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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 dates6,546Searchable applications
234Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 5,244 approved or refused records
225Refused applications
5,019 approved · 225 refused · 542 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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/25/0172/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
42 Epworth Gardens Reddingmuirhead Falkirk FK2 0DW
Received 17 Apr 2025 - Awaiting decisionP/25/0173/LBC
Alterations to Listed Building to Form 3 Flats
25 Manor Street Falkirk FK1 1NH
Received 17 Apr 2025 - DecidedP/25/0174/FUL
Construction of Outbuilding
Cafe Muiravonside Country Park Whitecross Linlithgow EH49 6LW
Received 17 Apr 2025 - DecidedP/25/0175/PPP
Construction of Dwellinghouse and Associated Development
Land To The North Of Linlithgow Hill Bo'ness
Received 22 Apr 2025 - DecidedP/25/0176/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse (Dormers)
65 Anderson Crescent Shieldhill Falkirk FK1 2ED
Received 22 Apr 2025 - DecidedP/25/0178/FUL
Formation of Vehiclular Access, Parking and Entrance Gate
209 Bo'ness Road Grangemouth FK3 9UP
Received 23 Apr 2025 - DecidedP/25/0179/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse, Extension to Outbuilding to form Habitable Living Space and Construction of Outbuilding (Retrospective)
5 Roebuck Park Stenhousemuir Larbert FK5 4QE
Received 23 Apr 2025 - DecidedP/25/0181/FUL
Construction of Beauty Salon (Class 1A) (Retrospective)
1 Haig Street Grangemouth FK3 8QJ
Received 24 Apr 2025 - DecidedP/25/0182/FUL
Alterations to Listed Building and Structure, Including the Application of Paint and Replacement Water Tank
Bo'ness Station Union Street Bo'ness EH51 9AQ
Received 24 Apr 2025 - DecidedP/25/0183/LBC
Alterations to Listed Structure
Bo'ness Station Union Street Bo'ness EH51 9AQ
Received 24 Apr 2025 - DecidedP/25/0184/FUL
Construction of Outbuilding
67 Webster Avenue Carronshore Falkirk FK2 8BA
Received 24 Apr 2025 - DecidedP/25/0185/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
Shalom 32 Roxburgh Place Stenhousemuir Larbert FK5 4UE
Received 24 Apr 2025 - DecidedP/25/0186/FUL
Siting of Snack Van (Retrospective)
Site To The North Of Smith & Frater West Mains Industrial Estate Grangemouth
Received 24 Apr 2025 - DecidedP/25/0187/FUL
Alterations to Flat (Enlargement of Window Opening/Installation of Patio Door)
42 George Street Grangemouth FK3 9AG
Received 28 Apr 2025 - DecidedP/25/0188/FUL
Siting of Modular Buildings and Construction of Stairs, Ramps and Fences
Bo'ness United Football Club Newtown Park Linlithgow Road Bo'ness EH51 0DP
Received 28 Apr 2025 - DecidedP/25/0189/FUL
Construction of Dwellinghouse
Land To The West Of 50 - 58 (Even) Annet Road Annet Road Head Of Muir
Received 29 Apr 2025 - DecidedP/25/0190/FUL
Alterations to Building
19 Princes Street California Falkirk FK1 2BX
Received 30 Apr 2025 - DecidedP/25/0191/FUL
Alterations to Shopfront, Mechanical Ventilation and Siting of Replacement Air Conditioning Units
105 - 107 High Street Falkirk FK1 1ED
Received 1 May 2025 - DecidedP/25/0192/FUL
Change of Use from Class 1A (Shops and Financial, Professional and Other Services) to Class 7 (Hotel)
7-9 La Porte Precinct Grangemouth FK3 8AZ
Received 1 May 2025 - DecidedP/25/0193/LBC
Alterations to Shopfront, Internal Alterations, Mechanical Ventilation Installation & Replacement of Air Conditioning Units
105 - 107 High Street Falkirk FK1 1ED
Received 1 May 2025 - DecidedP/25/0194/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
43 Ingleston Avenue Dunipace Denny FK6 6QW
Received 1 May 2025 - DecidedP/25/0195/FUL
Extension to Office Building
31 Winchester Avenue Denny FK6 6QE
Received 2 May 2025 - DecidedP/25/0196/FUL
Construction of 3 Dwellinghouses and Associated Infrastructure (Amendment to P/24/0506/FUL)
Land To The East Of 37 Stewart Avenue Stewart Avenue Bo'ness
Received 2 May 2025 - DecidedP/25/0197/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
44 Polmont House Gardens Polmont Falkirk FK2 0SH
Received 7 May 2025
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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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