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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 dates5,918Searchable applications
234Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 4,694 approved or refused records
202Refused applications
4,492 approved · 202 refused · 482 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/19/0143/FUL
Change of Use, Alterations and Extension to Hotel (Class 7) to form 3 Dwellinghouses (Class 9) with Associated Infrastructure
144 Bo'ness Road Grangemouth FK3 9BX
Received 12 Mar 2019 - DecidedP/19/0145/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
Gardrum Greenhithe Terrace Rumford Falkirk FK2 0SR
Received 13 Mar 2019 - DecidedP/19/0146/FUL
Extension to Dwelinghouse (Porch)
32 Crawfield Avenue Bo'ness EH51 0LP
Received 13 Mar 2019 - DecidedP/19/0147/FUL
Erection of Agricultural Building (Retrospective).
Linksfield Farm Stenhousemuir Falkirk FK2 8QT
Received 12 Mar 2019 - DecidedP/19/0148/LBC
Alterations to Building
70 Bo'ness Road Grangemouth FK3 8AF
Received 13 Mar 2019 - DecidedP/19/0149/FUL
Amendment to Planning Permission P/13/0741/FUL (Substitution of Housetype)
Land To The West Of Netherview Cottage Bonnybridge
Received 12 Mar 2019 - DecidedP/19/0150/ADV
Display of Non-Illuminated Advertisement
Land To The North East Of Unit 1 Kinnaird Village Centre McIntyre Avenue Larbert
Received 14 Mar 2019 - DecidedP/19/0151/FUL
Change of Use from Mixed Use (Commercial/Residential) to Residential
4 Park Street Falkirk FK1 1RE
Received 14 Mar 2019 - DecidedP/19/0152/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
Millfield North Lodge Main Street Polmont Falkirk FK2 0PS
Received 14 Mar 2019 - DecidedP/19/0153/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
36 Gairdoch Drive Carronshore Falkirk FK2 8AH
Received 15 Mar 2019 - DecidedP/19/0154/CPL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
40 Corona Crescent Bonnybridge FK4 1GG
Received 15 Mar 2019 - DecidedP/19/0155/FUL
Change of Use of a Caf� and 1 No. Flat to form 1 No. Dwellinghouse and External Alterations
204 Stirling Street Dunipace Denny FK6 6JR
Received 15 Mar 2019 - DecidedP/19/0156/FUL
Installation of Modular Building (Nursery)
St Patricks Rc Primary School Carronbank Crescent Denny FK6 6DW
Received 15 Mar 2019 - DecidedP/19/0157/LBC
Proposed replacement of timber windows with UPVC windows
5 Panbrae Road Bo'ness EH51 0EJ
Received 15 Mar 2019 - DecidedP/19/0158/FUL
Installation of Replacement Windows
5 Panbrae Road Bo'ness EH51 0EJ
Received 15 Mar 2019 - DecidedP/19/0159/FUL
Erection of Detached Garages (Amendment to Planning Permission P/18/0740/FUL)
Land To The North Of 79 Alma Street Alma Street Falkirk
Received 15 Mar 2019 - DecidedP/19/0161/FUL
Extensions to Dwellinghouse
6 Morrison Avenue Bonnybridge FK4 1ET
Received 18 Mar 2019 - DecidedP/19/0162/FUL
Demolition of Shop (Class 1) and Erection of No. 3 Units, Comprising a Class 1 Shop (Unit 1), Class 3 Food and Drink (Unit 2) and Sui Generis Hot Food Takeaway Use (Unit 3) and Associated Infrastructure
66 Linlithgow Road Bo'ness EH51 0HX
Received 18 Mar 2019 - DecidedP/19/0163/FUL
Erection of Domestic Garage (Retrospective)
45 Park Road Falkirk FK2 7PU
Received 18 Mar 2019 - DecidedP/19/0166/PPP
Erection of Dwellinghouse
Land To The East Of 96 Main Street Main Street Shieldhill
Received 18 Mar 2019 - DecidedP/19/0167/FUL
Change of Use from Church (Class 10) to Mixed Use Residential Training Centre, Community and Worship Use (Sui Generis)
St James Church Thornhill Road Falkirk FK2 7AZ
Received 19 Mar 2019 - DecidedP/19/0168/FUL
Change of Use from Class 6 (Storage / Distribution) to MOT Testing Station (Sui Generis)
Unit 1 17 Winchester Avenue Denny
Received 19 Mar 2019 - DecidedP/19/0169/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
9 Griffiths Street Falkirk FK1 5AJ
Received 20 Mar 2019 - DecidedP/19/0170/FUL
Change of Use from Office (Class 2 Financial Professional and Other Services) to Shop (Class 1)
28 Newmarket Street Falkirk FK1 1JQ
Received 20 Mar 2019
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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