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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 dates6,622Searchable applications
234Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 5,309 approved or refused records
227Refused applications
5,082 approved · 227 refused · 550 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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
- UnknownP/24/0571/NMV01
Amendment to P/24/0571/MSC - Residential Development with Potential Commercial / Community Use and Associated Access, Parking, Landscaping, Open Space and Drainage
Land To The South Of Bo'ness Fire Station Crawfield Road Bo'ness
Received 1 Apr 2026 - DecidedP/26/0165/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
52 Talbot Street Grangemouth FK3 8HU
Received 8 Apr 2026 - DecidedP/26/0166/CPL
Installation of Flue
2 Douglas Place Stenhousemuir Larbert FK5 4UG
Received 8 Apr 2026 - Awaiting decisionP/26/0168/FUL
Construction of Temporary Vehicular Access
Land To The South Of Bo'ness Fire Station Crawfield Road Bo'ness
Received 8 Apr 2026 - DecidedP/26/0169/FUL
Change of Use from Changing Pavilion to Hot Food Takeaway (Sui Generis)
Easter Carmuirs Pavillion Mariner Street Falkirk
Received 9 Apr 2026 - UnknownP/22/0105/NMV05
Amendment to P/22/0105/FUL - Construction of 215 Dwellings (211 Dwellinghouses and 4 Flatted Dwellings) and Associated Infrastructure
Land To The South Of 1 Hillside Grove Grahamsdyke Road Bo'ness
Received 8 Apr 2026 - UnknownP/21/0410/NMV01
Amendment to P/21/0410/FUL - Erection of No. 2 Dwellinghouses and Associated Infrastructure
Land To The South East Of Whitstonedge Falkirk
Received 8 Apr 2026 - DecidedP/26/0171/LBC
Alterations to Listed Structure
Kincardine Bridge Airth
Received 10 Apr 2026 - DecidedP/26/0172/FUL
Change of Use from Class 1A to Hot Food Take-Away (Sui Generis)
Unit 2 South Drum Retail Park Lourie Crescent Bo'ness EH51 9FD
Received 13 Apr 2026 - Awaiting decisionP/26/0173/FUL
Change of Use from Office (Class 4) to Indoor Sports and Training Facility (Class 11)
17 High Street Bonnybridge FK4 1BX
Received 13 Apr 2026 - DecidedP/26/0174/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
20 Hendry Avenue Denny FK6 5ET
Received 14 Apr 2026 - DecidedP/26/0176/FUL
Refurbishment and External Upgrading Works to Existing Workshop
Autopoint Car Breakers Icehouse Brae Laurieston Falkirk FK2 9NJ
Received 15 Apr 2026 - DecidedP/26/0177/LBC
Alterations to Shopfront
147 - 149 High Street Falkirk FK1 1DZ
Received 15 Apr 2026 - DecidedP/26/0179/LBC
Repairs and Refurbishment of Water Pump and Canopy
Dunmore Pump Dunmore Falkirk
Received 15 Apr 2026 - DecidedP/26/0180/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
20 Dochart Crescent Polmont Falkirk FK2 0RE
Received 16 Apr 2026 - DecidedP/26/0181/LBC
Alteration to Listed Building
19 Carriden Brae Bo'ness EH51 9SL
Received 16 Apr 2026 - DecidedP/26/0182/FUL
Extension to Dwellinghouse
10 Blairdenon Crescent Falkirk FK1 5PE
Received 16 Apr 2026 - UnknownP/24/0083/NMV01
Amendment to P/24/0083/FUL - Construction of Outbuilding
10 Ochil View Denny FK6 5NQ
Received 16 Apr 2026 - UnknownP/24/0575/NMV01
Alteration to Dwellinghouse
19 Carriden Brae Bo'ness EH51 9SL
Received 16 Apr 2026 - DecidedP/26/0183/FUL
Construction of Cafe, Offices and Golf Practice Bays, Including External Drainage Infrastructure and Associated Development
Forthview Golf Range 1 Forthview House Airth Falkirk FK2 8PL
Received 17 Apr 2026 - Awaiting decisionP/26/0184/75M
Modification to Legal Agreement (P/21/0723/FUL) Clause No. 1 and 3 in relation to Education, Healthcare, Open Space, and Transport Contributions
Site To The North Of 37 Rosebank Avenue Dunipace
Received 17 Apr 2026 - DecidedP/26/0185/FUL
Extensions to Dwellinghouse
7 Carmuirs Street Falkirk FK1 4PZ
Received 20 Apr 2026 - UnknownP/26/0186/AGR
Convert Agricultural Building to Commercial Use (Class 6 - Storage/Distribution)
Archibald Russell (Denny) Ltd Drumbowie Farm Denny FK6 5LZ
Received 20 Apr 2026 - UnknownP/25/0075/COND01
Compliance with Condition 2 (Contamination), Condition 3 (Ground Stability) and Condition 4 (Low and Zero Carbon Technologies) of P/25/0075/MSC - Construction of 11 Dwellinghouses and Associated Infrastructure
North Bank Farm Bo'ness EH51 9RR
Received 20 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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