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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 dates6,282Searchable applications
234Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 5,011 approved or refused records
218Refused applications
4,793 approved · 218 refused · 518 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- 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/21/0408/CPL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
18 Fairspark Terrace Bo'ness EH51 0NE
Received 12 Jul 2021 - DecidedP/21/0409/FUL
Construction of Dwellinghouse
Dryfeholm Drove Road Head Of Muir Denny FK6 5JX
Received 12 Jul 2021 - DecidedP/21/0410/FUL
Erection of No. 2 Dwellinghouses and Associated Infrastructure
Land To The South East Of Whitstonedge Falkirk
Received 12 Jul 2021 - DecidedP/21/0411/FUL
Erection of Outbuilding
Candie Hill Standburn Falkirk FK1 2LE
Received 12 Jul 2021 - DecidedP/21/0413/FUL
Alterations to Dwellinghouse - Replacement Conservatory Roof
82A Easton Drive Shieldhill Falkirk FK1 2TA
Received 13 Jul 2021 - DecidedP/21/0414/FUL
Installation of Telecommunications Equipment
Telephone Exchange Waverley Terrace Stenhousemuir Larbert FK5 3HT
Received 13 Jul 2021 - DecidedP/21/0415/FUL
Construction of Outbuilding
Lin Mill Main Street Avonbridge Falkirk FK1 2NN
Received 14 Jul 2021 - DecidedP/21/0416/FUL
Alterations and Change of Use of No.4 Flats (Sui Generis) to Form Dwellinghouse (Class 9)
Mumrills Farmhouse Sandyloan Laurieston Falkirk FK2 9QR
Received 14 Jul 2021 - DecidedP/21/0417/LBC
Alterations and Conversion of No. 4 Flats (Sui Generis) to form Dwellinghouse (Class 9)
Mumrills Farmhouse Sandyloan Laurieston Falkirk FK2 9QR
Received 14 Jul 2021 - DecidedP/21/0418/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
1 Waddell Street Carronshore Falkirk FK2 8HF
Received 14 Jul 2021 - DecidedP/21/0419/PPP
Construction of Dwellinghouse
Land To The North Of 1 Lintview Binniehill Road Slamannan
Received 15 Jul 2021 - DecidedP/21/0420/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
22 Craigmillar Place Stenhousemuir Larbert FK5 4UB
Received 15 Jul 2021 - DecidedP/21/0421/FUL
Alterations and Extensions to Dwellinghouse
Lamonde 123 Waggon Road Brightons Falkirk FK2 0EJ
Received 15 Jul 2021 - DecidedP/21/0422/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
Carrongrange Lodge 446 Main Street Stenhousemuir Larbert FK5 3JT
Received 15 Jul 2021 - DecidedP/21/0423/FUL
Formation of Raised Deck and Installation of French Doors
Hillhouse Arnothill Lane Falkirk FK1 5SL
Received 15 Jul 2021 - DecidedP/21/0424/LBC
Replacement Windows.
2 Princess Gate Slamannan Road Falkirk FK1 5BP
Received 16 Jul 2021 - DecidedP/21/0425/FUL
Replacement Windows, Construction of Outbuildings and Garden Landscaping
2 Princess Gate Slamannan Road Falkirk FK1 5BP
Received 16 Jul 2021 - DecidedP/21/0426/FUL
Change of Use from Amusement Arcade (Sui Generis) to Restaurant (Class 3) with Ancillary Hot Food Takeaway (Sui Generis), Alterations to Shopfront and Installation of Flue
1 La Porte Precinct Grangemouth FK3 8AZ
Received 16 Jul 2021 - DecidedP/21/0427/FUL
Installation of Pipe Bridge
Ineos Bo'ness Road Grangemouth FK3 9XH
Received 16 Jul 2021 - DecidedR/21/0001/STOP
Stopping-Up of Part of Road C27 from a point 139m. to a point 287m. east of the junction of Borrowstoun Road and Heggie Place, Bo'ness
Site To The East Of Heggie Place Borrowstoun Road Bo'ness
Received 16 Jul 2021 - DecidedP/21/0428/LBC
Alterations to Shopfront
5 Melville Street Falkirk FK1 1HZ
Received 19 Jul 2021 - DecidedP/21/0429/FUL
Alterations to Shopfront
5 Melville Street Falkirk FK1 1HZ
Received 19 Jul 2021 - DecidedP/21/0430/ADV
Display of Illuminated Advertisement
5 Melville Street Falkirk FK1 1HZ
Received 19 Jul 2021 - DecidedP/21/0431/FUL
Erection of Outbuilding
16 Lochhead Avenue Denny FK6 5EQ
Received 19 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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