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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 dates5,797Searchable applications
234Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 4,594 approved or refused records
200Refused applications
4,394 approved · 200 refused · 464 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/18/0080/FUL
Managed Realignment of Bothkennar Field
Site To The South Of Bothkennar Centre For Citizen Education Falkirk
Received 14 Feb 2018 - DecidedP/18/0081/ADV
Display of Illuminated and Non-Illuminated Advertisements
Phoenix Honda Glensburgh Road Grangemouth FK3 8XJ
Received 15 Feb 2018 - DecidedP/18/0082/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
2 Charles Snedden Avenue Bo'ness EH51 9TJ
Received 15 Feb 2018 - DecidedP/18/0083/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
8 Miller Place Airth Falkirk FK2 8JY
Received 15 Feb 2018 - DecidedP/18/0084/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse and Formation of Access Ramp
2 Kelvinview Avenue Banknock Bonnybridge FK4 1JR
Received 15 Feb 2018 - DecidedP/18/0085/LBC
Installation of Boiler Flue
Falkirk Trinity Church Manse Place Falkirk FK1 1JN
Received 15 Feb 2018 - DecidedP/18/0086/FUL
Installation of Flue
Falkirk Trinity Church Manse Place Falkirk FK1 1JN
Received 16 Feb 2018 - DecidedP/18/0087/FUL
Change of Use from Office (Class 2) to Assembly and Leisure (Class 11)
102 Manor Street Falkirk FK1 1NU
Received 16 Feb 2018 - DecidedP/18/0088/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
35 South Broomage Avenue Larbert FK5 3LF
Received 16 Feb 2018 - DecidedP/18/0089/FUL
Change of Use from Class 11 (Assembly and Leisure) to Class 1 (Non Food Retail)
Probowl Ltd Redbrae Road Falkirk FK1 4DD
Received 16 Feb 2018 - DecidedP/18/0090/FUL
Alterations to Dwellinghouse (Partially Retrospective)
9 Forbes Crescent Larbert FK5 3LU
Received 19 Feb 2018 - DecidedP/18/0091/FUL
External Alterations and Repairs
84 Manor Street Falkirk FK1 1NU
Received 19 Feb 2018 - DecidedP/18/0092/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
62 Cobblebrae Crescent Falkirk FK2 7QP
Received 19 Feb 2018 - DecidedP/18/0093/FUL
Erection of Outbuilding (Retrospective)
14 George Street Grangemouth FK3 9AG
Received 15 Feb 2018 - DecidedP/18/0094/FUL
Erection of Outbuilding and Erection of Fence (1 metre high)
30 Letham Cottages Letham Falkirk FK2 8QJ
Received 16 Feb 2018 - DecidedP/18/0095/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse (Dormer)
137 High Street Bonnybridge FK4 1BY
Received 21 Feb 2018 - DecidedP/18/0097/FUL
Erection of Outbuilding
Vine Cottage Dunmore Falkirk FK2 8LY
Received 21 Feb 2018 - DecidedP/18/0098/ADV
Display of Free-standing Non-Illuminated Advertisement
Site To The North Of 54 Blenheim Place Bellsdyke Road Larbert
Received 22 Feb 2018 - DecidedP/18/0099/PPP
Erection of Dwellinghouse
Carronvale House Carronvale Road Larbert FK5 3LH
Received 22 Feb 2018 - DecidedP/18/0100/FUL
Erection of Residential Care Home (Class 8 - Residential Institution)
Falkirk Ambulance Station Windsor Road Falkirk FK1 5EW
Received 22 Feb 2018 - DecidedP/18/0101/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouses (Dormer)
12 & 14 South Broomage Avenue Larbert FK5 3LF
Received 23 Feb 2018 - DecidedP/18/0102/FUL
Extension and Alterations to Dwellinghouse
Vellore House Maddiston Falkirk FK2 0BN
Received 23 Feb 2018 - DecidedP/18/0103/LBC
Extension and Alterations to Dwellinghouse
Vellore House Maddiston Falkirk FK2 0BN
Received 23 Feb 2018 - DecidedP/18/0104/FUL
Extension to Existing Garden Centre Including Coffee Shop, Office, Storage Accommodation and Ancillary Works (Amendment to Planning Permission P/17/0169/FUL)
Klondyke Garden Centre Burnside Nursery Polmont Falkirk FK2 0XS
Received 26 Feb 2018
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.
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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