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Planning application documents: what to read first
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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 dates6,361Searchable applications
234Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 5,081 approved or refused records
220Refused applications
4,861 approved · 220 refused · 524 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Jun 2012 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/22/0288/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
4 Bonnyside Road Bonnybridge FK4 2AE
Received 27 May 2022 - DecidedP/22/0289/FUL
Extension to Flatted Dwelling (Dormer)
26A Braehead Bo'ness EH51 9DW
Received 27 May 2022 - DecidedP/22/0291/FUL
Amendment to Design of Dwellinghouse on Plot 2-3 of Planning Permission P/20/0347/FUL
5 Jacobite Way Torwood Larbert FK5 4EJ
Received 30 May 2022 - DecidedP/22/0292/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
28 Hoggan Court Longcroft Bonnybridge FK4 1UJ
Received 30 May 2022 - DecidedP/22/0293/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
86B Bellsdyke Road Larbert FK5 4HF
Received 30 May 2022 - DecidedP/22/0294/MSC
Formation of Vehicular Access
Quarter Dunipace Denny FK6 6QZ
Received 30 May 2022 - DecidedP/22/0295/FUL
Installation of Modular Building
Bainsford Primary School Waverley Street Falkirk FK2 7NW
Received 31 May 2022 - DecidedP/22/0296/LBC
Internal Alterations
Third Floor Right 1 Kirk Wynd Falkirk FK1 1LZ
Received 31 May 2022 - DecidedP/22/0298/FUL
Change of Use from Class 9 (House) to Class 4 (Office / Staff Base)
6 Ferniebank Court Dunipace Denny FK6 6FL
Received 1 Jun 2022 - DecidedP/22/0300/FUL
Construction of Dwellinghouse
Wester Banknock Banknock Denny FK6 5NA
Received 1 Jun 2022 - DecidedP/22/0301/CPL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
17 Newhouse Road Grangemouth FK3 8LL
Received 1 Jun 2022 - DecidedP/22/0302/75M
Modification of Planning Obligation under Section 75 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 attached to Planning Permission P/17/0786/FUL to Allow the Use of the Affordable Housing Unit at 6 Ferniebank Court, Dunipace, Denny FK6 6FL as Office Accommodation (Affordable Housing Staff Base). In the event that Kingdom Housing Association no longer requires the Affordable Housing Staff Base, they shall notify the Council and take all of the actions required to convert the Affordable Housing Staff Base back to a house and it shall thereafter operate as Affordable Housing. Full details of the modifications to the Planning Obligation are listed in the Annex to the application.
Land To The North Of 340-342 Stirling Street Stirling Street Dunipace
Received 6 Jun 2022 - DecidedP/22/0303/FUL
Construction of Storage Building
Ecosse Holdings Ltd Seabegs Road Bonnybridge FK4 2BT
Received 7 Jun 2022 - DecidedP/22/0304/FUL
Construction of 6 Dwellinghouses
Land To The West Of Station House Falkirk Road Avonbridge
Received 7 Jun 2022 - DecidedP/22/0306/FUL
Change of Use of Premises to Form Flatted Dwelling (Retrospective)
Old Star Theatre 17 Corbiehall Bo'ness EH51 0AW
Received 7 Jun 2022 - DecidedP/22/0308/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
7 Glenavon Place Brightons Falkirk FK2 0TA
Received 13 Jun 2022 - DecidedP/22/0309/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
39 Buchanan Gardens Polmont Falkirk FK2 0UT
Received 13 Jun 2022 - DecidedP/22/0310/FUL
Construction of Dwellinghouse
Land To The South Of Greyrigg Farm Falkirk
Received 13 Jun 2022 - DecidedP/22/0312/FUL
Extensions to Falkirk Muslim Educational and Cultural Community Centre (Class 10 Non-Residential Institution)
Falkirk Central Mosque 10 Burnhead Lane Falkirk FK1 1UG
Received 14 Jun 2022 - DecidedP/22/0313/FUL
Extension to Shop (Class 1)
168 Alloa Road Stenhousemuir Larbert FK5 4HQ
Received 14 Jun 2022 - DecidedP/22/0314/CPL
Alteration to Dwellinghouse
43 Muirhead Crescent Bo'ness EH51 9TH
Received 15 Jun 2022 - DecidedP/22/0315/FUL
Installation of Lifting Beam and Electric Hoist (Retrospective)
Site To The North Of 25C Thirlestane Boundary Street Bo'ness
Received 15 Jun 2022 - DecidedP/22/0316/FUL
Construction of Raised Decking (Retrospective)
9 Royal Scots Terrace Lorne Road Larbert FK5 4XX
Received 16 Jun 2022 - DecidedP/22/0317/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
Kirkhill 19 Woodlands Drive Bo'ness EH51 0NT
Received 16 Jun 2022
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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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