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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 dates5,931Searchable applications
234Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 4,705 approved or refused records
203Refused applications
4,502 approved · 203 refused · 484 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/19/0279/FUL
Alterations to Conservatory Roof
60 Reilly Gardens High Bonnybridge Bonnybridge FK4 2BB
Received 6 May 2019 - DecidedP/19/0280/FUL
Subdivision of Garden Ground and Erection of 2 Dwellinghouses
6 Thistle Avenue Grangemouth FK3 8YH
Received 6 May 2019 - DecidedP/19/0281/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
9 Queens Drive Stenhousemuir Larbert FK5 4BE
Received 7 May 2019 - DecidedP/19/0282/ADV
Display of Illuminated and Non-Illuminated Advertisements
Arnold Clark Automobiles Ltd Beancross Road Grangemouth FK3 8YF
Received 8 May 2019 - DecidedP/19/0283/FUL
Installation of 7 No. 3m High Lighting Columns
Arnold Clark Automobiles Ltd Beancross Road Grangemouth FK3 8YF
Received 8 May 2019 - DecidedP/19/0284/FUL
Erection of 5 Class 1 Shop Units with Associated Car Parking, Footpath & Landscaping
Land To The East Of 48 Blenheim Place Bellsdyke Road Larbert
Received 8 May 2019 - DecidedP/19/0286/FUL
Change of Use from Offices to Children's Residential Unit (Class 8 - Residential Institution)
85 Grahams Road Falkirk FK2 7DD
Received 9 May 2019 - DecidedP/19/0287/PPP
Erection of a Dwellinghouse
Land North Of Unit 5 Canal Yard Falkirk
Received 9 May 2019 - DecidedP/19/0288/FUL
Erection of a Dwellinghouse
Redding Cottage Redding Road Westquarter Falkirk FK2 9TG
Received 9 May 2019 - DecidedP/19/0290/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse and Demolition of Existing Conservatory
48 Erskine Hill Polmont Falkirk FK2 0UQ
Received 9 May 2019 - DecidedP/19/0291/ADV
Retention of Illuminated Advertisements
126 Thornhill Road Falkirk FK2 7AE
Received 9 May 2019 - DecidedP/19/0292/FUL
Deletion of Condition 2 of Planning Permission P/09/0771/FUL to Make Temporary Access Permanent
Hillview Glen Road Torwood Larbert FK5 4SN
Received 8 May 2019 - DecidedP/19/0293/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
12 Elphinstone Crescent Airth Falkirk FK2 8JX
Received 13 May 2019 - DecidedP/19/0294/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
15 Craigs Way Rumford Falkirk FK2 0EU
Received 13 May 2019 - DecidedP/19/0295/VRC
Application under Section 42 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act for the removal of condition 2 (installation of separate septic tank) for planning permission F/2000/0128
Roblen West Grangemouth Road Bo'ness EH51 0PU
Received 13 May 2019 - DecidedP/19/0296/TEL
Installation of 17.5m Monopole, GRP Shroud, 3 Multi-band Antennae, 2 Transmission Dishes, 3 Equipment Cabinets and Associated Works
Site To The South Of 63 Hillside Grove Grahamsdyke Road Bo'ness
Received 13 May 2019 - DecidedP/19/0297/FUL
Extensions to Dwellinghouse, Including Front and Rear Dormers and Formation of Decking (partially retrospective)
Hadley 22 Blairdenon Crescent Falkirk FK1 5PE
Received 13 May 2019 - DecidedP/19/0298/FUL
Formation of Vehicle Access
138 Main Street Bonnybridge FK4 1AJ
Received 13 May 2019 - DecidedP/19/0299/FUL
External Alterations, Replace Window with French Doors and Replacement Window
Eden Cottage Acre Road Bo'ness EH51 9SX
Received 14 May 2019 - DecidedP/19/0300/CPL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
10 Anderson Drive Carron Falkirk FK2 8DU
Received 14 May 2019 - DecidedP/19/0301/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
17 Rae Street Stenhousemuir Larbert FK5 4QP
Received 14 May 2019 - DecidedP/19/0303/FUL
Demolition of Existing Building and Erection of 2 Dwellinghouses
28 Gowan Avenue Falkirk FK2 7HW
Received 14 May 2019 - DecidedP/19/0304/FUL
Installation of ATM (Retrospective)
11 Main Street Polmont Falkirk FK2 0PX
Received 14 May 2019 - DecidedP/19/0305/ADV
Display of Illuminated Advertisement
11 Main Street Polmont Falkirk FK2 0PX
Received 14 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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