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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 dates5,876Searchable applications
234Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 4,657 approved or refused records
201Refused applications
4,456 approved · 201 refused · 477 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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/18/0581/FUL
Alterations and Conversion of Offices (Class 2) to Form 5 Flatted Dwellings, Formation of a Commercial Unit, Conversion of Outbuilding to Communal bin store, Conversion of Garage to Form Dwellinghouse and Associated Car Parking.
Russel & Aitken 9 Cow Wynd Falkirk FK1 1PL & 3A Bean Row Falkirk FK1 1PH
Received 4 Oct 2018 - DecidedP/18/0582/FUL
Extension to DwellinghouseExtension to Dwellinghouse
19 Crofthead Street Falkirk FK2 7GG
Received 4 Oct 2018 - DecidedP/18/0584/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
2 Muirhouses Avenue Bo'ness EH51 9DJ
Received 4 Oct 2018 - DecidedP/18/0585/FUL
Installation of an ATM (Retrospective)
212 Stirling Street Dunipace Denny FK6 6JR
Received 8 Oct 2018 - DecidedP/18/0586/ADV
Display of Illuminated Advertisements
212 Stirling Street Dunipace Denny FK6 6JR
Received 8 Oct 2018 - DecidedP/18/0587/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
21 Maranatha Crescent Brightons Falkirk FK2 0DF
Received 8 Oct 2018 - DecidedP/18/0588/FUL
Erection of Gas Powered 19.9MW Electricity Generation Facility, Fencing and Associated Infrastructure
Land To South East Of 2 Caledon Green Caledon Green Grangemouth
Received 8 Oct 2018 - DecidedP/18/0589/FUL
Demolition of Conservatory and Garage. Extension to Dwellinghouse. Widening of Access
18 Slamannan Road Falkirk FK1 5LG
Received 8 Oct 2018 - DecidedP/18/0590/FUL
Formation of Access
Land At Beancross Road Wood Street Grangemouth
Received 5 Oct 2018 - DecidedP/18/0583/FUL
Change of Use of Public Open Space to Private Garden Ground and Erection of Fence (Retrospective)
59 Lithgow Place Denny FK6 5BF
Received 9 Oct 2018 - DecidedP/18/0592/PPP
Subdivision of Garden Ground and Erection of Dwellinghouse
5 Kilsyth Road Longcroft Bonnybridge FK4 1QA
Received 9 Oct 2018 - DecidedP/18/0593/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse (Dormer)
46 Anson Avenue Falkirk FK1 5JB
Received 10 Oct 2018 - DecidedP/18/0591/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse, Including Demolition of Conservatory
17 Ferguson Drive Falkirk FK2 8QA
Received 10 Oct 2018 - DecidedP/18/0595/FUL
Demolition of Conservatory and Construction of Extension to Dwellinghouse
21 Miller Crescent Bo'ness EH51 9SR
Received 11 Oct 2018 - DecidedP/18/0596/FUL
Erection of Dwellinghouse
Land To North Of Wester Bankhead Farm Annet Road Head Of Muir
Received 11 Oct 2018 - DecidedP/18/0598/FUL
Use of Land for Storage with 18 No. Containers
Depot Dock Street Bo'ness
Received 12 Oct 2018 - DecidedP/18/0601/FUL
Alteration & Extension to Dwellinghouse including Domestic Garage and Store
3 Gartcows Gardens Falkirk FK1 5QL
Received 12 Oct 2018 - DecidedP/18/0604/FUL
Erection of 20 Dwellinghouses and 21 Flatted Dwellings and associated Landscaping, Roads and Drainage Infrastructure
Land To The North East Of 22 Jardine Avenue Lanton Road Falkirk
Received 15 Oct 2018 - DecidedP/18/0605/FUL
Extension to Factory to Create Single Storey Dispatch Freezer and Associated Works
Campbells Prime Meat Ltd The Heatherfield Whitecross Linlithgow EH49 6LQ
Received 15 Oct 2018 - Review Allowed - Permission GrantedP/18/0606/FUL
Change of Use of Quarry to Garden Ground and Change of Use of Outbuilding to Form Dwellinghouse
Hillview Glen Road Torwood Larbert FK5 4SN
Received 15 Oct 2018 - DecidedP/18/0607/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse (Dormer)
11 Castle Drive Stenhousemuir Larbert FK5 4DH
Received 16 Oct 2018 - DecidedP/18/0608/CPL
Installation of 3 No. Liquid Storage Tanks, Bunds and Associated Infrastructure
Land North Of McIntyres North Shore Road Grangemouth
Received 16 Oct 2018 - DecidedP/18/0609/FUL
Erection of Workshop Building with Classroom and Associated Infrastructure
Land To South West Of 8 Duchess Anne Cottages Provost Road Bo'ness
Received 16 Oct 2018 - DecidedP/18/0610/FUL
Erection of Outbuilding
Glen Stuart Erngath Road Bo'ness EH51 9EN
Received 16 Oct 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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