/17/0686/FUL
Alterations and Extension to Station Building
Bo'ness Station Union Street Bo'ness EH51 9AQ
Received 3 Nov 2017 - DecidedP/17/0687/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
Roselea 69 Tamfourhill Road Falkirk FK1 4RJ
Received 3 Nov 2017 - DecidedP/17/0688/RAIL
Parapet Works to Overbridge
Site To The North Of 12 Burnside Terrace Redding Road Redding
Received 3 Nov 2017 - DecidedP/17/0689/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
36 Venachar Road Falkirk FK1 5UP
Received 6 Nov 2017 - DecidedP/17/0691/CPL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
10 Drover Round Larbert FK5 4TT
Received 7 Nov 2017 - DecidedP/17/0692/FUL
Alterations and Conversion of Steading to Form Dwellinghouse
Land To The West Of Candie Hill Falkirk
Received 8 Nov 2017 - DecidedP/17/0693/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
South Lodge Kinnaird House Falkirk FK2 8QX
Received 8 Nov 2017 - DecidedP/17/0694/LBC
External Repair Works and Painting of Building
122 High Street Falkirk FK1 1NW
Received 8 Nov 2017 - DecidedP/17/0695/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
71 Main Street Larbert FK5 4AH
Received 8 Nov 2017 - DecidedP/17/0696/FUL
External Repair Works and Painting of Building
122 High Street Falkirk FK1 1NW
Received 9 Nov 2017 - DecidedP/17/0697/ADV
Display of Free-Standing Non-Illuminated Advertisements
Site To The North Of 54 Blenheim Place Bellsdyke Road Larbert
Received 9 Nov 2017 - DecidedP/17/0698/FUL
Alteration to Shopfront and Installation of Extraction System and Condenser Unit
124 Grahams Road Falkirk FK2 7BZ
Received 10 Nov 2017 - DecidedP/17/0699/LBC
Display of Advertisement
19A Kirk Wynd Falkirk FK1 1LZ
Received 10 Nov 2017 - DecidedP/17/0700/CPL
Erection of 4 Flatted Dwellings and 10 Dwellinghouses and Associated Works
Day Nursery Abbots Road Grangemouth FK3 8JB
Received 10 Nov 2017 - DecidedP/17/0701/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
31 Venachar Road Falkirk FK1 5UP
Received 13 Nov 2017
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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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