Bowhouse Hotel Bowhouse Road Grangemouth FK3 0HD
Approved on 20 February 2026
Council decision: Grant Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Change of Use from Shop (Class 1A) to Hot Food Take-Away (Sui Generis)
- Received
- 22 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Falkirk Council
- Ward
- Grangemouth
- ReceivedReceived22 Dec
- ValidatedValidated5 Jan
- Consult.Consultation23 Feb
- TargetTarget Date16 Feb
- DecidedDecided20 Feb
Decided in 46 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Bowhouse Hotel Bowhouse Road Grangemouth FK3 0HD. Falkirk has handled 2,785 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer than Falkirk's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across Grangemouth. We hold 500 applications in total for the FK3 postcode area.
94% of full applications at Falkirk Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- FK3 0HD
- Application type
- Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Grangemouth Community Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 23 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 2 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 23 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 8 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 29 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 23 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 16 February 2026
- Decision published
- 23 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 19 February 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 3 School View Polmont Falkirk FK2 0JW
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 15 January 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 5 February 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 6
- Constraints
- 5
Site constraints
Source: Falkirk
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