Falkirk Local Development Plan 2 (LDP2)

The Falkirk Local Development Plan 2 (LDP2) is the statutory document which guides future development in the Council area for the period 2020-2040. It was adopted on 07 August 2020.

LDP2 contains a vision for the area, an overall strategy, and detailed policies and proposals indicating where development should, or should not take place. It provides criteria which the Council uses in assessing planning applications.

View the online version of LDP2.

LDP2 and the associated Proposals Maps are also available for download below:

Downloads: LDP2
PDF file, 15.7 MB
Downloads: Map 1 - Banknock, Bonnybridge, Denny, Allandale, Greenhill and Torwood
PDF file, 3.2 MB
Downloads: Map 2 - Falkirk, Larbert and Stenhousemuir
PDF file, 3.9 MB
Downloads: Map 3 - Rural North - Airth, Dunmore, Letham and South Alloa
PDF file, 2.2 MB
Downloads: Map 4 - Rural South - Avonbridge, Limerigg, Slamannan, Standburn and the Loan
PDF file, 3.2 MB
Downloads: Map 5 - Grangemouth, Polmont Area, California, Shieldhill, Skinflats and Whitecross
PDF file, 27.2 MB
Downloads: Map 6 - Bo'ness, Blackness and Muirhouses
PDF file, 2.1 MB
Downloads: Map 7 - Falkirk Town Centre Inset
PDF file, 786.1 KB

Hard copies of LDP2 are available at a cost of £30 (including p+p). Requests to purchase should be sent to ldp@falkirk.gov.uk.

Supplementary Guidance

In addition to LDP2 itself, the Council produces Supplementary Guidance which provides further more detailed guidance on certain policies in the LDP.

Action Programme

An updated Action Programme has been published. It provides information on the progress which has been made on the implementation of the policies and proposals contained in LDP2 since the adoption of the plan two years ago.

Downloads: Action Programme
PDF file, 1.7 MB

Development Plan update

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Subscribe to Development Plan updates

The most recent Development Plan newsletter can be viewed below:

Downloads: March 2023
PDF file, 2.1 MB