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Planning application documents: what to read first
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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 dates6,275Searchable applications
234Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 5,005 approved or refused records
217Refused applications
4,788 approved · 217 refused · 517 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/21/0325/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
14 Booth Place Falkirk FK1 1BA
Received 1 Jun 2021 - DecidedP/21/0326/FUL
External Alterations and Part Change of Use of Public House to form Flatted Dwelling
Mill Inn Thornhill Road Falkirk FK2 7AB
Received 1 Jun 2021 - DecidedP/21/0327/FUL
Construction of Boundary Wall and Fence
31 Burns Avenue Larbert FK5 4FB
Received 1 Jun 2021 - DecidedP/21/0328/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse and Formation of Timber Deck
Elms 12 Camelon Road Falkirk FK1 5RX
Received 2 Jun 2021 - DecidedP/21/0329/CPL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
27 Robert Kay Place Larbert FK5 4FQ
Received 2 Jun 2021 - DecidedP/21/0330/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
5 Carronvale Avenue Larbert FK5 3LL
Received 2 Jun 2021 - DecidedP/21/0331/FUL
Change of Use from Class 3 to Hot Food Take-Away (Sui Generis)
172 Grahams Road Falkirk FK2 7BY
Received 3 Jun 2021 - DecidedP/21/0332/FUL
Extension to Building and External Alterations, Use of Ground Floor for Class 1 (Shop) Use
RDUK Building Station Road Brightons Falkirk FK2 0TY
Received 4 Jun 2021 - DecidedP/21/0333/FUL
Erection of Dwellinghouse
Land To The West Of Greenwells Farmhouse California Road Maddiston
Received 4 Jun 2021 - DecidedP/21/0334/FUL
Extension to Retail Store, Alterations to Carpark, Installation of Electric Vehicle Charging Points, Store Plant and Associated Works
Aldi Foodstore Ltd Redbrae Road Falkirk FK1 4DD
Received 4 Jun 2021 - DecidedP/21/0335/FUL
Construction of Outbuilding
6 Venachar Road Falkirk FK1 5UP
Received 4 Jun 2021 - DecidedP/21/0336/FUL
Formation of Hardstanding
Cherrybank Dunmore Falkirk FK2 8LY
Received 7 Jun 2021 - DecidedP/21/0337/FUL
Amendment to Design of Dwellinghouse on Plot 2-5 of Planning Permission P/20/0347/FUL
Land To The North Of Castlewood Glen Road Torwood
Received 7 Jun 2021 - DecidedP/21/0338/FUL
Construction of General Industrial Building (Class 5) with Ancillary Office and Showroom, Toilet Block, Gatehouse and Associated Infrastructure
Land To The South Of 127 Davids Loan Ivanhoe Drive Abbotsford Business Park Falkirk
Received 7 Jun 2021 - DecidedP/21/0339/FUL
Alterations to Industrial Unit to Form Access Door and Ramp (Retrospective)
Unit 4 Etna Court Falkirk FK2 9EQ
Received 7 Jun 2021 - DecidedP/21/0340/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
Rosebank Cottage Quarry Brae Brightons Falkirk FK2 0SX
Received 7 Jun 2021 - DecidedP/21/0341/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
23 Stevenson Avenue Polmont Falkirk FK2 0GU
Received 7 Jun 2021 - DecidedP/21/0342/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
Drumbeg 10 Allanbank Road Larbert FK5 4AU
Received 8 Jun 2021 - DecidedP/21/0343/FUL
Installation of Gas Transmission Station, Formation of Vehicular Access and Associated Works
Site To The South East Of The Parsonage Airth
Received 8 Jun 2021 - DecidedP/21/0344/FUL
Extension to Flatted Dwelling
59 Broomhill Road High Bonnybridge Bonnybridge FK4 2AT
Received 8 Jun 2021 - DecidedP/21/0345/FUL
Conversion of 2 Flatted Dwellings to Form Dwellinghouse
54 & 56 Kelvin Street Grangemouth FK3 8EX
Received 8 Jun 2021 - DecidedP/21/0346/FUL
Construction of Outbuilding
Mannerston House Blackness Linlithgow EH49 7ND
Received 9 Jun 2021 - DecidedP/21/0348/CPL
Use of Land for Agricultural Purposes
Birch Tree Farm Church Road California Falkirk FK1 2BD
Received 9 Jun 2021 - DecidedP/21/0349/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
19 Hamilton Crescent Maddiston Falkirk FK2 0NW
Received 9 Jun 2021
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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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