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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 dates5,943Searchable applications
234Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 4,714 approved or refused records
204Refused applications
4,510 approved · 204 refused · 487 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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/19/0361/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
9 Ash Place Banknock Bonnybridge FK4 1TY
Received 4 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0362/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
6 Broom Crescent Falkirk FK1 5RE
Received 4 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0363/PPP
Subdivision of Garden Ground and Erection of Dwellinghouse
Forthview Walton Linlithgow EH49 7NS
Received 4 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0364/ADV
Display of Non-Illuminated Advertisement
27 Manor Street Falkirk FK1 1NH
Received 4 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0365/FUL
Extensions to School to Form New Nursery and Assembly Hall
Denny Primary School 40 Duke Street Denny FK6 6NP
Received 5 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0366/ADV
Display of Non-Illuminated Advertisement
Dunipace Juniors Football Ground Town House Street Denny
Received 5 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0367/FUL
Installation of 2 storey modular hospitality suite (retrospective), single storey modular toilet block, 3m high perimeter fence at western end of pitch (retrospective) & covered modular terrace (stand)
Dunipace Juniors Football Ground Town House Street Denny
Received 5 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0368/LBC
Internal and External Alterations to Barrack Block
Blackness Castle Blackness Linlithgow EH49 7NH
Received 6 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0369/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
11 George Street Falkirk FK2 7EY
Received 7 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0370/FUL
Formation of New Extract Outlet
Blackness Castle Blackness Linlithgow EH49 7NH
Received 7 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0371/FUL
Formation of Road with Associated Infrastructure
Land To The North Of North Bank Farm Bo'ness
Received 7 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0372/FUL
Erection of New Office Building with Associated Ancillary Building, Car Parking and External Landscape Works
1 Inchyra Road Grangemouth FK3 9XB
Received 10 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0373/FUL
Engineering Works incorporating Formation of Driveway and Erection of Retaining Wall
4 Anson Avenue Falkirk FK1 5JD
Received 10 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0374/FUL
External Alterations
Grangemouth Bowling Club Talbot Street Grangemouth FK3 8HU
Received 10 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0375/FUL
Change of Use of Land to Private Garden Ground (Retrospective), Demolish Existing Dwelling and Outbuilding and Erection of Dwellinghouse and Domestic Garage
Hillroy 18 Mannerston Holdings Blackness Linlithgow EH49 7ND
Received 11 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0376/FUL
Part Change of Use of the Building from Dance Studio (Class 11) to Shop (Class 1) (Retrospective)
Carmill Studios Stirling Road Larbert FK5 3NH
Received 11 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0377/FUL
Sub-division of Garden Ground and Erection of Dwellinghouse
Garthland 49 Grahamsdyke Road Bo'ness EH51 9ED
Received 11 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0378/FUL
Formation of Vehicular Access
Cuthelton Farm Denny FK6 5JU
Received 12 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0379/FUL
Extension to Flatted Dwelling
29 Cedar Street Grangemouth FK3 8NG
Received 12 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0380/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
16 Kinacres Grove Bo'ness EH51 9LT
Received 11 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0381/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
The Old Chapel House South Street Bo'ness EH51 9HA
Received 13 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0382/PPP
Sub-Division of Garden Ground and Erection of Dwellinghouse and Formation of Vehicular Access
Grange Lodge Carriden Brae Bo'ness EH51 9SL
Received 13 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0383/LBC
Formation of Vehicular Access
Grange Lodge Carriden Brae Bo'ness EH51 9SL
Received 13 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0384/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
35 Russel Street Falkirk FK2 7HP
Received 13 Jun 2019
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Start with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Scotland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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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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