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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 dates6,212Searchable applications
234Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 4,950 approved or refused records
213Refused applications
4,737 approved · 213 refused · 510 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- 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/21/0003/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse (Enlargement of Dormer) and Erection of Outbuilding
14 Holly Avenue Stenhousemuir Larbert FK5 4DN
Received 7 Jan 2021 - DecidedP/21/0004/75D
Discharge of Planning Obligation attached to Planning Permission F/91/0058, which restricted the occupancy of the dwellinghouse now known as Ryerigg, Fankerton, Denny FK6 5HJ, to a person or persons (together with the dependent, or dependents, if any of that person) employed upon a full time basis at North Shields Farm, Fankerton, Denny FK6 5HJ
Ryerigg Fankerton Denny FK6 5HJ
Received 7 Jan 2021 - DecidedP/21/0005/ADV
Display of Non-Illuminated Advertisement
1 Inchyra Road Grangemouth FK3 9XB
Received 8 Jan 2021 - DecidedP/21/0006/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
18 Taymouth Road Polmont Falkirk FK2 0PG
Received 11 Jan 2021 - DecidedP/21/0007/FUL
Reinstatement and Reinforcement of Riverbank and Formation of Temporary Construction Access
Site To The South Of Bonded Warehouses Glasgow Road Denny
Received 11 Jan 2021 - DecidedP/21/0008/FUL
Erection of Dwellinghouse
The Studio Burnfoot Lane Falkirk FK1 5BH
Received 11 Jan 2021 - DecidedP/21/0009/FUL
Alterations and Extension to Nursery
Inchlair Nursery School Valeview Stenhousemuir Larbert FK5 3BY
Received 11 Jan 2021 - DecidedP/21/0011/FUL
Change of Use of Office (Class 4) to Music School (Class 10)
12B Burnbank Road Falkirk FK2 7PE
Received 11 Jan 2021 - DecidedP/21/0012/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
Carseview Lochs Of Airth Airth Falkirk FK2 8QH
Received 13 Jan 2021 - DecidedP/21/0013/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
28 South Philpingstone Lane Bo'ness EH51 9JZ
Received 13 Jan 2021 - DecidedP/21/0014/ADV
Display of Illuminated Advertisements
Asda 9 Dock Road Grangemouth FK3 8TY
Received 13 Jan 2021 - DecidedP/21/0015/FUL
Erection of Canopy (Click and Collect), Extension to Canopy (Loading Bay) and Alterations to Car Park
Asda 9 Dock Road Grangemouth FK3 8TY
Received 13 Jan 2021 - DecidedP/21/0016/LBC
Alterations to Shopfront and Display of Illuminated Advertisements
Clydesdale Bank Plc 1 Bank Street Falkirk FK1 1NB
Received 13 Jan 2021 - DecidedP/21/0017/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
Churchview 87 Broomhill Road High Bonnybridge Bonnybridge FK4 2AT
Received 14 Jan 2021 - DecidedP/21/0018/CPL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
3 High View Grove Shieldhill Falkirk FK1 2LJ
Received 14 Jan 2021 - DecidedP/21/0019/DMO
Prior Notification for Demolition of Buildings.
5 Kerse Road, Grangemouth FK3 8HQ & 1 Kerse Road, Grangemouth FK3 8HW & 3 Kerse Road, Grangemouth, FK3 8AJ & 113-123 (Odds) La Porte Precinct, Grangemouth FK3 8AW & 66-78 (Evens) La Porte Precinct, Grangemouth, FK3 8BG
Received 14 Jan 2021 - DecidedP/21/0020/FUL
Extension to Outbuilding
26 Sclandersburn Road Denny FK6 5LP
Received 18 Jan 2021 - DecidedP/21/0022/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
1 Mannerston Holdings Blackness Linlithgow EH49 7LY
Received 18 Jan 2021 - DecidedP/21/0023/FUL
Extension to Car Park
Land To The West Of Canada Wood Kitchen and Bar Falkirk
Received 19 Jan 2021 - DecidedP/21/0024/ADV
Display of Illuminated and Non-Illuminated Advertisements
31 Hallam Road Stenhousemuir Larbert FK5 3BF
Received 19 Jan 2021 - DecidedP/21/0025/FUL
Erection of Dwellinghouse and Associated Infrastructure
Airlie House Carronvale Road Larbert FK5 3LG
Received 20 Jan 2021 - DecidedP/21/0026/PPP
Subdivision of Garden Ground and Erection of Dwellinghouse
1 Laxdale Drive Head Of Muir Denny FK6 5PL
Received 20 Jan 2021 - DecidedP/21/0027/ADV
Display of Non-Illuminated Advertisement
7 Melville Lane Falkirk FK1 1HY
Received 20 Jan 2021 - DecidedP/21/0028/FUL
Alterations and Change of Use from Office (Class 4) to General Industrial (Class 5)
Petro Ineos Bo'ness Road Grangemouth
Received 20 Jan 2021
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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