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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 dates5,844Searchable applications
234Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 4,633 approved or refused records
200Refused applications
4,433 approved · 200 refused · 470 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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/18/0323/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
Cliftonhill Farm California Falkirk FK1 2DF
Received 29 May 2018 - DecidedP/18/0326/FUL
Erection of Furnace, Extension to No. 3 Stacks on Existing Furnace and Associated Development
Site To The West Of Polimeri Europa (UK) Ltd Bo'ness Road Grangemouth
Received 4 Jun 2018 - DecidedP/18/0327/FUL
Erection of Building to be Used as an Indoor Riding Arena and Associated Works
Babbithill Falkirk FK1 2JL
Received 4 Jun 2018 - DecidedP/18/0330/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
80 Rae Street Stenhousemuir Larbert FK5 4QP
Received 4 Jun 2018 - DecidedP/18/0332/FUL
Change of Use from Hotel (Class 7) to Form 5 Flatted Dwellings and Public House (Sui Generis), Demolition of Cellar and Formation of New External Entrance to Public House
The Royal Hotel 30 - 32 High Street Bonnybridge FK4 1DA
Received 5 Jun 2018 - DecidedP/18/0333/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
18 Wallacestone Brae Wallacestone Falkirk FK2 0DQ
Received 6 Jun 2018 - DecidedP/18/0334/FUL
Demolition of Industrial Building and Change of Use to Form Vehicle Sales Area with Further Additional Hardstanding / Car Parking, Retaining Wall and Boundary Fence
94 Beancross Road Grangemouth FK3 8YF
Received 7 Jun 2018 - DecidedP/18/0335/ADV
Display of Non-Illuminated Advertisements
94 Beancross Road Grangemouth FK3 8YF
Received 7 Jun 2018 - DecidedP/18/0336/ADV
Display of Illuminated Advertisement (Relocation of Sign)
263 Main Street Larbert FK5 4PU
Received 7 Jun 2018 - DecidedP/18/0337/FUL
Erection of 6 Dwellinghouses (Amendment to planning permission F/2004/0458)
Land To The West Of 2 McGarvie Drive Aitken Crescent Redding
Received 7 Jun 2018 - DecidedP/18/0338/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse and Erection of Garage
Holehouse Cottage Avonbridge Falkirk FK1 2JP
Received 7 Jun 2018 - DecidedP/18/0339/FUL
Erection of Garden Building and 1.8m Boundary Fence
144 Bridgeness Road Bo'ness EH51 9LH
Received 7 Jun 2018 - DecidedP/18/0340/FUL
Erection of Porch, New Access Ramp and Alterations to Existing Hard Standing Areas
Strathcarron Hospice Randolph Hill Fankerton Denny FK6 5HJ
Received 8 Jun 2018 - DecidedP/18/0341/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse and Formation of Pitched Roofs over Flat Roofs
Clairdhu Blackness Linlithgow EH49 7NW
Received 8 Jun 2018 - DecidedP/18/0342/FUL
Alterations to Dwellinghouse (Replace Window with Patio Doors)
41 Bruce Drive Stenhousemuir Larbert FK5 4DD
Received 11 Jun 2018 - DecidedP/18/0343/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse (Dormer)
52 Rae Street Stenhousemuir Larbert FK5 4QP
Received 11 Jun 2018 - DecidedP/18/0344/ADV
Display of Illuminated Advertisement
128 Kilsyth Road Banknock Bonnybridge FK4 1HY
Received 11 Jun 2018 - DecidedP/18/0345/FUL
Installation of Solar Panels
7 Arnothill Falkirk FK1 5RZ
Received 12 Jun 2018 - DecidedP/18/0346/PPP
Development of Land for Residential Use
1 Seabegs Place Bonnybridge FK4 2BY
Received 11 Jun 2018 - DecidedP/18/0347/FUL
Change of Use of and Extension to Office to form Dwellinghouse and Erection of Garage
31 Wellside Place Falkirk FK1 5RL
Received 13 Jun 2018 - DecidedP/18/0348/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
56 Woodlea Gardens Bonnybridge FK4 1DF
Received 13 Jun 2018 - DecidedP/18/0349/FUL
Erection of 3 Dwellinghouses
Land To The East Of Fairview Main Street Standburn
Received 19 Jun 2018 - DecidedP/18/0350/DMO
Prior Notification for Demolition of Buildings(GRA-7973-DEM)
Gransable Cemetery Grandsable Road Polmont
Received 14 Jun 2018 - DecidedP/18/0351/CPE
Use of Land and Premises as Materials and Soil Treatment Facility (Class 5 General Industrial)
Carron Works Stenhouse Road Carron Falkirk FK2 8UW
Received 14 Jun 2018
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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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