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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 dates6,280Searchable applications
234Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 5,009 approved or refused records
218Refused applications
4,791 approved · 218 refused · 518 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/21/0380/FUL
Subdivision of Garden Ground and Conversion and Alteration of Existing Domestic Garage to Form Dwellinghouse
Glencrag 4 Watson Street Falkirk FK2 7EX
Received 23 Jun 2021 - DecidedP/21/0381/FUL
Amendment to Design of Dwellinghouse and Outbuilding on Plot 1-3 of Planning Permission P/20/0330/FUL
Site To The West Of Greenacres Glen Road Torwood
Received 23 Jun 2021 - DecidedP/21/0382/FUL
Change of Use of Woodland to Form Motorhome and Campsite, Siting of Toilet Blocks, Management Building and Ancillary Development
Site To The West Of Redding Travellers Site Redding
Received 23 Jun 2021 - DecidedP/21/0383/TEL
Construction of 20m Monopole and Associated Works
Site To The West Of 14 Symington Drive Falkirk
Received 23 Jun 2021 - DecidedP/21/0384/FUL
Amendment to Design of Dwellinghouse on Plot 2-4 of Planning Permission P/20/0347/FUL
Land To The North Of Castlewood Glen Road Torwood
Received 24 Jun 2021 - DecidedP/21/0385/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse and Formation of Raised Timber Deck
217 Grahamsdyke Street Laurieston Falkirk FK2 9LT
Received 24 Jun 2021 - DecidedP/21/0386/FUL
Demolition of Outbuilding and Erection of New Outbuilding
24 Craighorn Drive Falkirk FK1 5NS
Received 25 Jun 2021 - DecidedP/21/0389/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
6 Ercall Road Brightons Falkirk FK2 0RS
Received 28 Jun 2021 - DecidedP/21/0390/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
38 Rankin Crescent Dennyloanhead Bonnybridge FK4 1RA
Received 29 Jun 2021 - DecidedP/21/0391/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
21 Hornbeam Crescent Laurieston Falkirk FK2 9HZ
Received 30 Jun 2021 - DecidedP/21/0392/FUL
Erection of Industrial Building (Class 5) with Ancillary Office and Storage and Associated Development
Plot 8 Ivanhoe Drive Abbotsford Business Park Falkirk
Received 1 Jul 2021 - DecidedP/21/0393/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
39 Avonbank Gardens Dunipace Denny FK6 6LH
Received 2 Jul 2021 - DecidedP/21/0394/FUL
Erection of Chemical Dosing Kiosk
Roughmute Sewage Treatment Works Larbert FK5 3NP
Received 2 Jul 2021 - DecidedP/21/0395/FUL
Erection of Stables
8 Cauldcoats Holdings Blackness Linlithgow EH49 7LX
Received 2 Jul 2021 - DecidedP/21/0396/FUL
Change of Use of First Floor Office Accommodation to Create 4 Dwellings
9 Callendar Road Falkirk FK1 1XS
Received 5 Jul 2021 - DecidedP/21/0397/FUL
Erection of Dwellinghouse and Associated Infrastructure
Land To The East Of 8 Providence Brae Providence Brae Bo'ness
Received 5 Jul 2021 - DecidedP/21/0398/FUL
Extensions to Dwellinghouse
Carrera 52 Carronshore Road Carron Falkirk FK2 8EE
Received 5 Jul 2021 - DecidedP/21/0399/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
12 Duncan Avenue Carronshore Falkirk FK2 8JT
Received 5 Jul 2021 - DecidedP/21/0401/FUL
Construction of Dwellinghouse
Arnot Hill 69 - 71 Stewart Avenue Bo'ness EH51 9NJ
Received 6 Jul 2021 - DecidedP/21/0402/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
Fernville Redding Road Brightons Falkirk FK2 0HG
Received 7 Jul 2021 - DecidedP/21/0403/FUL
Erection of Support Block and Link Bridge with Associated External Works
Strathcarron Hospice Randolph Hill Fankerton Denny FK6 5HJ
Received 8 Jul 2021 - DecidedP/21/0405/FUL
Erection of Storage Units (Class 6 Storage or Distribution)
Morton House 3 Roseland Hall Earls Gate Park Grangemouth FK3 8WJ
Received 9 Jul 2021 - DecidedP/21/0406/FUL
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
54 Kersiebank Avenue Grangemouth FK3 0ND
Received 9 Jul 2021 - DecidedP/21/0407/FUL
Change of Use of Land Used from Storage to Form a Car Wash
115 Bo'ness Road Grangemouth FK3 9BJ
Received 9 Jul 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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