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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 dates8,322Searchable applications
242Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 7,024 approved or refused records
765Refused applications
6,259 approved · 765 refused · 519 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided0332/H/18
Extension to house
33 Keith Gardens Broxburn West Lothian EH52 6XS
Received 20 Apr 2018 - Decided0333/A/18
Display of painted facia lettering and window graphics
121 High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7EJ
Received 20 Apr 2018 - Decided0334/LBC/18
Listed building consent for painting of stormdoor and stonework, painting of facia lettering and display of window graphics
121 High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7EJ
Received 20 Apr 2018 - Decided0335/FUL/18
Painting of stormdoor and stonework
121 High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7EJ
Received 20 Apr 2018 - Decided0336/FUL/18
Erection of a house and associated works
Land 50M East Of 15 Milrig Smallholdings Kirknewton West Lothian
Received 20 Apr 2018 - Decided0337/FUL/18
Erection of industrial unit (class 5) and associated wash plant for aggregates
Land At Greendykes Road Broxburn West Lothian
Received 20 Apr 2018 - Decided0338/A/18
Display of fascia sign
3 Greendykes Road Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5AF
Received 20 Apr 2018 - Decided0339/H/18
Extension to house and conversion of attic
96 Lower Bathville Armadale West Lothian EH48 2JS
Received 20 Apr 2018 - Decided0340/H/18
Extension to side and rear of house
110 Woodville Court Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5LR
Received 20 Apr 2018 - Decided0341/TCA/18
Felling of 10 trees and thinning of 15 trees
Millhill Torphichen Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4LR
Received 20 Apr 2018 - Decided0343/H/18
Extension to house
3 Ashbank Cottages Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5LF
Received 23 Apr 2018 - Decided0344/H/18
Extension to house
6 Veterans Cottages Kirk Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1BJ
Received 23 Apr 2018 - Decided0345/H/18
Extension to house
3 North Mains Hill Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4PF
Received 23 Apr 2018 - Decided0346/H/18
Erection of decking (in retrospect)
3 Thomson Road Armadale Bathgate West Lothian EH48 3GJ
Received 23 Apr 2018 - Decided0347/H/18
Two storey extension to house
47 Windyknowe Crescent Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2BU
Received 23 Apr 2018 - Decided0349/H/18
Extension to house
11 Clova Drive Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9HD
Received 24 Apr 2018 - Decided0350/H/18
Extension to house
1 Muirfield Drive Uphall Broxburn West Lothian EH52 6BU
Received 24 Apr 2018 - Decided0351/H/18
Enlargement of dormer (variation to planning permission 0969/H/17)
21 Inch Crescent Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1EU
Received 24 Apr 2018 - Decided0352/FUL/18
Extension of telecommunications mast to increase height from 15m to 22.5m, relocation of existing equipment onto new headframe at top of mast and addition of 3 no. new antennas with associated ancillary works
Camilty Plantation Harburn West Calder West Lothian EH55 8RH
Received 24 Apr 2018 - Decided0353/H/18
Erection of a summerhouse
2 Springfield Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7JJ
Received 24 Apr 2018 - Decided0354/EIA/18
EIA screening opinion for the demolition of an industrial building and associated works
Land At 1 Simpson Parkway Kirkton Campus Livingston West Lothian EH54 7BH
Received 24 Apr 2018 - Awaiting decision0355/PAC/18
Proposal of application notice for the demolition of existing properties and redevelopment of new residential units, including services and infrastructure
Deans South Deans Livingston West Lothian
Received 24 Apr 2018 - Decided0358/H/18
Raising of roof and formation of dormer
31 Acredales Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6HY
Received 25 Apr 2018 - Decided0359/H/18
Formation of driveway
13B Holmes Holdings Holmes Road Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5NS
Received 25 Apr 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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