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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 dates6,543Searchable applications
234Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 5,241 approved or refused records
225Refused applications
5,016 approved · 225 refused · 542 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Jun 2012 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/25/0019/FUL
External Alterations to Building
Telephone Exchange York Lane Grangemouth FK3 8BD
Received 21 Jan 2025 - DecidedP/25/0020/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
15 Grahamsdyke Road Bonnybridge FK4 2DF
Received 21 Jan 2025 - DecidedP/25/0021/FUL
Installation of Air Conditioning Unit
48A Grahams Road Falkirk FK1 1HR
Received 21 Jan 2025 - DecidedP/25/0022/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
15 Sunnyside Avenue Brightons Falkirk FK2 0GE
Received 21 Jan 2025 - DecidedP/25/0024/FUL
Alterations to Garage Roof and Installation of Roof Lights
Maridell 32 Grahamsdyke Road Bo'ness EH51 9EA
Received 22 Jan 2025 - DecidedP/25/0025/ADV
Display of Illuminated Advertisement
6 Vicar Street Falkirk FK1 1JL
Received 22 Jan 2025 - DecidedP/25/0026/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
36 Morven Drive Polmont Falkirk FK2 0XD
Received 22 Jan 2025 - DecidedP/25/0027/FUL
Installation of Air Conditioning Unit
130 High Street Falkirk FK1 1NR
Received 22 Jan 2025 - DecidedP/25/0028/LBC
Internal Alterations and Installation of Air Conditioning Unit
130 High Street Falkirk FK1 1NR
Received 22 Jan 2025 - DecidedP/25/0029/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
39 Jarvie Road Redding Falkirk FK2 9FD
Received 22 Jan 2025 - DecidedP/25/0030/ADV
Display of Illuminated Advertisements
Unit 2 Curragh Way Bellsdyke Road Larbert FK5 4ER
Received 23 Jan 2025 - DecidedP/25/0031/FUL
Change of Use from Warehouse (Class 6) to Retail Unit (Class 1A)
Site To The West Of 80 Glasgow Road Glasgow Road Denny
Received 23 Jan 2025 - DecidedP/25/0032/ADV
Display of Illuminated Advertisements (Digital Display)
BP Service Station Airth Falkirk FK2 8PF
Received 24 Jan 2025 - DecidedP/25/0033/ADV
Display of Illuminated Advertisements (Digital Display)
Bowhouse Service Station Avonbridge Falkirk FK2 0BX
Received 24 Jan 2025 - DecidedP/25/0034/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
74 Glasgow Road Denny FK6 5DN
Received 24 Jan 2025 - Awaiting decisionP/25/0037/FUL
Construction of 17 Holiday Cabins, Ancillary Buildings and Associated Works
Land To The North Of Foggermountain Falkirk
Received 29 Jan 2025 - UnknownP/17/0504/NMV02
Erection of 91 Dwellinghouses and Associated Infrastructure
Land To The South West Of Tappernail Farm Reddingmuirhead
Received 29 Jan 2025 - DecidedP/25/0038/FUL
Conversion of Outbuilding to Form No. 2 Holiday Cottages
Balquhatstone House Station Road Slamannan Falkirk FK1 3JB
Received 30 Jan 2025 - DecidedP/25/0039/ADV
Display of Illuminated Advertisements
96 - 98 Grahams Road Falkirk FK2 7DL
Received 30 Jan 2025 - DecidedP/25/0040/FUL
Window and Door Replacements
18 - 23, 25 & 27, 28 - 35, 37 - 39, 41 & 42 Letham Terrace Letham Falkirk FK2 8QR
Received 30 Jan 2025 - DecidedP/25/0041/FUL
Formation of Play Park (Amendment to Planning Permission P/23/0289/FUL)
Land To The West Of 74 Windsor Avenue Windsor Avenue Falkirk
Received 30 Jan 2025 - DecidedP/25/0042/FUL
Extension to Hospital Building
Falkirk Community Hospital Major's Loan Falkirk FK1 5QE
Received 30 Jan 2025 - DecidedP/25/0043/FUL
Installation of Air Conditioning Units and Extraction Grilles
Unit 2 Curragh Way Bellsdyke Road Larbert FK5 4ER
Received 31 Jan 2025 - DecidedP/25/0044/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
22 Oswald Avenue Grangemouth FK3 9AF
Received 3 Feb 2025
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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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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