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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 dates8,288Searchable applications
242Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 6,990 approved or refused records
764Refused applications
6,226 approved · 764 refused · 519 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Jan 2017 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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
- Decided0183/FUL/18
Engineering works including installation of SUDS attenuation tank, realignment of footpath and associated works
Land At Deans South Livingston
Received 7 Mar 2018 - Decided0184/FUL/18
Change of use of building last used for dog grooming to a house
City Farm West Calder West Lothian EH55 8PP
Received 7 Mar 2018 - Decided0185/FUL/18
Erection of house
Plot 2 Breichwater Place Fauldhouse
Received 7 Mar 2018 - Decided0186/TCA/18
Felling of 6 trees and removal of remaining trunks from previous felling
20 Craigs Court Torphichen Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4NU
Received 7 Mar 2018 - Decided0190/H/18
Erection of a fence (in retrospect)
1 Deerhill Dechmont Broxburn West Lothian EH52 6LY
Received 7 Mar 2018 - Decided0192/FUL/18
Change of use of building used as an office & garage/workshop to ancillary residential accommodation with associated alterations to building
Burnhead Stoneyburn Bathgate West Lothian EH47 9AB
Received 8 Mar 2018 - Decided0196/FUL/18
Erection of 40 houses, including access roads, open space and associated infrastructure works
Land To The East Of Kirk Lane Inn Place Livingston Village Livingston West Lothian
Received 9 Mar 2018 - Decided0197/A/18
Display of 2 illuminated fascia signs and 1 illuminated projecting sign
6 George Place Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1NP
Received 9 Mar 2018 - Decided0198/A/18
Display of 2 non-illuminated fascia signs
Quintiles The Alba Campus Bathgate Road Livingston West Lothian EH54 7EG
Received 9 Mar 2018 - Decided0199/FUL/18
Formation of small scale electricity and heat generating station, including installation of 4 containerised generators / heat dump radiators, erection of 2 exhaust stacks and associated buildings and fencing
3 Nairn Road Deans Industrial Estate Livingston West Lothian EH54 8AY
Received 9 Mar 2018 - Decided0200/H/18
Extension to house
122A Houstoun Gardens Uphall Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5PX
Received 9 Mar 2018 - Decided0201/FUL/18
Erection of 48 flats with access road, parking, landscaping and assocciated works
Land At Edinburgh Road Linlithgow West Lothian
Received 12 Mar 2018 - Decided0202/A/18
Display of fascia sign and projecting sign
56 High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7AQ
Received 13 Mar 2018 - Decided0203/FUL/18
Subdivision of house to form 2 houses, erection of decking and timber cladding
1A Muirs Court Uphall West Lothian EH52 5JQ
Received 13 Mar 2018 - Decided0204/H/18
Erection of a car port and replacement conservatory roof
9 Northwood Park Deans Livingston West Lothian EH54 8BD
Received 13 Mar 2018 - Unknown0205/LBC/18
Listed building consent for the removal of chimney
The Bath House Gowanbank Avonbridge Falkirk West Lothian FK1 2JY
Received 13 Mar 2018 - Appeal decided0208/FUL/18
Sub division of garden and erection of house
71 Mill Road Armadale Bathgate West Lothian EH48 3QL
Received 14 Mar 2018 - Decided0209/H/18
Garage conversion with new pitched roof
56 Easter Bankton Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9BE
Received 14 Mar 2018 - Decided0210/FUL/18
Demolition of farm house and buidings and erection of 2 houses with external garages
Birkenshaw Mill Bathgate West Lothian EH48 3AS
Received 14 Mar 2018 - Decided0211/H/18
Installation of accessible door and ramped access (dda works)
1 Burnbrae Terrace Whitburn Bathgate West Lothian EH47 8JT
Received 14 Mar 2018 - Decided0212/CLU/18
Erection of a conservatory
12 Pardovan Holding Philpstoun Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7RU
Received 14 Mar 2018 - Decided0213/TCA/18
Felling of 2 conifer trees
37 Combfoot Cottages Mid Calder Livingston West Lothian EH53 0AG
Received 14 Mar 2018 - Decided0214/H/18
Erection of a garage
47 South Middleton Uphall Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5GA
Received 14 Mar 2018 - Decided0215/P/18
Planning permission in principle for a 0.11ha residential development
53 Main Street Blackridge Bathgate West Lothian EH48 3RL
Received 15 Mar 2018
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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