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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 dates6,584Searchable applications
234Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 5,278 approved or refused records
226Refused applications
5,052 approved · 226 refused · 544 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/25/0481/FUL
External Alterations to Listed Building and Curtilage Garage Building
St Mary Of The Angels 100 Glasgow Road Falkirk FK1 4HJ
Received 29 Oct 2025 - DecidedP/25/0482/LBC
Partial Demolition of 2 Storey Extension to Rear with Partial Infill and Remedials of Resultant Exposed Facades. In Addition, Demolition Works Associated with Remedial Measures to Resultant Gable of 156 High Street Due to Demolition of Adjacent Shopping Centre.(Amendment to previous consent P/25/0089/LBC)
150 - 156 High Street Falkirk FK1 1NR
Received 29 Oct 2025 - DecidedP/25/0485/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
40 Wilson Road Falkirk FK1 4HY
Received 30 Oct 2025 - DecidedP/25/0486/LBC
Replacement Windows
16B Avondhu Gardens Grangemouth FK3 9BW
Received 30 Oct 2025 - DecidedP/25/0487/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
35 Carronflats Road Grangemouth FK3 9DG
Received 31 Oct 2025 - DecidedP/25/0488/FUL
Replacement Roof
2 Mccambridge Place Larbert FK5 4FY
Received 31 Oct 2025 - DecidedP/25/0489/FUL
Installation of Gas Cooler Unit
Sainsburys Store Glasgow Road Denny FK6 5DN
Received 31 Oct 2025 - DecidedP/25/0490/FUL
Construction of Outbuilding (Retrospective)
14 Epworth Gardens Reddingmuirhead Falkirk FK2 0DW
Received 31 Oct 2025 - DecidedP/25/0492/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
Torran Mor 41 Comyn Drive Wallacestone Falkirk FK2 0YR
Received 4 Nov 2025 - DecidedP/25/0493/MSC
Construction of Dwellinghouse
Land To The East Of Maple Lodge Braeface Road Banknock Bonnybridge
Received 4 Nov 2025 - DecidedP/25/0494/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
1 Kelvinview Avenue Banknock Bonnybridge FK4 1JR
Received 4 Nov 2025 - DecidedP/25/0495/FUL
Alterations to Garage Roof
13 Glenbo Drive Head Of Muir Denny FK6 5PQ
Received 5 Nov 2025 - DecidedP/25/0496/FUL
Extension and Alterations to Crematorium
Cemetery & Crematorium Services Dorrator Road Falkirk FK2 7YJ
Received 5 Nov 2025 - Awaiting decisionP/25/0498/FUL
Change of Use of Outbuilding to Micro-Gym (Class 11) (Retrospective)
17 Milne Drive Redding Falkirk FK2 9GT
Received 6 Nov 2025 - DecidedP/25/0499/FUL
Removal of Chimney (Retrospective)
5 57 North Street Bo'ness EH51 0AE
Received 7 Nov 2025 - DecidedP/25/0500/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
34 Borrowstoun Crescent Bo'ness EH51 0JF
Received 7 Nov 2025 - DecidedP/25/0501/FUL
Alterations and Change of Use of Outbuilding to Hairdressing and Beauty Salon (Class 1A)
2 Drummond Place Bonnybridge FK4 1PT
Received 10 Nov 2025 - DecidedP/25/0502/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
25 Mercat Crescent Airth Falkirk FK2 8FX
Received 10 Nov 2025 - DecidedP/25/0503/FUL
Construction of Pergola, Decking, Fencing and Formation of Vehicular Access (Retrospective)
Driftwood Thyme 21 St. Ninians Way Blackness Linlithgow EH49 7NF
Received 10 Nov 2025 - DecidedP/25/0504/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
16 Castleton Crescent Falkirk FK2 8BG
Received 11 Nov 2025 - DecidedP/25/0506/FUL
Alteration and Extension to Outbuilding, Including Laying of Hardstanding
Helenslea Dunmore Falkirk FK2 8LY
Received 11 Nov 2025 - DecidedP/25/0507/LBC
Removal of Chimney
5 57 North Street Bo'ness EH51 0AE
Received 11 Nov 2025 - DecidedP/25/0508/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse (Retrospective)
29 Woodlands Drive Bo'ness EH51 0NT
Received 11 Nov 2025 - DecidedP/25/0509/FUL
Change of Use From Shop (Class 1A) to Hot Food Takeaway (Sui Generis), Installation of Extraction Flue and Painting of Unit Exterior
1 East Bridge Street Falkirk FK1 1YD
Received 12 Nov 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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