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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 dates5,985Searchable applications
234Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 4,753 approved or refused records
204Refused applications
4,549 approved · 204 refused · 489 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/19/0494/FUL
Erection of Raised Decking Platform
Langarric 53 Anderson Crescent Shieldhill Falkirk FK1 2ED
Received 30 Jul 2019 - DecidedP/19/0495/FUL
Extension to Flatted Dwelling
12 Friendship Gardens Carronshore Falkirk FK2 8HY
Received 30 Jul 2019 - DecidedP/19/0496/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
6 Yarrow Place Grangemouth FK3 9EE
Received 30 Jul 2019 - DecidedP/19/0497/FUL
Erection of Outbuilding (Retrospective)
12 Montgomery Well Carron Falkirk FK2 8NB
Received 31 Jul 2019 - DecidedP/19/0498/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse (Dormer)
14 Begg Avenue Falkirk FK1 5DL
Received 31 Jul 2019 - DecidedP/19/0499/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
Benarty 17 Marchlands Terrace Bo'ness EH51 9ES
Received 1 Aug 2019 - DecidedP/19/0500/ADV
Display of Illuminated Advertisement
6 & 10 Stirling Street Denny FK6 6DU
Received 1 Aug 2019 - DecidedP/19/0501/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
17 Muirhouses Crescent Bo'ness EH51 9DH
Received 5 Aug 2019 - DecidedP/19/0502/FUL
Formation of Vehicular Access and Hardstanding
45 South Marshall Street Grangemouth FK3 8LR
Received 5 Aug 2019 - DecidedP/19/0503/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse (Dormer) (Amendment to P/19/0224/FUL)
52 Gartcows Road Falkirk FK1 5EG
Received 5 Aug 2019 - DecidedP/19/0504/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
The Jays 1A Mamre Drive California Falkirk FK1 2BP
Received 5 Aug 2019 - DecidedP/19/0505/FUL
Alteration to Dwellinghouse - Formation of Balcony
Williamfield Cottage Falkirk FK1 3AT
Received 6 Aug 2019 - DecidedP/19/0506/ADV
Display of Illuminated and Non-Illuminated Advertisements
Outside Inn Glenbervie Business Park Larbert FK5 4EG
Received 6 Aug 2019 - DecidedP/19/0507/FUL
Formation of Bicycle Track and Ancillary Development
Zetland Park Drummond Place Grangemouth
Received 7 Aug 2019 - DecidedP/19/0508/PPP
Development of Land for Residential Purposes with Associated Infrastructure
North Lodge Kinnaird House Stenhousemuir Falkirk FK2 8QX
Received 7 Aug 2019 - DecidedP/19/0510/FUL
Change of Use from Class 4 (Business) to Class 2 (Financial, Professional and Other Services) and External Window Alterations
Apex Veterinary Centre 36 Winchester Avenue Denny FK6 6QE
Received 9 Aug 2019 - DecidedP/19/0511/FUL
Formation of Landscape Display Area, Erection of Office Building and Storage Building, Car Parking and Associated Infrastructure
Klondyke Garden Centre Burnside Nursery Polmont Falkirk FK2 0XS
Received 9 Aug 2019 - DecidedP/19/0513/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
3 McKell Court Falkirk FK1 5PW
Received 9 Aug 2019 - DecidedP/19/0514/FUL
Erection of 3 No. Dwellinghouses and Associated Infrastructure
Compthall Sunnyside Road Brightons Falkirk FK2 0RW
Received 12 Aug 2019 - DecidedP/19/0515/FUL
Siting of Catering Unit
Kelpies Marina The Helix Falkirk FK2 7ZT
Received 12 Aug 2019 - DecidedP/19/0516/FUL
Change of Use of Office (Class 2 - Financial, Professional and Other Services) to House in Multiple Occupation (HMO)
14 Union Road Grangemouth FK3 8AB
Received 12 Aug 2019 - DecidedP/19/0517/FUL
Extensions to Dwellinghouse
6 Broomhill Avenue Larbert FK5 3EH
Received 13 Aug 2019 - DecidedP/19/0518/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse (Conservatory)
92 Liddle Drive Bo'ness EH51 0PB
Received 12 Aug 2019 - DecidedP/19/0520/FUL
Installation of an ATM (Retrospective)
65 Main Road Maddiston Falkirk FK2 0ZL
Received 15 Aug 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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