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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 dates6,190Searchable applications
234Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 4,930 approved or refused records
212Refused applications
4,718 approved · 212 refused · 509 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/20/0427/75D
Discharge of planning obligation attached to planning permission F/95/0453 which restricted the occupation of the dwellinghouse approved under that permission and now known as Tarduff Grange, Maddiston, Falkirk to a person or persons (together with the dependant or dependants, if any, of that person or persons) employed on a full-time basis in connection with the operation of the existing kennels on the site.
Tarduff Grange Whitecross Falkirk FK2 0BS
Received 16 Sept 2020 - DecidedP/20/0428/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
22 Fowler Crescent Maddiston Falkirk FK2 0BZ
Received 18 Sept 2020 - DecidedP/20/0429/FUL
Erection of 34 Houses and 6 Flats with Associated Infrastructure
Land To The East Of 8 Canalside Drive Canalside Drive Reddingmuirhead
Received 18 Sept 2020 - DecidedP/20/0430/FUL
Formation of Hardstanding
43 Avonbank Avenue Grangemouth FK3 9LP
Received 18 Sept 2020 - DecidedP/20/0432/FUL
Change of Use of Land to Light Industrial Use and Erection of a Workshop Building
Fit O' The Toon Manse Place Slamannan Falkirk FK1 3EN
Received 21 Sept 2020 - DecidedP/20/0433/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
120 Easton Drive Shieldhill Falkirk FK1 2DW
Received 21 Sept 2020 - DecidedP/20/0434/FUL
Alterations and Partial Change of Use from Car Wash (Sui Generis) to Hot Food Takeaway (Sui Generis) and Alterations to Shop Front
Polmont Motors Main Street Polmont Falkirk FK2 0QP
Received 21 Sept 2020 - DecidedP/20/0435/FUL
Installation of 3 Velux rooflights (Retrospective)
41 Vicar Street Falkirk FK1 1LL
Received 21 Sept 2020 - DecidedP/20/0436/TEL
Installation of 21 metre High Telecommunications Mast
Site To The West Of Gate 9 Ineos Bo'ness Road Grangemouth
Received 22 Sept 2020 - DecidedP/20/0437/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
Tanqueray House Reddingmuirhead Falkirk FK1 2BL
Received 23 Sept 2020 - DecidedP/20/0438/FUL
Alterations and Repairs
Larbert Baptist Church Main Street Larbert FK5 3AS
Received 23 Sept 2020 - DecidedP/20/0439/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
6 Reddingrig Court Reddingmuirhead Falkirk FK2 0BA
Received 23 Sept 2020 - DecidedP/20/0440/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
17 Milne Drive Redding Falkirk FK2 9GT
Received 23 Sept 2020 - DecidedR/19/0001/STOP
Stopping-up of the length of the footpath between Greenpark Drive and Main Street, Polmont measuring approximately 20 metres in length.
Polmont Community Centre Main Street Polmont Falkirk FK2 0PT
Received 31 Oct 2019 - DecidedP/20/0441/FUL
Erection of Dwellinghouse
Land To The South Of 63 Anderson Crescent Anderson Crescent Shieldhill
Received 24 Sept 2020 - DecidedP/20/0442/FUL
Erection of Dwellinghouse, Self Catering Holiday Accommodation Annex and Outbuilding
Land To The North Of Burnshot Farm Blackness
Received 24 Sept 2020 - DecidedP/20/0443/FUL
Erection of 2 Dwellinghouses and Detached Domestic Garages
Land To The South Of 7 Blackbraes Road Falkirk
Received 25 Sept 2020 - DecidedP/20/0445/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
2 Broomage Bank Main Street Larbert FK5 3LB
Received 28 Sept 2020 - DecidedP/20/0446/LBC
Alterations to Building
86 - 88 High Street Falkirk FK1 1DD
Received 28 Sept 2020 - DecidedP/20/0447/FUL
Change of Use of and Alterations to Bar/ Restaurant to form Flatted Dwelling
76 Manor Street Falkirk FK1 1NU
Received 29 Sept 2020 - DecidedP/20/0448/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
22 Lochgreen Road Falkirk FK1 5PP
Received 30 Sept 2020 - DecidedP/20/0449/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
19 Broom Crescent Falkirk FK1 5RE
Received 30 Sept 2020 - DecidedP/20/0450/FUL
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
6 Woodburn Road Falkirk FK2 9BP
Received 30 Sept 2020 - DecidedP/20/0451/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
85 Ferguson Drive Denny FK6 5AG
Received 1 Oct 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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