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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 dates6,570Searchable applications
234Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 5,267 approved or refused records
225Refused applications
5,042 approved · 225 refused · 543 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Jun 2012 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/25/0393/FUL
Installation of Digital Communications Kiosk
Site To The East Of 6 Lint Riggs Lint Riggs Falkirk
Received 3 Sept 2025 - DecidedP/25/0394/ADV
Display of Illuminated Advertisements (Digital Display)
Site To The North Of 33 High Street High Street Falkirk
Received 3 Sept 2025 - DecidedP/25/0395/FUL
Installation of Digital Communications Kiosk
Site To The North Of 33 High Street High Street Falkirk
Received 3 Sept 2025 - DecidedP/25/0396/LBC
Installation of Solar Panels and Battery Storage System
Duchess Nina House 17 Cadzow Crescent Bo'ness EH51 9AY
Received 3 Sept 2025 - DecidedP/25/0397/FUL
Installation of Solar Panels and Battery Storage System
Duchess Nina House 17 Cadzow Crescent Bo'ness EH51 9AY
Received 3 Sept 2025 - DecidedP/25/0398/LBC
Internal Alterations
The Knowe 13 Erngath Road Bo'ness EH51 9EN
Received 4 Sept 2025 - DecidedP/25/0399/FUL
Extension to Secondary School to Provide Community Sport and Leisure Facilities, Including Reception, Wet and Dry Changing, Fitness Suite, Storage, and Development of Car Park, Multi-Sports Pitches and Associated Development
Bo'ness Academy Gauze Road Bo'ness EH51 9AS
Received 5 Sept 2025 - UnknownP/23/0050/NMV01
Amendment to P/23/0050/FUL - Alterations to Dwellinghouse and Construction of Outbuilding (Partially Retrospective)
Schoolhouse Parkhall Drive Maddiston Falkirk FK2 0LQ
Received 5 Sept 2025 - DecidedP/25/0400/FUL
Construction of Outbuilding
8 Lourie Crescent Bo'ness EH51 9UR
Received 9 Sept 2025 - DecidedP/25/0401/LBC
Alteration to Shopfront
19 Kirk Wynd Falkirk FK1 1LZ
Received 17 Sept 2025 - DecidedP/25/0402/LBC
Alterations / Repairs to Building
18 Union Street Bo'ness EH51 9AQ
Received 9 Sept 2025 - DecidedP/25/0403/CPE
Extension to Dwellinghouse
53 Mamre Drive California Falkirk FK1 2BT
Received 9 Sept 2025 - DecidedP/25/0404/CPL
Alterations to Dwellinghouse
5 Hadrian Way Bo'ness EH51 9QL
Received 9 Sept 2025 - Awaiting decisionP/25/0405/FUL
Construction of 197 Dwellinghouses and 27 Flats with Associated Infrastructure, Landscaping and Engineering Works
Land To The East Of 1 Winchester Drive Broad Street Denny
Received 9 Sept 2025 - UnknownP/22/0066/COND01
Compliance with Conditions 2 and 3 of P/22/0066/FUL - Construction of 2 Industrial Buildings (Class 5)
Plot 4 Lammermoor Avenue Abbotsford Business Park Falkirk
Received 9 Sept 2025 - DecidedP/25/0406/FUL
Construction of Outbuilding
6 Jones Avenue Larbert FK5 3ER
Received 10 Sept 2025 - DecidedP/25/0407/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
12 Kerr Crescent Haggs Bonnybridge FK4 1HH
Received 10 Sept 2025 - UnknownP/22/0042/NMV01
Amendment to P/22/0042/MSC - Construction of 201 Dwellinghouses and 24 Flats, Associated Infrastructure, Drainage and Landscaping
Land To The North Of Crownerland Farm Linlithgow
Received 10 Sept 2025 - DecidedP/25/0408/LBC
Alterations and Dormer Extension to Building
86 - 88 High Street Falkirk FK1 1DD
Received 11 Sept 2025 - DecidedP/25/0409/FUL
Alterations to and Change of Use of Building to Form 3 Flatted Dwellings, Incorporating 2 Shop Units (Class 1A) at Ground Floor Level
86 - 88 High Street Falkirk FK1 1DD
Received 11 Sept 2025 - UnknownP/22/0542/COND01
Compliance with Conditions 3 and 4 of P/22/0542/FUL - Demolition of Existing Dwelling and Construction of Dwellinghouse
Kingswell Cottage Denny FK6 6BJ
Received 11 Sept 2025 - Awaiting decisionL/25/0004/S50
Application for Section 50 Planning Certificate
Dunipace Junior Social Club Town House Street Denny FK6 5DX
Received 12 Sept 2025 - UnknownP/22/0360/COND02
Compliance with Condition 4 of P/22/0360/FUL - Construction of Dwellinghouse with Associated Development Including Outbuilding and Stables
Site To The North West Of 47 Mannerston Holdings Blackness
Received 12 Sept 2025 - DecidedP/25/0410/FUL
Installation of Platform and Steps
45 Lochside Cottages Woodburn Avenue Redding Falkirk FK2 9YH
Received 15 Sept 2025
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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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