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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 dates6,324Searchable applications
234Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 5,049 approved or refused records
220Refused applications
4,829 approved · 220 refused · 521 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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/21/0570/FUL
Construction of Outbuilding
3 Seabegs Crescent Bonnybridge FK4 2DB
Received 20 Oct 2021 - DecidedP/21/0615/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
36 Rosebank Avenue Falkirk FK1 5JP
Received 21 Oct 2021 - DecidedP/21/0617/FUL
Construction of Outbuilding
1 Arnothill Court Falkirk FK1 5SY
Received 25 Oct 2021 - DecidedP/21/0618/FUL
Installation of Replacement Windows
Carmaphyl Acre Road Bo'ness EH51 9SX
Received 25 Oct 2021 - DecidedP/21/0621/FUL
Change of Use of and Alterations to Stable Block to form Dwellinghouse
Easter Pirleyhill Farm Falkirk FK1 2BA
Received 26 Oct 2021 - DecidedP/21/0622/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
East Villa Bridgeness Road Bo'ness EH51 9LR
Received 26 Oct 2021 - DecidedP/21/0623/ADV
Display of Non-Illuminated Advertisements
118 - 120 High Street Falkirk FK1 1NW
Received 26 Oct 2021 - DecidedP/21/0625/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse and Rear Decking
The Tower Polmont Falkirk FK2 0YE
Received 27 Oct 2021 - DecidedP/21/0201/FUL
Siting of Temporary Modular Buildings
Police Station Main Road Maddiston Falkirk FK2 0LF
Received 27 Oct 2021 - DecidedP/21/0626/FUL
Alterations to Shopfronts
Unit 26 and 26A Central Retail Park Falkirk FK1 1LW
Received 28 Oct 2021 - DecidedP/21/0627/CPL
Use of Unit 17 for Unrestricted Class 1 Food and Non Food Sales with the Exception Only of those Goods Defined as Prohibited Uses in the 2001 Minute of Agreement and 2010 Minute of Agreement.
Unit 17 Central Retail Park Falkirk FK1 1LW
Received 28 Oct 2021 - DecidedP/21/0628/FUL
Alterations to Building, Installation of Air Conditioning/Refrigeration Units, Enclosures and Bin Store
Unit 26 and 26A Central Retail Park Falkirk FK1 1LW
Received 28 Oct 2021 - DecidedP/21/0629/FUL
Installation of Retractable Canopy
Chianti East Beancross Farm Polmont Falkirk FK2 0XS
Received 28 Oct 2021 - DecidedP/21/0630/ADV
Display of Illuminated and Non-Illuminated Advertisements
Unit 9 Central Retail Park Falkirk FK1 1LW
Received 29 Oct 2021 - DecidedP/21/0631/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
9 Fairspark Terrace Bo'ness EH51 0NE
Received 29 Oct 2021 - DecidedP/21/0632/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
Dunottar 89 Dean Road Bo'ness EH51 9BA
Received 29 Oct 2021 - DecidedP/21/0633/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
11 Balmoral Gardens Brightons Falkirk FK2 0JF
Received 29 Oct 2021 - DecidedP/21/0634/FUL
Installation (Re-Location) of Extraction Flue
2C & 2D Newmarket Street Falkirk FK1 1JQ
Received 29 Oct 2021 - DecidedP/21/0635/FUL
Installation of Self Service Jet Wash Bay
Millfield Service Station Main Street Polmont Falkirk FK2 0PS
Received 1 Nov 2021 - DecidedP/21/0636/FUL
Replace Existing Flat Roof with New Pitched Roof
1 Culzean Place Stenhousemuir Larbert FK5 4UD
Received 1 Nov 2021 - DecidedP/21/0637/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
York House 8 Dunure Street Bonnybridge FK4 1EF
Received 1 Nov 2021 - DecidedP/21/0639/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
26 Bonnywood Avenue Bonnybridge FK4 1NT
Received 1 Nov 2021 - DecidedP/21/0640/CPL
Use of Land for Outdoor Nursery
Falkirk Wheel Lime Road Falkirk FK1 4RS
Received 1 Nov 2021 - DecidedP/21/0641/FUL
Alterations to Rear Elevation of Building
Unit 26 & 26A Central Retail Park Falkirk FK1 1LW
Received 1 Nov 2021
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.
Planning procedures in Scotland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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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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