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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 dates8,647Searchable applications
243Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 7,308 approved or refused records
786Refused applications
6,522 approved · 786 refused · 543 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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
- Decided0233/H/19
Extension to front of house
7 Kepscaith Road Whitburn Bathgate West Lothian EH47 8JB
Received 13 Mar 2019 - Decided0235/CLU/19
Certificate of lawfulness for single storey rear extension to house
26 Avalon Gardens Linlithgow Bridge Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7QE
Received 14 Mar 2019 - Decided0236/FUL/19
Change of use and sub-division of public house to form a class 1 shop on part of ground floor and 3 flats at first floor & attic with new external staircase & dormer to rear to access flats and attic dormer windows to front
57-59 Hopetoun Street Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4PB
Received 14 Mar 2019 - Decided0237/FUL/19
Change of use from restaurant (class 3) to dance studio (class 11)
Unit 4 Douglas Rise Dedridge Livingston West Lothian EH54 6JH
Received 14 Mar 2019 - Decided0238/H/19
Two storey side extension
70 Napier Avenue Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1DF
Received 14 Mar 2019 - Decided0239/CLU/19
Certificate of lawfulness for an extension to house
70 Napier Avenue Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1DF
Received 14 Mar 2019 - Decided0240/H/19
Demolition of conservatory and erection of a garden room
8 Craigrigg Terrace Bridgehouse Westfield West Lothian EH48 3DJ
Received 14 Mar 2019 - Decided0241/A/19
Display of 4 illuminated feature signs incorporating natural stone walling, weathered corten steel uprights and landscaping
Levenseat Waste Management Facility By Forth Lanark ML11 8EP
Received 14 Mar 2019 - Unknown0242/PAC/19
Proposal of application notice for development of a countryside leisure park with accomodation
North Couston Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4LQ
Received 14 Mar 2019 - Decided0243/TCA/19
Felling of 5 trees
Craigenroan 24 Friars Brae Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6BQ
Received 15 Mar 2019 - Decided0244/TPO/19
Felling of one birch tree
Bellsquarry Plantation Bellsquarry Livingston West Lothian
Received 15 Mar 2019 - Decided0245/TPO/19
Felling of three trees
Land West Of Quentin Rise Dedridge Livingston West Lothian
Received 15 Mar 2019 - Decided0246/TPO/19
Felling of one spruce tree
Land East Of Scott Brae Ladywell Livingston West Lothian
Received 15 Mar 2019 - Decided0247/H/19
Two storey side extension
Craigwood 81 Marjoribanks Street Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1QH
Received 15 Mar 2019 - Decided0248/A/19
Display of 1 illuminated ATM sign
176 South Street Armadale West Lothian EH48 3JU
Received 15 Mar 2019 - Decided0249/H/19
Extension to house
Avontoun Cottage Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6QB
Received 15 Mar 2019 - Decided0250/CLU/19
Conversion of Garage into habitable room
5 Millcraig Mews Winchburgh Broxburn West Lothian EH52 6WG
Received 18 Mar 2019 - Decided0251/FUL/19
Demolition of existing house and erection of a house and detached garage
Craiglea Torphichen Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4NL
Received 18 Mar 2019 - Decided0252/CLU/19
Certificate of lawfulness for extension to house
22 Westwood Park Deans Livingston West Lothian EH54 8QP
Received 18 Mar 2019 - Decided0253/A/19
Display of fascia signs, window vinyl and street board
57 High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7ED
Received 18 Mar 2019 - Decided0254/LBC/19
Listed building consent for the repainting of shopfront and the erection of fasia sign and window vinyls
57 High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7ED
Received 18 Mar 2019 - Decided0255/H/19
Extension to house
52 Ennis Park Polbeth West Calder West Lothian EH55 8TW
Received 18 Mar 2019 - Decided0256/H/19
Erection of a fence (in retrospect)
Winnock Burnside Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4PX
Received 19 Mar 2019 - Decided0260/TPO/19
Felling of six trees
76 East Bankton Place Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9BZ
Received 19 Mar 2019
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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.
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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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