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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 dates5,881Searchable applications
234Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 4,660 approved or refused records
201Refused applications
4,459 approved · 201 refused · 479 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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More application records
- DecidedP/18/0611/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
20 Stevenson Street Grangemouth FK3 8QZ
Received 16 Oct 2018 - DecidedP/18/0612/FUL
Change of Use of Premises from Class 5 General Industrial to Class 6 Storage and Distribution
Flavell Laurieston Road Grangemouth
Received 17 Oct 2018 - DecidedP/18/0613/FUL
Demolition of Existing Building and Erection of Care Home (Class 8)
Grange Nursing Home 11 - 11A Bridgeness Lane Bo'ness EH51 9LQ
Received 17 Oct 2018 - DecidedP/18/0614/FUL
Extensions to Dwellinghouse (Extend Existing Front Dormer and new Rear Dormer)
27 Castle Drive Stenhousemuir Larbert FK5 4DH
Received 18 Oct 2018 - DecidedP/18/0616/FUL
Erection of Early Years Centre (Class 10 Non-Residential Institution) and Associated Infrastructure
Hallglen Primary School New Hallglen Road Falkirk FK1 2RA
Received 19 Oct 2018 - DecidedP/18/0617/FUL
Erection of Dwellinghouse and Associated Infrastructure
Gilston Farmhouse Gilston Farm Polmont Falkirk FK2 0YQ
Received 19 Oct 2018 - DecidedP/18/0618/FUL
Extension to Nursing Home to Accommodate Heat Power Plant Including Installation of Flue
Cunningham House Abbotsgrange Road Grangemouth FK3 9JS
Received 19 Oct 2018 - DecidedP/18/0619/AGR
Prior Notification for Farm-Related Building Works (Non-Residential)
Land To North Of Wester Bankhead Farm Annet Road Head Of Muir
Received 19 Oct 2018 - DecidedP/18/0620/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
9 Hayfield Terrace Head Of Muir Denny FK6 5LA
Received 19 Oct 2018 - DecidedP/18/0622/PPP
Erection of Dwellinghouse
Land To South Of Maremma Cottage Slamannan
Received 18 Oct 2018 - DecidedP/18/0623/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse (2 Storey)
77 Carrongrange Gardens Stenhousemuir Larbert FK5 3DU
Received 22 Oct 2018 - DecidedP/18/0624/FUL
Change of use from Childrens Home (Class 8) to Dwellinghouse (Class 9)
Weedingshall Polmont Road Polmont Falkirk FK2 0XS
Received 22 Oct 2018 - DecidedP/18/0625/FUL
Erection of 20 No. Holiday Chalets and Associated Infrastructure
Weedingshall Polmont Road Polmont Falkirk FK2 0XS
Received 22 Oct 2018 - DecidedP/18/0626/FUL
Erection of Outbuilding and Fence (Retrospective)
2 Rosevale Glensburgh Road Grangemouth FK3 8XL
Received 22 Oct 2018 - DecidedP/18/0627/FUL
Replacement Window and Door
10 Shore Road Airth Falkirk FK2 8LH
Received 22 Oct 2018 - DecidedP/18/0629/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse (Dormer)
88 Seaforth Road Falkirk FK2 7TQ
Received 24 Oct 2018 - DecidedP/18/0631/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse (Porch)
15 Logie Drive Larbert FK5 4EA
Received 24 Oct 2018 - DecidedP/18/0632/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
Whinbrae Cottage Station Road Brightons Falkirk FK2 0UE
Received 24 Oct 2018 - DecidedP/18/0603/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse, Erection of Outbuilding with Raised Decking (Retrospective)
Ochilview Glen Road Torwood Larbert FK5 4SN
Received 23 Oct 2018 - DecidedP/18/0633/FUL
Conversion and Change of Use from Storage and Office Accommodation Relating to Class 1 Shop to form 2 Flatted Dwellings at First Floor Level
105 - 107 High Street Falkirk FK1 1ED
Received 25 Oct 2018 - DecidedP/18/0634/FUL
Erection of War Memorial
Site To The West Of 15 Auchentyre Place Kincardine Road Carronshore
Received 25 Oct 2018 - DecidedP/18/0630/75M
Modification of Planning Obligation under Section 75 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 attached to Planning Permission P/16/0525/FUL to remove the requirement to pay a financial contribution in respect of nursery school provision within the local area of the development and to adjust phased payments as provided for in the Planning Obligation accordingly.
Land To The East Of Parklea Maddiston Falkirk
Received 26 Oct 2018 - DecidedP/18/0637/FUL
Demolition of Fire Damaged Dwellinghouse and Erection of New Dwellinghouse
Linhouse Cottage Linhouse Farm Avonbridge Falkirk FK1 2JS
Received 30 Oct 2018 - DecidedP/18/0638/FUL
Erection of 2 Dwellinghouses (Amendment to Planning Permission P/15/0238/FUL)
Braeside Yard Slamannan Road Limerigg Falkirk FK1 3BJ
Received 30 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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