Council area · Scotland

Falkirk

Falkirk is a council area. It is a single-tier authority, so it runs both local and larger services.

What this council is responsible for

Falkirk
Council area · S12000014
  • Planning applications
  • Bin and recycling collection
  • Council tax and business rates collection
  • Housing and homelessness
  • Licensing
  • Environmental health
  • Parks and leisure
  • Local elections
  • Schools and education
  • Adult social care
  • Children’s services
  • Roads and highways
  • Waste disposal
  • Libraries
  • Trading standards
  • Public health

Policing and fire are national services in Scotland, not council functions.

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Type
Council area
Single tier
Official code
S12000014
ONS GSS code
Nation
Scotland
Local planning authority
Yes. Decides planning applications in its area.
23
Postcode sectors
9
Wards
3
Constituencies

6 of these postcode sectors are shared with a neighbouring council. Postcode sectors are a Royal Mail construct and do not follow council boundaries.

Boundary

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Ultra-generalised boundary (500 m) from the ONS Open Geography Portal, Open Government Licence v3. Indicative at this scale; not for legal or planning use. See it among its neighbours on the UK map →

Parliamentary constituencies

Wards

9 wards recorded in this council area.

Bo'ness and Blackness · Bonnybridge and Larbert · Carse, Kinnaird and Tryst · Denny and Banknock · Falkirk North · Falkirk South · Grangemouth · Lower Braes · Upper Braes

Postcode sectors

EH51 0 · EH51 9 · FK1 1 · FK1 2 · FK1 3 · FK1 4 · FK1 5 · FK1 9 · FK2 0 · FK2 7 · FK2 8 · FK2 9 · FK3 0 · FK3 3 · FK3 8 · FK3 9 · FK4 1 · FK4 2 · FK5 3 · FK5 4 · FK6 5 · FK6 6 · FK6 9

Sources: ONS Open Geography Portal (boundaries and names, retrieved 2026-09-05, Open Government Licence v3); National Statistics Postcode Lookup May 2026; Wikidata (official website, CC0). Official code S12000014.