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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 dates6,219Searchable applications
234Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 4,957 approved or refused records
214Refused applications
4,743 approved · 214 refused · 510 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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/21/0080/FUL
Change of Use of Outbuilding to Form Ancillary Residential Accommodation and Erection of Store
Lin Mill Main Street Avonbridge Falkirk FK1 2NN
Received 18 Feb 2021 - DecidedP/21/0081/FUL
Engineering Operation to Form Driveway / Garden Extension
10 Muirhead Crescent Bo'ness EH51 9TH
Received 18 Feb 2021 - DecidedP/21/0083/FUL
Change of Use from Hair Salon (Class 1. Shop) to Flatted Dwelling
68 High Station Road Falkirk FK1 5QX
Received 19 Feb 2021 - DecidedP/21/0084/FUL
Change of Use of Public Open Space to Private Garden Ground and Erection of Boundary Fence
24 Glengarry Crescent Falkirk FK1 5UD
Received 19 Feb 2021 - DecidedP/21/0085/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
4 Strathyre Place Falkirk FK1 5UU
Received 19 Feb 2021 - DecidedP/21/0086/FUL
Erection of Memorial
Land To The West Of 27 Waverley Park Main Street Redding
Received 22 Feb 2021 - DecidedP/21/0087/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
44 Tweed Street Grangemouth FK3 8HA
Received 22 Feb 2021 - DecidedP/21/0089/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
29 Henryson Crescent Larbert FK5 4GH
Received 22 Feb 2021 - DecidedP/21/0090/FUL
Erection of Outbuilding
7 Drove Loan Crescent Head Of Muir Denny FK6 5LB
Received 22 Feb 2021 - DecidedP/21/0091/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
33 Randolph Crescent Brightons Falkirk FK2 0HA
Received 22 Feb 2021 - DecidedP/21/0092/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
25 Cotland Drive Falkirk FK2 7GN
Received 23 Feb 2021 - DecidedP/21/0093/FUL
Erection of Outbuilding
Taigh Mor Bo'ness EH51 9RR
Received 24 Feb 2021 - DecidedP/21/0094/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse, Installation of Raised Decking and Erection of Outbuilding
18 Taymouth Road Polmont Falkirk FK2 0PG
Received 24 Feb 2021 - DecidedP/21/0095/FUL
Extension and Alterations to Dwellinghouse
1 Agricultural Holding Glasgow Road Longcroft Bonnybridge FK4 1QN
Received 24 Feb 2021 - DecidedP/21/0096/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
Welscot 3 Bonnyview Gardens Bonnybridge FK4 1PW
Received 25 Feb 2021 - DecidedP/21/0097/CPL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
17 Livingstone Crescent Falkirk FK2 9BW
Received 25 Feb 2021 - DecidedP/21/0098/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
Mizpah 17 Stewart Avenue Bo'ness EH51 0HT
Received 25 Feb 2021 - DecidedP/21/0099/CPE
Use of Premises as a Class 1 Shop
23A Paris Avenue Denny FK6 5AD
Received 25 Feb 2021 - DecidedP/21/0100/ADV
Retention of Illuminated and Non-Illuminated Advertisements
Imperial Cars Of Swanwick Glensburgh Road Grangemouth FK3 8XJ
Received 25 Feb 2021 - DecidedP/21/0101/ADV
Display of Illuminated and Non-Illuminated Advertisements
Unit 23 & 24 Central Retail Park Falkirk FK1 1LW
Received 26 Feb 2021 - DecidedP/21/0102/FUL
Alterations to the Rear of the Building, Installation of A/C Units, Erection of Fencing and Erection of Trolley Bays
Unit 23 & 24 Central Retail Park Falkirk FK1 1LW
Received 26 Feb 2021 - DecidedP/21/0103/FUL
Erection of Stable Block (Retrospective)
Braehead Avonbridge Road Slamannan Falkirk FK1 3ET
Received 1 Mar 2021 - DecidedP/21/0104/FUL
Erection of Dwellinghouse (Amendment to P/13/0227/MSC, Plot A) (Retrospective)
Forrester Quarter Bonnybridge FK4 2HA
Received 1 Mar 2021 - DecidedP/21/0105/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
47 Hamilton Crescent Maddiston Falkirk FK2 0NW
Received 1 Mar 2021
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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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