Understanding planning · 13 min read
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 dates10,862Searchable applications
251Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 9,305 approved or refused records
942Refused applications
8,363 approved · 942 refused · 695 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Conservation areas10 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasBoundary dataset not connected
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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
- Decided0741/HZ/24
Hazardous substance consent to increase storage of alcohol from 172,000 to 270,310 tonnes P5c flammable liquids, 171 tonnes P5b flammable liquids and 3 tonnes P2 flammable gases
Glen Turner Distillery Starlaw Road Bathgate West Lothian EH47 7BW
Received 24 Sept 2024 - Decided0742/HZ/24
Hazardous substance consent for the storage of 194,955 tonnes of P5c flamable liquids
Muirhall Bonds Addiewell West Lothian EH55 8NT
Received 24 Sept 2024 - Unknown0743/HZ/24
Hazardous substance consent for the storage of 11,000 tonnes of P5c flamable liquids
Westerton Road Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5AU
Received 24 Sept 2024 - Unknown0744/SUO/24
Stopping up order associated with planning permission 1018/P/23
Riddochhill Colliery Site Inchmuir Road Whitehill Industrial Estate Bathgate
Received 24 Sept 2024 - Decided0745/MSC/24
Application under Section 42 to develop land as consent 0997/MSC/19 (MSC application regarding the Masterplan, Residential Area Framework Plans and Habitat Enhancement and Protection Strategy) without complying with condition 1 (phasing of distributor road) to allow the first phase of the distributor road, from the junction with Longridge Road to the connection with Polkemmet Road and shown as phase A on the approved plans, to be completed and opened prior to the occupation of the 221st residential unit within phases 4 to 9 (inclusive of H9)
Heartlands Whitburn West Lothian
Received 25 Sept 2024 - Decided0746/TCA/24
Crown reduction of 1 Holly tree and 1 Cherry tree
1 Main Street Livingston Village Livingston West Lothian EH54 7AF
Received 26 Sept 2024 - Decided0748/CLU/24
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed conversion of existing attached single storey garage into a bedroom
60 Thirlfield Wynd Livingston Village Livingston West Lothian EH54 7ES
Received 27 Sept 2024 - Decided0749/MSC/24
Approval of matters specified in conditions of planning permission 0497/P/21 for the erection of 102 houses
Standhill North West Main Street Armadale West Lothian
Received 27 Sept 2024 - Decided0750/TCA/24
Branch removal and reduction in height of beech hedge
Ashley Hall Gardens Common Area Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7DN
Received 27 Sept 2024 - Decided0751/CLU/24
Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed garage conversion
23 Cypress Glade Adambrae Livingston EH54 9JH
Received 27 Sept 2024 - Decided0752/H/24
Extension to house
47 Maukeshill Court Livingston Village Livingston West Lothian EH54 7AX
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decided0753/H/24
Extension to house and erection of front porch
42 Mosside Terrace Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2UJ
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decided0754/CLU/24
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed extension to rear of house
19 Old Hall Knowe Place Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2TW
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decided0755/FUL/24
Formation of a secure vehicle storage facility, siting of staff cabin and erection of fencing and lighting (in retrospect)
1 Neilson Square Deans Industrial Estate Livingston West Lothian EH54 8RQ
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decided0756/FUL/24
Change of use from storage unit to car valeting (in retrospect)
63 Braehead Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6HF
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decided0758/H/24
Extension to house
Aasly 2 Bowyett Torphichen West Lothian EH48 4LZ
Received 2 Oct 2024 - Decided0759/P/24
Planning permission in principle for the erection of 2 houses with associated works
Land To West Of West Harwood West Calder EH55 8LF
Received 2 Oct 2024 - Decided0760/CLU/24
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed attic conversion
14 Bankton Park West Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9BP
Received 2 Oct 2024 - Decided0761/FUL/24
Erection of 2 houses (substitution of house type from Gladstone to Canterbury on plot 13 and hand Brampton on plot 19 as variation to 0701/FUL/20)
Site K Mossend West Calder EH55 8PV
Received 2 Oct 2024 - Decided0762/CLU/24
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed garage conversion to habitable room
1 Bankton Way Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9EG
Received 3 Oct 2024 - Decided0763/H/24
First floor extension and alterations to house
23 Kinniburgh Crescent Whitburn West Lothian EH47 0SS
Received 3 Oct 2024 - Decided0764/H/24
Erection of a double garage with store
20 Pumpherston Road Mid Calder West Lothian EH53 0AY
Received 3 Oct 2024 - Decided0765/CLU/24
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed garage conversion
55 Ogilvie Way Knightsridge Livingston West Lothian EH54 8HN
Received 3 Oct 2024 - Decided0766/H/24
Extension to porch and alterations to house
62 Haymarket Crescent Eliburn Livingston West Lothian EH54 8AP
Received 3 Oct 2024
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsResearching a proposal in West Lothian
Start with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Scotland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
How to search planning applicationsGuides to planning records
All planning guides
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning permission drawings: how to read plans
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.
UK researchPublished Updated
Property research · 13 min read
Planning approval rates: how to read council statistics
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
UK researchPublished Updated
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.
Check collection coverage