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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.
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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 dates5,929Searchable applications
234Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 4,703 approved or refused records
203Refused applications
4,500 approved · 203 refused · 484 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Council contacts
- Planning enquiries01324504950Council source
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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/19/0245/FUL
Amendment to Planning Permission P/13/0227/MSC (Substitution of Housetype on Plot 1)
Forrester Quarter Bonnybridge FK4 2HA
Received 18 Apr 2019 - DecidedP/19/0247/FUL
Amendment to Planning Permission P/18/0427/FUL (Substitution of Housetype on Plot 2)
Forrester Quarter Bonnybridge FK4 2HA
Received 18 Apr 2019 - DecidedP/19/0248/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
52 Torlea Place Larbert FK5 4QZ
Received 18 Apr 2019 - DecidedP/19/0250/FUL
Demolition of Outbuildings and Erection of Dwellinghouse
6 Longcroft Holdings Cumbernauld Road Longcroft Bonnybridge FK4 1SZ
Received 19 Apr 2019 - DecidedP/19/0251/FUL
Alterations to Conservatory Roof
35 Union Place Brightons Falkirk FK2 0FG
Received 22 Apr 2019 - DecidedP/19/0253/LBC
Alterations to Shopfront and Display of Illuminated Advertisements
147 - 149 High Street Falkirk FK1 1DZ
Received 24 Apr 2019 - DecidedP/19/0254/ADV
Display of Illuminated Advertisements
147 - 149 High Street Falkirk FK1 1DZ
Received 24 Apr 2019 - DecidedP/19/0255/FUL
Erection of Outbuilding (Retrospective)
109 Tryst Road Stenhousemuir Larbert FK5 4QJ
Received 18 Apr 2019 - DecidedP/19/0256/FUL
Erection of Church (Renewal of Planning Permission P/16/0035/FUL)
Land To The South East Of South Lodge Etna Road Falkirk
Received 17 Apr 2019 - DecidedP/19/0257/FUL
Installation of French Doors
65 Alloway Crescent Bonnybridge FK4 1EZ
Received 25 Apr 2019 - DecidedP/19/0258/PPP
Subdivision of Garden Ground and Erection of Dwellinghouse
146B Bo'ness Road Grangemouth FK3 9BX
Received 25 Apr 2019 - DecidedP/19/0260/FUL
Extension and Alterations to Distillery / Bonded Warehouse Facility (Retrospective)
Falkirk Distillery Company Grandsable Road Polmont Falkirk FK2 0WA
Received 26 Apr 2019 - DecidedP/19/0261/FUL
Extension to Workshop and External Alterations
Greenrigg Cycle Centre Falkirk FK1 3AZ
Received 29 Apr 2019 - DecidedP/19/0262/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
49 Gunn Road Grangemouth FK3 8RF
Received 26 Apr 2019 - DecidedP/19/0263/FUL
Conversion of Garage to form Habitable Room
18 Young Crescent Larbert FK5 4XS
Received 30 Apr 2019 - DecidedP/19/0264/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
14 Meadowbank Polmont Falkirk FK2 0UG
Received 29 Apr 2019 - DecidedP/19/0265/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
25 Forbes Crescent Larbert FK5 3LX
Received 1 May 2019 - DecidedP/19/0266/FUL
Alterations to Shopfront and Installation of ATM
147 - 149 High Street Falkirk FK1 1DZ
Received 1 May 2019 - DecidedP/19/0267/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
31 Burnhead Road Larbert FK5 4AZ
Received 1 May 2019 - DecidedP/19/0269/LBC
Replacement Window and Patio Door
Mannerston House Blackness Linlithgow EH49 7ND
Received 2 May 2019 - DecidedP/19/0270/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse and Raised Decking
3 Eastcroft Drive Polmont Falkirk FK2 0SU
Received 2 May 2019 - DecidedP/19/0271/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
3 Nevis Place Grangemouth FK3 0DD
Received 2 May 2019 - DecidedP/19/0276/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
40 Millar Place Falkirk FK2 8QB
Received 3 May 2019 - DecidedP/19/0278/FUL
Change of Use from Class 2 Financial, Professional and Other Services to Class 3 Food and Drink
13 Hope Street Bo'ness EH51 0AA
Received 6 May 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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