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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 dates6,162Searchable applications
234Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 4,908 approved or refused records
208Refused applications
4,700 approved · 208 refused · 505 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/20/0239/AGR
Prior Notification for Farm-related building works (non-residential).
Southfield Airth Falkirk FK2 8QH
Received 1 Jun 2020 - DecidedP/20/0240/FUL
Change of Use of Public Open Space to Private Garden Ground and Erection of Fencing (Retrospective)
2 Hawthorn Drive Banknock Bonnybridge FK4 1LF
Received 1 Jun 2020 - DecidedP/20/0242/FUL
Erection of Outbuilding and Boundary Fence
18 Bruart Avenue Stenhousemuir Larbert FK5 4DF
Received 2 Jun 2020 - DecidedP/20/0243/ADV
Display of Illuminated and Non-Illuminated Advertisements
1 Arnot Street Falkirk FK1 1YG
Received 2 Jun 2020 - DecidedP/20/0244/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
52 Wallace Crescent Brightons Falkirk FK2 0HN
Received 2 Jun 2020 - DecidedP/20/0245/FUL
Change of Use of Ground Floor Office (Class 4) to Flatted Dwelling with Associated Alterations
5 Penders Lane Falkirk FK1 5RR
Received 2 Jun 2020 - DecidedP/20/0246/FUL
Erection of Outbuilding (Retrospective)
75 Midthorn Crescent Falkirk FK2 9DW
Received 3 Jun 2020 - DecidedP/20/0247/CPE
Erection of Outbuilding
6 Redpath Drive Falkirk FK2 8QL
Received 4 Jun 2020 - DecidedP/20/0248/FUL
Erection of Dwellinghouse (Amendment to P/19/0092/FUL)
Land To The South Of 2 Glenyards Road Glenyards Road Greenhill
Received 3 Jun 2020 - DecidedP/20/0249/FUL
Erection of Outbuilding
29 Grahamsdyke Road Bo'ness EH51 9ED
Received 5 Jun 2020 - DecidedP/20/0250/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
Duart Avonbridge Road Slamannan Falkirk FK1 3ES
Received 5 Jun 2020 - DecidedP/20/0251/FUL
Formation of Vehicular Access
188 King Street Stenhousemuir Larbert FK5 4HY
Received 5 Jun 2020 - DecidedP/20/0252/AGR
Erection of Agricultural Building
Burnhouse Farm Dunipace Denny FK6 6QY
Received 5 Jun 2020 - DecidedP/20/0253/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse (Dormer)
Braeriach 20 Little Denny Road Denny FK6 5AS
Received 8 Jun 2020 - DecidedP/20/0255/FUL
Amendment to Housetypes (Plots 11, 12, 16, 17, 23, 24, 37, 38, 59, 60, 111, 112) (Amendment to Planning Permission P/17/0786/FUL)
Land To The North Of 340-342 Stirling Street Stirling Street Dunipace
Received 9 Jun 2020 - DecidedP/20/0256/FUL
Extension to Restaurant Kitchen, Installation of 2 Refrigerated Units and Construction of Cellar (Retrospective)
Craiglee Inn Redding Road Reddingmuirhead Falkirk FK2 0DP
Received 10 Jun 2020 - DecidedP/20/0257/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
Roselea 69 Tamfourhill Road Falkirk FK1 4RJ
Received 11 Jun 2020 - DecidedP/20/0259/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse (Dormer)
Killin 93 Erskine Hill Polmont Falkirk FK2 0UH
Received 12 Jun 2020 - DecidedP/20/0260/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse (Dormer)
127 Tryst Road Stenhousemuir Larbert FK5 4QJ
Received 12 Jun 2020 - DecidedP/20/0261/FUL
Erection of Dwellinghouse
Plot 37 Lind Place Dennyloanhead
Received 12 Jun 2020 - DecidedP/20/0262/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
4 Sheriff Lane Stenhousemuir Larbert FK5 4BZ
Received 15 Jun 2020 - DecidedP/20/0263/LBC
Alteration and Repair of Boundary Wall (Walled Garden) and Installation of No. 2 Entrance Gates
Kinneil Plant Nursery Provost Road Bo'ness EH51 0PR
Received 16 Jun 2020 - DecidedP/20/0264/FUL
Alterations to Shopfronts
Units 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11-12 Central Retail Park Falkirk FK1 1LW
Received 16 Jun 2020 - DecidedP/20/0265/FUL
Retrospective Alteration to Dwellinghouse (Formation of Balcony)
Seattle Bothkennar Road Carronshore Falkirk FK2 8HS
Received 17 Jun 2020
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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