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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 dates6,205Searchable applications
234Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 4,944 approved or refused records
213Refused applications
4,731 approved · 213 refused · 510 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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/20/0607/FUL
Erection of Fence (Retrospective)
1 Centurion Way Falkirk FK2 7YH
Received 9 Dec 2020 - DecidedP/20/0608/FUL
Erection of Valet Workshop Building
Frasers Of Falkirk Glasgow Road Falkirk FK1 4JQ
Received 10 Dec 2020 - DecidedP/20/0609/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
2 Castlehill Avenue Slamannan Falkirk FK1 3HF
Received 11 Dec 2020 - DecidedP/20/0610/CPL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
20 Gibsongray Street Falkirk FK2 7LN
Received 11 Dec 2020 - DecidedP/20/0611/75M
Modification of Planning Obligation Attached to Planning Permission P/11/0485/FUL comprising:-1. Deletion of the Plan 1 Attached to the S75 and the Substitution of the Application Plan Therefore,2. Insertion of the Words ""B" and "C" and" Between the Words "as" and "C" Where They Appear in Paragraph 1 of the Schedule Part 1,3. Deletion of the Words "(parts of which are shown in greater detail on plan 2 and the lower right insert of plan 3"
Larbert House Stirling Road Larbert FK5 4SB
Received 11 Dec 2020 - DecidedP/20/0612/FUL
Erection of Manufacturing Facility (Class 5), Ancillary Office (Class 4) and Associated Development
Earls Gate Park Beancross Road Grangemouth
Received 14 Dec 2020 - DecidedP/20/0613/FUL
Change of Use of Open Space to Garden Ground and Erection of Outbuilding and Raised Decking (Retrospective)
Westbrook Ochil View Shieldhill Falkirk FK1 2DP
Received 14 Dec 2020 - DecidedP/20/0614/FUL
Alterations to Building
Unit N Central Retail Park Falkirk FK1 1LW
Received 14 Dec 2020 - DecidedP/20/0615/ADV
Display of Illuminated Advertisements
Unit N Central Retail Park Falkirk FK1 1LW
Received 14 Dec 2020 - DecidedP/20/0616/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
5 Muirhall Road Larbert FK5 4RF
Received 14 Dec 2020 - DecidedP/20/0617/FUL
Construction of 6 Dwellinghouses
Land To The North Of Aldi Greenpark Drive Polmont
Received 14 Dec 2020 - DecidedP/20/0618/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
29 Prospecthill Road Falkirk FK1 5NA
Received 15 Dec 2020 - DecidedP/20/0619/FUL
Extensions to Dwellinghouse
14 Guthrie Crescent Larbert FK5 4GE
Received 15 Dec 2020 - DecidedP/20/0620/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
9 Mellock Crescent Maddiston Falkirk FK2 0RH
Received 15 Dec 2020 - DecidedP/20/0621/FUL
Change of Use of Shop (Class 1) to Class 2 (Financial Professional & Other Services)
BHS Callendar Square High Street Falkirk FK1 1UJ
Received 16 Dec 2020 - DecidedP/20/0622/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
102 Corrie Avenue Stenhousemuir Larbert FK5 4UY
Received 16 Dec 2020 - DecidedP/20/0623/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
2 Bensfield Drive Falkirk FK2 8SU
Received 16 Dec 2020 - DecidedP/20/0624/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
5 Victoria Road Larbert FK5 4NA
Received 16 Dec 2020 - DecidedP/20/0625/FUL
Siting of Storage Containers for Use as Welfare Facilities and Store (Retrospective)
Land To The West Of Diageo Scotland Ltd Glasgow Road Dennyloanhead
Received 17 Dec 2020 - DecidedP/20/0626/CPL
Use of Property as a Dwellinghouse for the Care of no more than 5 Residents, under Class 9(a)(ii) of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Scotland) Order 1997
35 Arnothill Gardens Falkirk FK1 5BQ
Received 17 Dec 2020 - DecidedP/20/0627/ADV
Display of Advertisement - Illuminated Projecting Sign
7 Melville Lane Falkirk FK1 1HY
Received 17 Dec 2020 - DecidedP/20/0628/FUL
Erection of Dwellinghouse (Renewal of Planning Permission P/16/0215/FUL)
Land To The South East Of Tappernail Farm Hillcrest Square Reddingmuirhead
Received 18 Dec 2020 - DecidedP/20/0629/FUL
Change of Use of Agricultural Land to Builders Storage Yard
Land To The North Of The Paddock Moss Road
Received 18 Dec 2020 - DecidedP/20/0630/FUL
Erection of Porch
Blackness Inn Blackness Linlithgow EH49 7NL
Received 18 Dec 2020
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Start with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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