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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 dates8,635Searchable applications
243Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 7,301 approved or refused records
786Refused applications
6,515 approved · 786 refused · 542 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Nov 2016 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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
- Decided0204/A/19
Display of 1 fascia sign and 2 perspex signs (all non-iluminated)
58 East Main Street Whitburn Bathgate West Lothian EH47 0RD
Received 4 Mar 2019 - Decided0205/FUL/19
Alterations and improvements to road junction arrangement
A70-Causewayend And Cairns Farm Access Road Kirknewton West Lothian EH27 8DH
Received 4 Mar 2019 - Decided0206/H/19
Erection of a summer house (in retrospect) and fence
Nether Parkley Lodge 15 Manse Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6AP
Received 4 Mar 2019 - Decided0207/CLU/19
Certificate of lawfulness for the existing use of chalet as a house (class 9)
Chalet 9 Craigs Park Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6QF
Received 5 Mar 2019 - Decided0210/FUL/19
Change of use from shop to a house and erection of porch
1 Craighill View Blackridge West Lothian
Received 6 Mar 2019 - Decided0211/TPO/19
Felling of 8 rowan trees
31A Templar Rise Dedridge Livingston West Lothian EH54 6PJ
Received 6 Mar 2019 - Decided0212/H/19
Installation of replacement windows
22 Old School Court Falkirk Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7AW
Received 6 Mar 2019 - Decided0213/H/19
First floor extension to house.
2 Bonnytoun Avenue Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7JS
Received 6 Mar 2019 - Decided0214/FUL/19
Change of use from open space/woodland and erection of a fence (in retrospect)
1 Maplewood Park Deans Livingston West Lothian EH54 8BB
Received 6 Mar 2019 - Decided0215/H/19
Erection of a summerhouse (in retrospect)
7 Harrysmuir South Pumpherston Livingston West Lothian EH53 0NY
Received 6 Mar 2019 - Decided0216/H/19
Formation of a driveway
11 Stevenson Terrace Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1DJ
Received 7 Mar 2019 - Decided0220/CLU/19
Certificate of lawfulness for alterations to windows and formation of patio door
59A West End West Calder West Lothian EH55 8EJ
Received 8 Mar 2019 - Decided0221/LBC/19
Listed building consent for siting of a winter storage unit on platform 1
West Calder Station Limefield Road West Calder West Lothian
Received 8 Mar 2019 - Decided0222/FUL/19
Erection of 10 houses on plots 35-44 (10 units replacing 11 units with plot 45 omitted as variation to 0582/MSC/16)
Heartlands Whitburn
Received 8 Mar 2019 - Decided0223/FUL/19
Erection of a biomass boiler store (in retrospect)
Five Sisters Zoo West Calder West Lothian EH55 8PT
Received 8 Mar 2019 - Decided0224/H/19
Extension to house
Glenbrae 10 Grange Road Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5HL
Received 8 Mar 2019 - Decided0225/A/19
Display of fascia sign
3 The Vennel Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7EX
Received 11 Mar 2019 - Decided0226/H/19
Two storey extension
44 Belsyde Court Linlithgow Bridge Linlithgow EH49 7RW
Received 11 Mar 2019 - Decided0227/H/19
Erection of extension
50 Braid Green Knightsridge Livingston West Lothian EH54 8PN
Received 11 Mar 2019 - Decided0228/FUL/19
Erection of 7 houses with associated works
Land To The West Of Almondvale Gardens Blackburn
Received 12 Mar 2019 - Decided0229/H/19
Installation of replacement ramp
76 Croftfoot Drive Fauldhouse Bathgate West Lothian EH47 9EH
Received 12 Mar 2019 - Decided0230/FUL/19
Erection of 3 houses with associated works
Land At Kenbog Lower Bathville Armadale
Received 12 Mar 2019 - Decided0231/H/19
Extension to house and conversion of garage
117 Preston Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6HZ
Received 13 Mar 2019 - Decided0232/H/19
Erection of a porch
119 Forrest Place Armadale Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2GZ
Received 13 Mar 2019
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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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