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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 dates8,655Searchable applications
243Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 7,315 approved or refused records
786Refused applications
6,529 approved · 786 refused · 544 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided0262/TCA/19
Reduction in height of 9 lime trees by 50% and felling of 1 fir tree
Ashley Hall Ashley Hall Gardens Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7DN
Received 19 Mar 2019 - Decided0264/H/19
Extension to house
116 East Bankton Place Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9DD
Received 20 Mar 2019 - Decided0265/H/19
Extension to house
14 Duddingston Crescent Newton Broxburn West Lothian EH52 6QG
Received 21 Mar 2019 - Decided0266/FUL/19
Sub-division of former bank (class 2) into two shop units (class 1) with alterations to building frontage and extend existing ramp and balustrade
39 Main Street Fauldhouse Bathgate West Lothian EH47 9HY
Received 21 Mar 2019 - Decided0267/FUL/19
Change of use from field/wooded area to form dog day care centre, erection of boundary fence and siting of two containers for office and dog accommodation (part in retrospect)
2 Bethany Home Farm North Greendykes Road Broxburn West Lothian EH52 6PN
Received 21 Mar 2019 - Decided0268/CLU/19
Certificate of lawfulness for the extension to house
33 Glen Crescent Livingston West Lothian EH54 8BW
Received 21 Mar 2019 - Decided0269/H/19
Extension to house
120 Oldwood Place Eliburn Livingston West Lothian EH54 6US
Received 22 Mar 2019 - Decided0270/H/19
Extension to house
49 Braid Green Knightsridge Livingston West Lothian EH54 8PN
Received 22 Mar 2019 - Decided0272/EIA/19
EIA scoping opinion for erection of a thermal treatment plan (phase 2)
Levenseat Waste Management Facility By Forth Lanark ML11 8EP
Received 22 Mar 2019 - Decided0273/FUL/19
Change of use from open space/woodland to private garden ground and erection of fence, gates and shed (in retrospect)
Springfield Lodge Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7LS
Received 22 Mar 2019 - Decided0274/H/19
Extension to house
39 Dovecot Park Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7LH
Received 25 Mar 2019 - Decided0275/FUL/19
Formation of car wash facility including storage containers (in part retrospect)
Land At Breich Inn Breich West Calder West Lothian EH55 8JQ
Received 25 Mar 2019 - Decided0276/FUL/19
Change of use from police station to house
17 Blackfaulds Place Fauldhouse Bathgate West Lothian EH47 9AS
Received 25 Mar 2019 - Decided0277/CLU/19
Certificate of lawfulnes for the erection of a conservatory
10 Academy Place Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1AS
Received 25 Mar 2019 - Decided0278/H/19
Extension to house
16 George Street Armadale Bathgate West Lothian EH48 3JQ
Received 25 Mar 2019 - Decided0279/FUL/19
Change of use from communal laundry to a flat
46 Waverley Street Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4JR
Received 25 Mar 2019 - Decided0281/H/19
Formation of driveway
33 Townhead Gardens Whitburn Bathgate West Lothian EH47 8JL
Received 26 Mar 2019 - Decided0282/H/19
Extension to house
Cottage West Of Oakbank Cottages West Calder West Lothian
Received 27 Mar 2019 - Decided0285/FUL/19
Siting of a sales cabin and formation of access and parking in relation to planning permission 0945/MSC/18 (in retrospect)
Block N Winchburgh
Received 28 Mar 2019 - Decided0286/H/19
Two storey extension to house
67 Ochiltree Crescent Mid Calder Livingston West Lothian EH53 0RT
Received 28 Mar 2019 - Decided0287/FUL/19
Siting of gas small transmission reduction station (STRS) and associated works
Land North Of Wellpark Ecclesmachan West Lothian
Received 28 Mar 2019 - Decided0288/H/19
Extension to house
8 Old Mill Road Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5HW
Received 29 Mar 2019 - Decided0289/FUL/19
Change of use from shop (class 1) to hot food takeaway
46-48 East Main Street Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5AE
Received 29 Mar 2019 - Decided0290/MSC/19
Approval of matters specified in conditions of planning permission 0524/P/09 for the erection of 105 houses with associated works (69 houses on Area WBa & 36 houses on Area WBd)
Areas WBa & WBd Calderwood East Calder West Lothian
Received 1 Apr 2019
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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