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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 dates6,618Searchable applications
234Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 5,306 approved or refused records
227Refused applications
5,079 approved · 227 refused · 550 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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/26/0143/FUL
Alterations to Dwellinghouse (External Render Works)
3 Kirkway Main Street Airth Falkirk FK2 8LE
Received 26 Mar 2026 - Awaiting decisionP/26/0144/FUL
Extension to Store, Siting of Security Cabin, Formation of Access and Gates
Campbells Prime Meat Ltd The Heatherfield Whitecross Linlithgow EH49 6LQ
Received 27 Mar 2026 - DecidedP/26/0145/LBC
Remediation Works to Railway Bridge Including Replacement Parapets, Masonry/Brickwork Repairs and Spandrel Ties with Pattress Plates
Avon Viaduct Linlithgow
Received 27 Mar 2026 - DecidedP/26/0146/FUL
Siting of Manager's Lodge (Temporary) (Retrospective)
Glenbervie House Torwood Larbert FK5 4SJ
Received 27 Mar 2026 - DecidedP/26/0147/PPP
Construction of Dwellinghouse
Land To The North Of Afton House Standburn
Received 27 Mar 2026 - UnknownP/23/0404/COND04
Compliance with Condition 3iii (Contamination), Condition 5 (Relocation of Bus Stop) and Condition 6 (Road Crossing Facility) of P/23/0404/FUL - Construction of 39 Dwellings and Associated Roads, Drainage and Infrastructure
Land To The East Of 1 Rosemead Terrace Main Street California
Received 25 Mar 2026 - DecidedP/26/0148/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
31 Armour Mews Larbert FK5 4FF
Received 31 Mar 2026 - DecidedP/26/0149/FUL
Change of Use from Class 1A (Professional Services) to Class 11 (Gym)
15 La Porte Precinct Grangemouth FK3 8AZ
Received 31 Mar 2026 - DecidedP/26/0150/DMO
Prior Notification for Demolition of Buildings
Orchardhead Skinflats Falkirk FK2 8PS
Received 31 Mar 2026 - DecidedP/26/0151/CPL
Installation Air Source Heat Pump
65 Redbrae Avenue Bo'ness EH51 9TN
Received 31 Mar 2026 - UnknownP/22/0360/NMV01
Amendments to 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 27 Mar 2026 - DecidedP/26/0152/RAIL
Remediation Works to Railway Bridge Including Replacement Parapets, Masonry/Brickwork Repairs and Spandrel Ties with Pattress Plates
Avon Viaduct Linlithgow
Received 30 Mar 2026 - UnknownP/25/0457/COND01
Compliance with Conditions 3 (Fencing) and 7 (Biodiversity Enhancement) of P/25/0457/FUL - Installation of Solar PV Array and Associated Works
Sewage Purification Works Grangemouth Road Bo'ness EH51 0PY
Received 25 Mar 2026 - DecidedP/26/0153/FUL
Construction of Outbuilding
2 The Sidings Whitecross Linlithgow EH49 6LQ
Received 31 Mar 2026 - DecidedP/26/0154/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
Eastfield House Miller Place Airth Falkirk FK2 8LR
Received 1 Apr 2026 - DecidedP/26/0155/FUL
Change of Use from Agricultural Land to Form Dog Exercise Park, Including Construction of Sheds, Fence and Car Park
Land To The South West Of Coach Cottage Dunipace
Received 1 Apr 2026 - DecidedP/26/0156/FUL
Change of Use from Agricultural Shed to Kennels
Quarter Dunipace Denny FK6 6QZ
Received 1 Apr 2026 - DecidedP/26/0157/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
9 Valleyview Place Falkirk FK2 7JB
Received 1 Apr 2026 - DecidedP/26/0158/CPL
Use of Dwellinghouse as Short Term Let
Coach Cottage Dunipace Denny FK6 6QZ
Received 1 Apr 2026 - DecidedP/26/0159/AGR
Prior Notification for Farm-Related Building Works (Non-Residential)
Bomains Farm Bo'ness Linlithgow EH49 7RQ
Received 1 Apr 2026 - DecidedP/26/0160/FUL
Extensions to Dwellinghouse
West Villa Bridgeness Road Bo'ness EH51 9LR
Received 2 Apr 2026 - DecidedP/26/0161/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
6 Standrigg Gardens Brightons Falkirk FK2 0GJ
Received 7 Apr 2026 - DecidedP/26/0163/FUL
Installation of Biomass Plant
Walker Timber Carriden Mills Bridgeness Road Bo'ness EH51 9SQ
Received 7 Apr 2026 - DecidedP/26/0164/FUL
Construction of Outbuilding
24 Albert Avenue Grangemouth FK3 9AT
Received 7 Apr 2026
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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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