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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 dates8,556Searchable applications
243Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 7,231 approved or refused records
782Refused applications
6,449 approved · 782 refused · 537 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided1238/LBC/18
Listed building consent for the installation of security light and CCTV cameras (part in retrospect)
173A High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7EN
Received 24 Dec 2018 - Decided1239/H/18
Extension to house
152 Langton View East Calder Livingston West Lothian EH53 0RD
Received 25 Dec 2018 - Decided1240/A/18
Display of 3 high level fascia signs
Mcarthur Glen Designer Outlet Almondvale Avenue Almondvale Livingston West Lothian EH54 6QX
Received 27 Dec 2018 - Decided1241/FUL/18
Erection of a house
12 Falla Hill Place Fauldhouse West Lothian
Received 27 Dec 2018 - Decided1242/A/18
Display of illuminated fascia sign and window vinyls (in retrospect)
19 Jarvey Street Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4EZ
Received 27 Dec 2018 - Decided1244/PAC/18
Proposal of application notice for thermal treatment plant
Levenseat Fauldhouse Bathgate West Lothian EH47 9AD
Received 27 Dec 2018 - Decided0002/FUL/19
Change of use from training centre to martial arts studio (class 11) (in retrospect)
6A-6B Whitestone Place Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2EW
Received 4 Jan 2019 - Decided0003/A/19
Display of fascia sign (in retrospect)
6A-6B Whitestone Place Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2EW
Received 4 Jan 2019 - Decided0006/H/19
Extension to house
Shalom 20 Binny Park Ecclesmachan Broxburn West Lothian EH52 6NP
Received 8 Jan 2019 - Decided0007/CLU/19
Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed alterations to widen windows and creation of new window to rear elevation.
11 Main Street Newton Broxburn West Lothian EH52 6QE
Received 8 Jan 2019 - Decided0008/FUL/19
Formation of a children's toddler play park and associated works
Land At Cardross Road Broxburn West Lothian
Received 9 Jan 2019 - Decided0009/H/19
Conversion of garage to form ancillary residential accommodation
Burnside Cottage Burnside Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4PX
Received 10 Jan 2019 - Decided0010/FUL/19
Replacement of existing timber bi-folding doors with compact sectional overhead doors with vision panels and wicket gates
Oatridge College Broxburn West Lothian EH52 6NH
Received 11 Jan 2019 - Decided0011/FUL/19
Formation of footpath link
Land At Allison Gardens Blackridge West Lothian
Received 11 Jan 2019 - Decided0012/H/19
Formation of driveway and repositioning of stone pillars
11 Royal Terrace Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6HQ
Received 11 Jan 2019 - Decided0013/LBC/19
Listed building consent for formation of a driveway and repositioning of stone pillars
11 Royal Terrace Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6HQ
Received 11 Jan 2019 - Decided0015/FUL/19
Erection of a restaurant with drive-through facility and associated parking, infrastructure and landscaping (variation to planning permission 0023/FUL/18)
Heartlands, Whitburn
Received 14 Jan 2019 - Decided0016/AGR/19
Prior notification/approval for formation of a private way consisting of a forest/public path
Land Adjacent To Railway Between Woolfords And Cobbinshaw Reservoir
Received 14 Jan 2019 - Decided0017/FUL/19
Erection of 3 houses, including formation of access road and associated works
Glenfox Winchburgh Broxburn West Lothian EH52 6PX
Received 14 Jan 2019 - Decided0018/CLU/19
Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed Garage Conversion to non-commercial gym
15 Church Avenue Winchburgh Broxburn West Lothian EH52 6UX
Received 14 Jan 2019 - Decided0019/FUL/19
Partial change of use from class 1 shop to class 2 financial, professional and other services (beauty therapy)
38-40 Kirk Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1BP
Received 15 Jan 2019 - Decided0020/H/19
Two storey extension to house
22 Baron's Hill Avenue Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7JU
Received 15 Jan 2019 - Decided0021/H/19
Installation of bi-folding doors
18 Wallace Mill Gardens Mid Calder Livingston West Lothian EH53 0BD
Received 15 Jan 2019 - Decided0022/LBC/19
Installation of Telemetry Equipment
Avon Viaduct South Of Burgh Mills Lane Linlithgow Bridge Linlithgow West Lothian
Received 15 Jan 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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