Falkirk Wheel Lime Road Falkirk FK1 4RS
Approved on 17 April 2026
Council decision: Grant Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions
Proposal
Alteration and Extension to Visitor Centre Building, Including Installation of Cladding, Hard and Soft Landscaping Works and Road Improvements
- Received
- 28 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Falkirk Council
- Ward
- Falkirk South
- ReceivedReceived28 Jan
- ValidatedValidated4 Feb
- Consult.Consultation2 Mar
- TargetTarget Date18 Mar
- DecidedDecided17 Apr
Decided in 72 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an extension at Falkirk Wheel Lime Road Falkirk FK1 4RS. Falkirk has handled 2,785 applications of this type. This one was decided in 79 days, 3 weeks longer than Falkirk's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 54 applications across Falkirk South. We hold 591 applications in total for the FK1 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
- FK1 4RS
- Application type
- Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Camelon, Bantaskine and Tamfourhill
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 2 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 9 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 2 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 5 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 26 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 2 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 18 March 2026
- Permission expires
- 16 April 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Smith Scott Mullan
- Architect profile
- SMITH SCOTT MULLAN + ASSOCIATES LTD.
- Agent address
- 10 Rutland Square Edinburgh EH1 2AS
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 35
- Constraints
- 7
Site constraints
Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Falkirk
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