Planning application
Blackness Mission Church Blackness Linlithgow EH49 7NE
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Change of Use of Church (Class 10) to Cafe (Class 3) and Change of Use of Agricultural Land to Car Park, Including Formation of New Vehicular Access and Associated Development
As published by the council, reference P/26/0129/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- P/26/0129/FUL
- Type
- Planning Permission
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 17 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 8 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Bo'ness and Blackness
- Parish
- Blackness
- Decision by
- under Delegated Powers
- Postcode
- EH49 7NE
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Mar 2026
Received by Falkirk
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8 Apr 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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27 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 3 June 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Falkirk took a median of 57 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Gray Macpherson Architects Agent, an architecture practice registered in Edinburgh
Dissolved · incorporated 2013 · Edinburgh
11 applications on PlanIndex · across 6 councils
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See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
28 documents on file for this application
- Detention basin operation and maintenance
- Proposed site layout
- Viewpoint location plan
- Landscape specification - external planting and maintenance
- Landscape specification - seeding and grass maintenance
- Landscape specification - landscape ar4chitecture & garden design
- Landscape and visual appraisal
- Block plan
- Existing site plan
- Existing and proposed floor plans
- Site sections
- Tree survey drawing
- Soft landscape plan
- Supporting statement
- Sustainable travel plan
- Swept path analysis
- Swept path analysis - car
- Tree survey, arboricultural constraints and impact assessment
- Planning statement
- Drainage statement
- Pre-ecological survey
- Sustainable travel plan
- Tree survey and aboricultural constraints
- Transport statement
- Waste management plan
- Location plan
- Non-householder application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Falkirk for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Falkirk decided full applications in a median of 59 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.
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