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Public Convenience The Square Blackness

P/25/0571/FULPlanning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 6 February 2026

Council decision: Grant Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Alterations and Change of Use from Public Toilets to Form Shop (Class 1A)

Received
22 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Bo'ness and Blackness
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated22 Dec
  3. Consult.29 Jan
  4. Target2 Feb
  5. Decided6 Feb

Decided in 46 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Public Convenience The Square Blackness. Falkirk has handled 2,785 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 10 days quicker than Falkirk's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 46 applications across Bo'ness and Blackness.

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

Application type
Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Blackness

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 December 2025
Consultation expiry
29 January 2026
Consultation start
8 January 2026
Consultation end
29 January 2026
Neighbour consultation start
8 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
29 January 2026
Last date for comments
29 January 2026
Target decision date
2 February 2026
Permission expires
5 February 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Andrew Munnoch 70 Carronside Street Falkirk FK2 7QD

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
10
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Falkirk

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