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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 dates5,970Searchable applications
234Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 4,739 approved or refused records
204Refused applications
4,535 approved · 204 refused · 489 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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/19/0411/FUL
Alterations to Bothy to Form Public Shelter
Public Convenience Dollar Park Camelon Road Falkirk
Received 26 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0412/LBC
Alterations to Bothy to Form Public Shelter
Public Convenience Dollar Park Camelon Road Falkirk
Received 26 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0413/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
47 Gartcows Drive Falkirk FK1 5QQ
Received 27 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0414/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
25 Abbots Moss Drive Falkirk FK1 5UA
Received 27 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0415/FUL
Demolition of Dwelling and Erection of Dwellinghouse
26 Gartcows Drive Falkirk FK1 5QQ
Received 27 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0416/FUL
Siting of Snack Van (Part Retrospective)
Site To The South West Of Autoshine Express Bankside Falkirk
Received 27 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0417/FUL
Erection of Boundary Fence and Outbuilding (Partially Retrospective)
1 Kirkway Main Street Airth Falkirk FK2 8LE
Received 27 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0418/FUL
Installation of a Filter Kiosk with Washwater Booster (Amended from P/18/0704/FUL)
Scottish Water Bo'ness EH51 9SF
Received 28 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0419/LBC
Display of Banner Advertisements (Partially Retrospective)
Peoples Church West Bridge Street Falkirk FK1 5RJ
Received 28 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0420/ADV
Display of Temporary Non-Illuminated Banner Advertisements
Peoples Church West Bridge Street Falkirk FK1 5RJ
Received 28 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0421/75D
Discharge of Planning obligation attached to Planning Permission F/2001/0140 which restricted the development to the erection of 6 dwellinghouses in total.
Fairview House Airth Falkirk FK2 8RY
Received 28 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0422/75D
Discharge of Planning Obligation attached to Planning Permission F/98/0414 which restricted the development to the erection of 5 dwellinghouses in total.
Fairview House Airth Falkirk FK2 8RY
Received 28 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0426/FUL
Erection of Domestic Garage
65 Main Street Bonnybridge FK4 1AL
Received 1 Jul 2019 - DecidedP/19/0427/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
23 Viewfield Road Banknock Bonnybridge FK4 1TH
Received 28 Jun 2019 - DecidedP/19/0428/PPP
Development of Land for Residential Purposes
The Haining Maddiston Falkirk FK2 0BN
Received 1 Jul 2019 - DecidedP/19/0429/FUL
Siting of Refrigerated Portable Container (Partially Retrospective)
Wester Thomaston Farm Banknock Bonnybridge FK4 1UE
Received 2 Jul 2019 - DecidedP/19/0432/FUL
Erection of Dwellinghouse
Land To North Of Wester Bankhead Farm Annet Road Head Of Muir
Received 3 Jul 2019 - DecidedP/19/0435/FUL
Erection of Workshop with Ancillary Office and Welfare Accommodation (Class 5) and Associated Infrastructure
PFP House Bo'ness Road Grangemouth FK3 9XF
Received 3 Jul 2019 - DecidedP/19/0436/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
17 Middlefield Road Falkirk FK2 9HE
Received 3 Jul 2019 - DecidedP/19/0437/FUL
Siting of Temporary Residential Accommodation
Land To The North Of Hareburn Falkirk
Received 4 Jul 2019 - DecidedP/19/0438/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
71 & 73 Dean Road Bo'ness EH51 9BA
Received 4 Jul 2019 - DecidedP/19/0439/FUL
Hard and Soft Landscaping to form Permanent Performance Stage
Zetland Park Drummond Place Grangemouth
Received 5 Jul 2019 - DecidedP/19/0440/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
31 Alma Street Falkirk FK2 7HD
Received 8 Jul 2019 - DecidedP/19/0441/ADV
Display of Advertisement
12 Kirk Wynd Falkirk FK1 1JR
Received 8 Jul 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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