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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 dates5,968Searchable applications
234Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 4,737 approved or refused records
204Refused applications
4,533 approved · 204 refused · 489 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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More application records
- DecidedP/19/0385/ADV
Display of Non-Illuminated Advertisements (Partial Retention of)
Land To The East Of 16 MacGregor Place Drysdale Avenue Falkirk
Received 13 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0386/PPP
Erection of 2 Dwellinghouses
Lochview House Limerigg Falkirk FK1 3BZ
Received 13 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0387/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
89 Bo'ness Road Grangemouth FK3 9BJ
Received 14 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0388/FUL
Change of Use and Alterations from Offices (Upper Floors) to form 3 Flatted Dwellings and Dormer Extension
60 High Street Falkirk FK1 1DD
Received 17 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0389/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse and Formation of Raised Deck
32 Lyoncross Dennyloanhead Bonnybridge FK4 1UG
Received 17 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0391/FUL
Amendment to Planning Application P/16/0360/FUL Comprising Alterations to Access, Parking Courtyard and Repositioning of Units 1-4
Land To The North Of 2 Glenbank Falkirk Road Glen Village
Received 18 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0392/FUL
Extension to Welfare Building (2 Storey) and External Alterations
PFP House Bo'ness Road Grangemouth FK3 9XF
Received 19 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0393/FUL
Change of use from Workshop (Class 5) to a Dog Training Facility (Sui Generis)
Unit C 1 Muirhall Road Larbert FK5 4RR
Received 19 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0394/FUL
Extension and Alterations to Outbuilding to Form 1st Floor Ancillary Residential Accommodation
20 Douglas Avenue Airth Falkirk FK2 8GF
Received 19 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0395/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse and Formation of Raised Deck
Garvald House Fankerton Denny FK6 5HJ
Received 19 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0396/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
4 Hanlon Gardens Rumford Falkirk FK2 0US
Received 20 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0397/FUL
Erection of Outbuilding
6 Carmuirs Drive Falkirk FK1 4JG
Received 20 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0398/VRC
Section 42 Application to Delete Planning Condition No. 9 of Planning Permission No. P/10/0065/FUL (Erection of Agricultural Workers Dwellinghouse)
Dunmore Farm House Dunmore Falkirk FK2 8LX
Received 20 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0399/FUL
Alterations and Change of Use Ground Floor from Public House (Sui Generis) to Retail Unit (Class 1)
The Criterion 6 Stirling Street Denny FK6 6DU
Received 20 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0400/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse (Dormer)
Hillcroft Cottage School Road Redding Falkirk FK2 9XU
Received 20 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0401/CPL
Unrestricted Class 1 Food & Non-Food Sales (Except for Goods Defined as Prohibited in the Section 75 Legal Agreement)
Unit 24 Central Retail Park Falkirk FK1 1LW
Received 20 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0402/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
5 Carron View Maddiston Falkirk FK2 0NF
Received 19 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0404/HHC
Alleged Mixed High Hedge - Leylandii and Sycamore.
Woodside Glen Road Torwood Larbert FK5 4SN
Received 20 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0405/75D
Discharge of Planning Obligation attached to Planning Permission F/85/3 which (a) restricts the occupation of the dwellinghouse erected under that permission to a person employed in agriculture and his or her dependants, or to a person who has retired from occupation in the agricultural industry and his or her dependants; and (b) prevents the sale of the land on which the said dwellinghouse was erected as separate from Northfield Farm.
Hillcrest Dunipace Denny FK6 6RB
Received 20 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0406/FUL
Change of Use from Class 6 (Storage and Distribution) to Class 5 (General Industrial), including Demolition of Buildings, Alterations to Building, Installation of Plant and Associated Development
Alexander Anderson Dalgrain Industrial Estate McCafferty Way Grangemouth
Received 21 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0407/FUL
Erection of Church with Associated Community Facilities (Class 10 - Non Residential Institution)
Land To The North East Of Unit 1 Kinnaird Village Centre McIntyre Avenue Larbert
Received 25 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0408/FUL
Alterations to Dwellinghouse to Form New Window and Patio Doors and Formation of Patio Area
Carnforth 14 Arnothill Falkirk FK1 5RZ
Received 25 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0409/PPP
Development of Land for Residential Use (Including Affordable Housing), Community Facilities & Associated Development
Land To The South Of Bo'ness Fire Station Crawfield Lane Bo'ness
Received 26 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0403/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
34 Lyoncross Dennyloanhead Bonnybridge FK4 1UG
Received 26 Jun 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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