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Planning application documents: what to read first
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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 dates5,801Searchable applications
234Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 4,597 approved or refused records
200Refused applications
4,397 approved · 200 refused · 464 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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/18/0105/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
30 Carrongrange Gardens Stenhousemuir Larbert FK5 3DU
Received 26 Feb 2018 - DecidedP/18/0107/CPL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
7 Hunter Place Falkirk FK2 8QS
Received 26 Feb 2018 - DecidedP/18/0108/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
553 King Street Stenhousemuir Larbert FK5 4JT
Received 26 Feb 2018 - DecidedP/18/0109/FUL
Alterations and Extension to Outbuilding (Garage)
16 Muirhead Court Reddingmuirhead Falkirk FK2 0ZZ
Received 27 Feb 2018 - DecidedP/18/0110/FUL
Change of Use Public Open Space to Private Garden Ground and Erection of Boundary Fence (Retrospective)
49 Lithgow Place Denny FK6 5BF
Received 26 Feb 2018 - DecidedP/18/0113/VRC
Application under Section 42 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 for the Removal of Condition 5 (Occupancy Restriction) from Planning Permission F/2004/0107
Yew Bank Central Park Avenue Central Park Larbert FK5 4GR
Received 27 Feb 2018 - DecidedP/18/0114/FUL
Alteration and Extension to Shop (Class 1).
Post Office 68 Main Street Shieldhill Falkirk FK1 2DT
Received 1 Mar 2018 - DecidedP/18/0115/FUL
Alterations to Shopfront and Change of Use of 1st and 2nd floors Shop (Class1) to form 4 Flatted Dwellings
19 Callendar Riggs Falkirk FK1 1UZ
Received 1 Mar 2018 - DecidedP/18/0116/FUL
Alterations to Shopfront and Conversion of 1st and 2nd floors to form 3 Flatted Dwellings
15 - 17 Callendar Riggs Falkirk FK1 1UZ
Received 1 Mar 2018 - DecidedP/18/0117/ADV
Display of Illuminated and Non-Illuminated Advertisements
B & Q plc Middlefield Road Falkirk FK2 9EQ
Received 2 Mar 2018 - DecidedP/18/0118/FUL
Change of Use of and Alterations to Vacant Church (Class 9) to form Hotel Accommodation (Class 7)
United Pentecostal Church 2 Canal Street Bainsford Falkirk FK2 7FD
Received 2 Mar 2018 - DecidedP/18/0119/FUL
Alterations to Building (Overcladding)
Grange House Grangemouth FK3 8YE
Received 2 Mar 2018 - DecidedP/18/0120/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
Lyneriach 19 Stirling Road Larbert FK5 4NE
Received 27 Feb 2018 - DecidedP/18/0122/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
11 Hanlon Gardens Rumford Falkirk FK2 0US
Received 6 Mar 2018 - DecidedP/18/0123/FUL
Extension and Alterations to Nursing Home
Summerdale Victoria Place Brightons Falkirk FK2 0TZ
Received 7 Mar 2018 - DecidedP/18/0124/FUL
Erection of Outbuilding
Avonbank 177 Bo'ness Road Grangemouth FK3 9BT
Received 7 Mar 2018 - DecidedP/18/0125/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
23 North Street Falkirk FK2 7NF
Received 8 Mar 2018 - DecidedP/18/0126/PPP
Development of Land for Residential Use, Including Land for a Community Facility, Associated Supporting Infrastructure and Landscaping
Land To The North West Of Burnside Cottage Standrigg Road Wallacestone
Received 8 Mar 2018 - DecidedP/18/0127/ADV
Display of Non-Illuminated Advertisements
6 Vicar Street Falkirk FK1 1JL
Received 8 Mar 2018 - DecidedP/18/0128/FUL
Erection of Retail Unit (Class 1)
Blackness Inn Blackness Linlithgow EH49 7NL
Received 7 Mar 2018 - DecidedP/18/0129/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
Linmore 1 East Drive Larbert FK5 3EL
Received 7 Mar 2018 - DecidedP/18/0130/FUL
Siting of No. 2 Modular Buildings (Toilet Facilities) (Retrospective)
Kelpies Marina The Helix Falkirk FK2 7ZT
Received 8 Mar 2018 - DecidedP/18/0131/FUL
Formation of Landscape Bund
Calachem Ltd Earls Road Grangemouth FK3 8XG
Received 9 Mar 2018 - DecidedP/18/0132/ADV
Display of Non-Illuminated Advertisements
43 Vicar Street Falkirk FK1 1LL
Received 9 Mar 2018
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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