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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 dates5,928Searchable applications
234Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 4,702 approved or refused records
203Refused applications
4,499 approved · 203 refused · 484 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/19/0196/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse (Dormer)
Fairhaven 5 Hillview Road Brightons Falkirk FK2 0HU
Received 28 Mar 2019 - DecidedP/19/0197/FUL
Erection of Fence
118 Haugh Street Falkirk FK2 7QH
Received 27 Mar 2019 - DecidedP/19/0198/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
1 Tinto Drive Grangemouth FK3 0DY
Received 28 Mar 2019 - DecidedP/19/0199/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
11 Stirling Road Larbert FK5 4NE
Received 28 Mar 2019 - DecidedP/19/0200/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
10 Foxdale Court Bonnybridge FK4 2FF
Received 29 Mar 2019 - DecidedP/19/0201/FUL
Installation of Air Source Heat Pumps
Glenfuir Court Glenfuir Court Falkirk
Received 2 Apr 2019 - DecidedP/19/0202/FUL
Erection of Changing Pavilion and Associated Car Parking
Community Centre Park Crescent Westquarter Falkirk FK2 9RN
Received 2 Apr 2019 - DecidedP/19/0203/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse and Erection of Domestic Garage
64 Crawfield Avenue Bo'ness EH51 0LP
Received 2 Apr 2019 - DecidedP/19/0204/ADV
Display of Illuminated Advertisements (Partial Retention Of)
62 & 64 Main Street Larbert FK5 3AR
Received 2 Apr 2019 - DecidedP/19/0205/FUL
Erection of Dwellinghouse and Formation of Driveway (Retrospective)
Cauldhame Farm Dorrator Road Falkirk FK2 7YN
Received 2 Apr 2019 - DecidedP/19/0206/FUL
Replacement Manhole Chamber and Installation of Control Panel
Land To The East Of 84 Corbiehall Corbiehall Bo'ness
Received 2 Apr 2019 - DecidedP/19/0207/75D
Discharge of Planning Obligation attached to Planning Permission P/07/0275/REM which Required the Payment of Contributions Totalling �200,000 to be applied by the Council towards Council Projects, defined in the Section 75 Agreement as any or all of (a) the Council's Bo'ness Hippodrome Project, (b) works related to the Council's Bo'ness Townscape Initiative and (c) Falkirk Council initiated town centre regeneration projects improving the environmental aspect of Bo'ness town centre.
Land To The North Of 44 Drum Farm Lane Bo'ness Harbour Road Bo'ness
Received 1 Apr 2019 - DecidedP/19/0208/FUL
Extension and Alterations to Outbuilding to Form 1st Floor Ancillary Residential Accommodation
20 Douglas Avenue Airth Falkirk FK2 8GF
Received 3 Apr 2019 - DecidedP/19/0209/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
71 South Broomage Avenue Larbert FK5 3ED
Received 3 Apr 2019 - DecidedP/19/0210/LBC
Replacement of Rosemary Tile with Slate on Bell Tower
1 - 14 (Consec) Strathearn Court Grangemouth FK3 9HY
Received 4 Apr 2019 - DecidedP/19/0211/FUL
Section 42 Application for the Removal of Condition 7 of Planning Permission P/08/0086/FUL which Restricted the Operation of the Development to the Processing, Recycling and Treatment of Inert Construction Materials Only
Craigend Works Falkirk FK1 2HY
Received 4 Apr 2019 - DecidedP/19/0187/FUL
Change of Use of Quarry to Garden Ground
Hillview Glen Road Torwood Larbert FK5 4SN
Received 3 Apr 2019 - DecidedP/19/0212/PPP
Erection of Dwellinghouse and Associated Infrastructure
Land To The North West Of 1 Broom Farm Steading Falkirk
Received 3 Apr 2019 - DecidedP/19/0213/FUL
Alterations to Unit
Unit 2 Kirkslap Denny FK6 6EP
Received 5 Apr 2019 - DecidedP/19/0214/FUL
Replacement of Existing Telecommunications Tower and Antennas with 7.5 metre High Slimline Roof Tower with 6 No. Antenna Apertures, with Existing 1 No. 300mm Dish and 3 No. 600mm Dishes to be Relocated onto New Roof Tower
Glenfuir Court Windsor Road Falkirk
Received 5 Apr 2019 - DecidedP/19/0215/FUL
Alterations, Extension and Conversion of Outbuilding to Holiday Let Cottage
Battock Cottage Gilston Crescent Polmont Falkirk FK2 0YQ
Received 5 Apr 2019 - DecidedP/19/0216/FUL
Erection of Dwellinghouse and Domestic Garage
Land To The East Of 57 Grahamsdyke Road Grahamsdyke Road Bo'ness
Received 5 Apr 2019 - DecidedP/19/0217/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
Carnforth 14 Arnothill Falkirk FK1 5RZ
Received 4 Apr 2019 - DecidedP/19/0218/FUL
Erection of Garage and Fence
81 Rankin Crescent Dennyloanhead Bonnybridge FK4 1RA
Received 5 Apr 2019
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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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