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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 dates5,827Searchable applications
234Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 4,617 approved or refused records
200Refused applications
4,417 approved · 200 refused · 469 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/18/0258/FUL
Change of Use of First Floor from Class 4 Office to 1 No. Flatted Dwelling
Melita House Station Road Polmont Falkirk FK2 0UD
Received 4 May 2018 - DecidedP/18/0259/FUL
Alterations to Dwellinghouse- Replacement of 3 No. Windows & Replacement of Timber Mullions with Stone Mullions
2 Princess Gate Slamannan Road Falkirk FK1 5BP
Received 7 May 2018 - DecidedP/18/0260/LBC
Replacement of 3 No. windows & installation of new stone mullions
2 Princess Gate Slamannan Road Falkirk FK1 5BP
Received 7 May 2018 - DecidedP/18/0261/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
Westerbrae 3 Battock Road Brightons Falkirk FK2 0TT
Received 9 May 2018 - DecidedP/18/0262/VRC
Variation of Condition No.2 of Planning Permission - P/15/0476/FUL - to Extend the Time Period for Delivery of a Football Pitch and MUGA
Carrongrange High School Oxgang Road Grangemouth FK3 9HP
Received 9 May 2018 - DecidedP/18/0263/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
25 Cluny Drive Stenhousemuir Larbert FK5 4UA
Received 9 May 2018 - DecidedP/18/0264/FUL
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
22 Canal Street Camelon Falkirk FK1 4QU
Received 9 May 2018 - DecidedP/18/0265/LBC
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
22 Canal Street Camelon Falkirk FK1 4QU
Received 9 May 2018 - DecidedP/18/0266/LBC
Alterations to Flatted Dwelling and Outhouse (Partial Retention Of).
Flat 2 Mount House Pleasance Gardens Falkirk FK1 1BE
Received 9 May 2018 - DecidedP/18/0267/FUL
Erection of Dwellinghouse
Dunrowan 37 Maggie Wood's Loan Falkirk FK1 5EH
Received 10 May 2018 - DecidedP/18/0268/FUL
Alteration to Flatted Dwelling - Replace Window with Patio Doors
7 Bryce Avenue Carron Falkirk FK2 8JA
Received 9 May 2018 - DecidedP/18/0269/FUL
Conversion of Integral Garage into Family Room
32 Mellock Crescent Maddiston Falkirk FK2 0RH
Received 11 May 2018 - DecidedP/18/0270/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
15 Hillhead Drive Falkirk FK1 5NG
Received 11 May 2018 - DecidedP/18/0271/LBC
Display of Non-Illuminated Advertisements (Retrospective)
44 Vicar Street Falkirk FK1 1JB
Received 11 May 2018 - DecidedP/18/0272/FUL
Partial Change of Use from Class 6 (Storage and Distribution) to Class 5 (General Industrial)
Alexander Anderson Dalgrain Industrial Estate McCafferty Way Grangemouth
Received 11 May 2018 - DecidedP/18/0273/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
4 Blairdenon Crescent Falkirk FK1 5PE
Received 10 May 2018 - DecidedP/18/0274/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
46 Reilly Gardens High Bonnybridge Bonnybridge FK4 2BB
Received 14 May 2018 - DecidedP/18/0275/PPP
Erection of Class 5 Industrial Unit
Land To The North Of 95A Glasgow Road Glasgow Road Falkirk
Received 14 May 2018 - DecidedP/18/0276/FUL
Demolition of Outbuilding and Erection of Dwellinghouse
Land To The South West Of Stacks Farm Bo'ness
Received 15 May 2018 - DecidedP/18/0278/FUL
Erection of Dwellinghouse and Associated Works
Lime Road Depot Lime Road Falkirk FK1 4RS
Received 16 May 2018 - DecidedP/18/0279/LBC
Alterations / Repairs to Viaduct
Larbert Viaduct Falkirk Road Larbert
Received 16 May 2018 - DecidedP/18/0280/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
36 Parkend Crescent Shieldhill Falkirk FK1 2EL
Received 16 May 2018 - DecidedP/18/0281/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
44 Bank Street Grangemouth FK3 8EY
Received 15 May 2018 - DecidedP/18/0283/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
5 Brooke Lane Grangemouth FK3 8TB
Received 18 May 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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