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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 dates6,090Searchable applications
234Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 4,844 approved or refused records
206Refused applications
4,638 approved · 206 refused · 498 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Jun 2012 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/19/0679/FUL
Change of Use of Private Open Space to Private Garden Ground and Erection of Boundary Wall
63 Aitken Crescent Redding Falkirk FK2 9GL
Received 29 Oct 2019 - DecidedP/19/0680/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
5 Standrigg Avenue Brightons Falkirk FK2 0GL
Received 24 Oct 2019 - DecidedP/19/0681/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
3 Moncks Road Falkirk FK1 1SZ
Received 28 Oct 2019 - DecidedP/19/0682/PPP
Development of Land for Residential Purposes
Prospect House Sunnyside Road Brightons Falkirk FK2 0RW
Received 28 Oct 2019 - DecidedP/19/0683/LBC
Alterations to Flatted Dwelling
Craigfoot Terrace 14A Bridgeness Road Bo'ness EH51 9NZ
Received 28 Oct 2019 - DecidedP/19/0684/FUL
Alterations to Flatted Dwelling
Craigfoot Terrace 14A Bridgeness Road Bo'ness EH51 9NZ
Received 28 Oct 2019 - DecidedP/19/0685/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
6 Braemar Gardens Brightons Falkirk FK2 0JB
Received 29 Oct 2019 - DecidedP/19/0686/CPL
Alterations to Dwellinghouse
17 Academy Road Bo'ness EH51 9QD
Received 29 Oct 2019 - DecidedP/19/0687/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
Bothkennar House Bothkennar Road Carronshore Falkirk FK2 8PB
Received 29 Oct 2019 - DecidedP/19/0688/LBC
Extension to Dwellinghouse
Bothkennar House Bothkennar Road Carronshore Falkirk FK2 8PB
Received 29 Oct 2019 - DecidedP/19/0689/FUL
Erection of Workshop / Outbuilding
Bothkennar House Bothkennar Road Carronshore Falkirk FK2 8PB
Received 29 Oct 2019 - DecidedP/19/0690/ADV
Retention of Illuminated Advertisement
116 Main Street Bainsford Falkirk FK2 7PA
Received 29 Oct 2019 - DecidedP/19/0691/LBC
Erection of Workshop / Outbuilding
Bothkennar House Bothkennar Road Carronshore Falkirk FK2 8PB
Received 29 Oct 2019 - DecidedP/19/0693/FUL
Change of Use from Class 1 (Shops) to Hot Food Takeaway (Sui-Generis) and Alterations to Shop Front
11 Kirk Wynd Falkirk FK1 1LZ
Received 31 Oct 2019 - DecidedP/19/0695/FUL
Formation of Vehicular Access
18 Newlands Road Grangemouth FK3 8NX
Received 31 Oct 2019 - DecidedP/19/0696/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
1 Brooke Lane Grangemouth FK3 8TB
Received 1 Nov 2019 - DecidedP/19/0697/FUL
Formation of Vehicular Access
16 Irene Terrace Standburn Falkirk FK1 2HX
Received 1 Nov 2019 - DecidedP/19/0698/PPP
Erection of 2 Dwellinghouses
Land To The North Of Castlewood Glen Road Torwood
Received 4 Nov 2019 - DecidedP/19/0699/FUL
Amendment to Planning Permission 06/1016/FUL to Change 40 Flatted Dwellings in 3 x 4 Storey Blocks to 40 Flatted Dwellings in a 3 Storey Block, with Amendments to Parking and Bin Storage Layout.
Land To The North Of 28 McDonald Crescent McDonald Crescent Falkirk
Received 4 Nov 2019 - DecidedP/19/0700/FUL
Alterations to Flatted Dwelling (Enlarge Window Opening to form Doorway)
35 Hawley Road Falkirk FK1 1SJ
Received 4 Nov 2019 - DecidedP/19/0701/75M
Modification of Planning Obligation attached to Planning Permission P/18/0541/FUL, removing the requirement to make an Indexed Core Path Contribution of �2,500 per Residential Unit
Land To The North East Of Standburn Villa Falkirk
Received 4 Nov 2019 - DecidedP/19/0702/FUL
Formation of Wastewater Treatment Works
Site To The South Of Carbrook Lodge Larbert
Received 5 Nov 2019 - DecidedP/19/0703/FUL
Erection of Walling and Gates
Manse Of Polmont Main Street Polmont Falkirk FK2 0QY
Received 5 Nov 2019 - DecidedP/19/0704/FUL
Formation of Vehicular Access
451 King Street Stenhousemuir Larbert FK5 4HU
Received 5 Nov 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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