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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 dates6,175Searchable applications
234Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 4,918 approved or refused records
209Refused applications
4,709 approved · 209 refused · 508 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/20/0316/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
40 Polwarth Avenue Brightons Falkirk FK2 0HL
Received 17 Jul 2020 - DecidedP/20/0317/FUL
Alterations to the Inlet and Outlet of Culvert Under Railway
Site To The South East Of 44 Erskine Hill Erskine Hill Polmont
Received 17 Jul 2020 - DecidedP/20/0318/AGR
Formation of Private Way for Forestry
Site To The South East Of Salterhill Farm Slamannan Road Limerigg
Received 17 Jul 2020 - DecidedP/20/0319/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
23 Carronvale Road Larbert FK5 3LZ
Received 20 Jul 2020 - DecidedP/20/0320/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse (Dormers)
Harbendale Head Of Muir Denny FK6 5JX
Received 20 Jul 2020 - DecidedP/20/0321/FUL
Erection of 9 Dwellinghouses with Associated Parking and Infrastructure
Land To The North Of Bridge Inn Linlithgow
Received 22 Jul 2020 - DecidedP/20/0322/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
17 Inch Colm Avenue Larbert FK5 4FP
Received 23 Jul 2020 - DecidedP/20/0323/PPP
Erection of Dwellinghouse
Black Loch Fishery Limerigg Falkirk FK1 3BT
Received 23 Jul 2020 - DecidedP/20/0324/FUL
Alterations and Extension to School
Larbert High School Carrongrange Avenue Stenhousemuir Larbert FK5 3BL
Received 23 Jul 2020 - DecidedP/20/0325/FUL
Demolition and Erection of Replacement Workshop
John Mitchell Earls Road Grangemouth FK3 8XA
Received 23 Jul 2020 - DecidedP/20/0326/FUL
Installation of Raised Decking
Schoolhouse Cottage Denovan Road Dunipace Denny FK6 6BH
Received 24 Jul 2020 - DecidedP/20/0327/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
66 Reilly Gardens High Bonnybridge Bonnybridge FK4 2BB
Received 24 Jul 2020 - DecidedP/20/0328/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
14 Don Street Grangemouth FK3 8HD
Received 27 Jul 2020 - DecidedP/20/0329/FUL
Alterations to Dwellinghouse
5 Edward Avenue Stenhousemuir Larbert FK5 4JG
Received 27 Jul 2020 - DecidedP/20/0330/FUL
Erection of 4 Dwellinghouses and Associated Landscaping, Boundary Treatments and Infrastructure
Site To The West Of Greenacres Glen Road Torwood
Received 27 Jul 2020 - DecidedP/20/0331/FUL
Change of Use of Land to Garden Ground and Extension to Dwellinghouse
Forthview Walton Bo'ness Linlithgow EH49 7NS
Received 27 Jul 2020 - DecidedP/20/0332/FUL
Erection of Outbuilding
Villaron Lochs Of Airth Airth Falkirk FK2 8QH
Received 28 Jul 2020 - DecidedP/20/0333/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse (Dormer)
61 Adam Crescent Stenhousemuir Larbert FK5 4DG
Received 28 Jul 2020 - DecidedP/20/0334/CPL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
17 Milne Drive Redding Falkirk FK2 9GT
Received 28 Jul 2020 - DecidedP/20/0335/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
Glen Mor Glen Road Torwood Larbert FK5 4SN
Received 28 Jul 2020 - DecidedP/20/0336/PPP
Erection of Dwellinghouse including Formation of Shared Access
Land To The West Of The Kilns, 6 Fairfields Fairfields Airth
Received 28 Jul 2020 - DecidedP/20/0337/PPP
Erection of Dwellinghouse and Outbuilding, Including Formation of Shared Access
Fairview House 5 Fairfields Airth Falkirk FK2 8RY
Received 29 Jul 2020 - DecidedP/20/0338/FUL
Formation of Outside Seating Area/Beer Garden including the Erection of Enclosures/Screening and Barrier
507 Main Street Stenhousemuir Larbert FK5 4EY
Received 29 Jul 2020 - DecidedP/20/0339/FUL
Demolition of Dwellinghouse and Outbuildings and Erection of Dwellinghouse and Outbuilding
Ian-Mor Dorrator Road Falkirk FK1 4BN
Received 29 Jul 2020
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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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