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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Scotland · Local authority
West Lothian
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for West Lothian. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates10,840Searchable applications
251Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 9,285 approved or refused records
941Refused applications
8,344 approved · 941 refused · 693 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Feb 2013 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning & Building StandardsLocal plan Local Development Plan (LDP 1)Pre-application advice Pre-Application EnquiryConservation areas Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Scheduled Monuments
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriescustomer.service@westlothian.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland. Contains Historic Environment Scotland and Ordnance Survey data © Historic Environment Scotland – Scottish Charity No. SC045925 © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data is indicative and may not contain the latest designations.
More application records
- Decided0595/CLU/24
Certificate of lawfulness for the proposed use of property as short term let
Post Office House Main Street Westfield EH48 3BU
Received 1 Aug 2024 - Decided0596/H/24
Installation of replacement windows and dormer window to rear
19 West Port Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7AY
Received 2 Aug 2024 - Decided0597/H/24
Erection of porch and extension to house
2 Whitebaulks Beecraigs Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6PL
Received 5 Aug 2024 - Decided0598/TPO/24
Clean stem and crown raise of boundary trees to 2.5m and reduce height of boundary hedge
Unit 8 Almondvale Way Almondvale Livingston West Lothian EH54 6GA
Received 5 Aug 2024 - Decided0599/PNT/24
Prior notification for the installation of a 20m high telecommunications monople and associated equipment cabinets
Almondvale South Almondvale Livingston EH54 6NB
Received 5 Aug 2024 - Unknown0600/TPO/24
Felling of 1 Ash tree
12 Rockville Grove Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6BZ
Received 5 Aug 2024 - Decided0602/LBC/24
Listed building consent for the replacement of windows and front door, internal alterations and painting of rainwater goods
26 High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7AE
Received 6 Aug 2024 - Decided0603/CLU/24
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed alterations and extension
29 Snowdrop Path Calderwood East Calder West Lothian EH53 0FN
Received 6 Aug 2024 - Decided0604/H/24
Erection of a detached garage
83 Hare Moss View Whitburn West Lothian EH47 0DN
Received 7 Aug 2024 - Decided0605/LBC/24
Listed building consent for the painting of shop front (in retrospect)
9 High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7AB
Received 7 Aug 2024 - Decided0606/FUL/24
Erection of 2 accommodation pods
The Vu Roscam House Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4LD
Received 7 Aug 2024 - Decided0607/FUL/24
Painting of shop front (in retrospect)
9 High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7AB
Received 7 Aug 2024 - Decided0608/CLU/24
Certificate of lawfulness for extension to house
41 Boghead Crescent Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2DE
Received 7 Aug 2024 - Decided0609/H/24
Extension to house
34 Meadowbank Road Kirknewton West Lothian EH27 8BS
Received 8 Aug 2024 - Decided0610/CLU/24
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed use of house as a short term let
4 Learielaw View Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5FE
Received 8 Aug 2024 - Decided0611/FUL/24
Erection of a storage unit to support existing landscaping business and tending of agricultural land
Land To South West Of Baads Mill Farm West Calder West Lothian EH55 8LG
Received 8 Aug 2024 - Decided0612/FUL/24
Erection of an education building (in retrospect)
Five Sisters Zoo Polbeth West Lothian EH55 8PT
Received 9 Aug 2024 - Decided0613/FUL/24
Erection of a farm supplies shop and formation of hard standing (in retrospect)
Hardhill Farm Sibbalds Brae Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2HL
Received 9 Aug 2024 - Decided0614/FUL/24
Erection of a house and detached garage
Station House Limefield Road West Calder West Lothian EH55 8BS
Received 9 Aug 2024 - Decided0615/CLU/24
Certificate of lawfulness for existing use of property as part-time short-term let
19 Mansefield Court Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4HE
Received 9 Aug 2024 - Decided0616/FUL/24
Erection of a 2m high fence
Land North Of B8047 Logievale Westfield
Received 12 Aug 2024 - Decided0617/H/24
Erection of detached garage
6 Silverbirch Glade Adambrae Livingston West Lothian EH54 9JS
Received 12 Aug 2024 - Decided0618/TPO/24
Selective branch cut back for the purposes of public safety/road clearance
Kettil'stoun Woodland Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6SQ
Received 12 Aug 2024 - Decided0619/H/24
Two storey extension and alterations to house
8 Murieston Walk Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9EW
Received 12 Aug 2024
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for West Lothian, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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