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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 dates6,237Searchable applications
234Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 4,974 approved or refused records
215Refused applications
4,759 approved · 215 refused · 511 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/21/0187/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
16 Antonine Gate Allandale Bonnybridge FK4 2HS
Received 31 Mar 2021 - DecidedP/21/0188/FUL
Erection of Outbuilding
46 North Street Falkirk FK2 7NG
Received 31 Mar 2021 - DecidedP/21/0189/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
14 Burnfield Place Falkirk FK2 9HW
Received 31 Mar 2021 - DecidedP/21/0190/FUL
Siting of 2 Temporary Modular Classrooms
Carrongrange High School Oxgang Road Grangemouth FK3 9HP
Received 1 Apr 2021 - DecidedP/21/0191/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
80 Belmont Avenue Shieldhill Falkirk FK1 2BS
Received 1 Apr 2021 - DecidedP/21/0162/FUL
Change of Use from Class 6 Storage and Distribution to Class 10 Non-Residential Institutions
Unit 2 Ladysmill Industrial Estate Kerse Lane Falkirk FK1 1RR
Received 31 Mar 2021 - DecidedP/21/0192/FUL
Change of Use of General Industrial (Class 5) to Storage and Distribution (Class 6) (Ground Floor)
Applied Sweepers Ltd Castlelaurie Industrial Estate Bankside Falkirk FK2 7XF
Received 2 Apr 2021 - DecidedP/21/0193/FUL
Demolition of Hotel and Construction of 36 Flatted Dwellings with Associated Parking
Hotel Cladhan Kemper Avenue Falkirk FK1 1UF
Received 2 Apr 2021 - DecidedP/21/0194/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
10 Kinglass Drive Bo'ness EH51 9RB
Received 2 Apr 2021 - DecidedP/21/0195/FUL
Extension and Alterations to Public House/Restaurant and Erection of Trishaw Garage with Ancillary Storage and Toilets
84 Corbiehall Bo'ness EH51 0AS
Received 2 Apr 2021 - DecidedP/21/0196/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
Ellenbank 12 Marchlands Avenue Bo'ness EH51 9ER
Received 2 Apr 2021 - DecidedP/21/0198/LBC
Installation of LPG Tank
3 The Stables Kinnaird House Falkirk FK2 8QX
Received 6 Apr 2021 - DecidedP/21/0199/FUL
Installation of Underground LPG Tank
3 The Stables Kinnaird House Falkirk FK2 8QX
Received 6 Apr 2021 - DecidedP/21/0200/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
28 Beaumont Drive Carron Falkirk FK2 8SN
Received 6 Apr 2021 - DecidedP/21/0202/FUL
Installation of Solar Panels
76 Manor Street Falkirk FK1 1NU
Received 6 Apr 2021 - DecidedP/21/0203/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
8 Cauldcoats Holdings Blackness Linlithgow EH49 7LX
Received 7 Apr 2021 - DecidedP/21/0204/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
22C Glasgow Road Denny FK6 6BA
Received 7 Apr 2021 - DecidedP/21/0205/AGR
Formation of Private Way for Forestry
Site To The South Of Stoneridge Avonbridge
Received 7 Apr 2021 - DecidedP/21/0206/FUL
Demolition of Buildings, Erection of 2 Dwellinghouses and Change of Use of Land to form Garden Ground
Site To The West Of Castlewood Glen Road Torwood
Received 7 Apr 2021 - DecidedP/21/0207/FUL
Installation of Raised Decking, Balustrade, Privacy Screens and Retractable Awning Structure
18 Ochil View Shieldhill Falkirk FK1 2DP
Received 7 Apr 2021 - DecidedP/21/0208/FUL
Erection of Outbuilding
3 Major's Place Falkirk FK1 5QS
Received 7 Apr 2021 - DecidedP/21/0209/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
3 Muirhouses Crescent Bo'ness EH51 9DH
Received 8 Apr 2021 - DecidedP/21/0210/FUL
Demolition of Class 4 (Business) Building and Erection of Building for Uses Within Class 3 (Food and Drink); Class 4 (Business) and Class 6 (Storage or Distribution)
Four In One Portdownie Falkirk FK1 4QZ
Received 8 Apr 2021 - DecidedP/21/0211/FUL
Erection of Outbuilding
Myrehead Farm Whitecross Linlithgow EH49 6LQ
Received 8 Apr 2021
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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