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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 dates8,699Searchable applications
243Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 7,353 approved or refused records
787Refused applications
6,566 approved · 787 refused · 548 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided0439/H/19
Amendment to planning application 0229/H/14 for the formation of balcony and steps and relocation of flue (in retrospect)
11 Deanburn Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6EY
Received 6 May 2019 - Decided0440/FUL/19
Erection of garages at plots 4, 11 and 14 (variation to planning permission 0252/FUL/18)
Land At Harthill Road Blackridge West Lothian
Received 6 May 2019 - Decided0441/FUL/19
Erection of a dwelling house and associated works
Conifera 43 Ecclesmachan Road Uphall Broxburn West Lothian EH52 6JP
Received 6 May 2019 - Decided0442/FUL/19
Change of use from shop (class 1) to hot food takeaway
19-21 East Main Street Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5AB
Received 8 May 2019 - Decided0443/H/19
Erection of replacement shed
Springhill Cottage Dechmont Broxburn West Lothian EH52 6LN
Received 8 May 2019 - Decided0444/MSC/19
Approval of matters specified in conditions of planning permission 0524/P/09 for the erection of 18 houses (self build plots) with associated works
Area OSf Calderwood East Calder West Lothian
Received 8 May 2019 - Decided0445/H/19
Installation of velux window
8 West Burnside Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5RG
Received 8 May 2019 - Unknown0446/H/19
Two storey extension to side of house
22 Bells Burn Avenue Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7LB
Received 9 May 2019 - Decided0447/H/19
Erection of a side and rear extension to house
28 Tippet Knowes Park Winchburgh Broxburn West Lothian EH52 6UJ
Received 9 May 2019 - Decided0448/H/19
Extension to house
12 The Cottages Threemiletown Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6NG
Received 9 May 2019 - Decided0450/H/19
Extension to upper flat and formation of dormers
59 Main Street East Calder Livingston West Lothian EH53 0ES
Received 10 May 2019 - Decided0451/FUL/19
Erection of a house
Bentswood House 62 Main Street Stoneyburn West Lothian EH47 8EL
Received 10 May 2019 - Decided0452/H/19
Erection of porch
44 Ochiltree Drive Mid Calder Livingston West Lothian EH53 0RX
Received 10 May 2019 - Decided0453/H/19
Extension to house and erection of detached garage
17 Kepscaith Crescent Whitburn Bathgate West Lothian EH47 8JF
Received 10 May 2019 - Decided0454/H/19
Extension to rear of house and above garage
1 Madderfield Mews Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7HD
Received 10 May 2019 - Decided0455/H/19
Removal of porch and erection of sunroom and raised decking
17 Wilson Terrace Stoneyburn West Lothian EH47 8DB
Received 10 May 2019 - Decided0456/H/19
Extension to flat and erection of decking
76 Ivanhoe Rise Dedridge Livingston West Lothian EH54 6JA
Received 10 May 2019 - Decided0457/H/19
Erection of decking (in retrospect)
18 Farm Place Eliburn Livingston West Lothian EH54 6SD
Received 10 May 2019 - Registered0458/HHN/19
Application for high hedge notice
49 Elmwood Park Deans Livingston West Lothian EH54 8SP
Received 10 May 2019 - Decided0459/FUL/19
Replacement of windows and door with UPVC windows and door
St Michaels Manse Kirkgate Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7AL
Received 10 May 2019 - Decided0461/PAC/19
Proposal of application notice for the demolition of abattoir building and redevelopment for residential use
Former Abattoir Whitburn Road Bathgate West Lothian
Received 10 May 2019 - Decided0464/PAC/19
Proposal of application notice for residential development
Site Y1, Y2A, Y2B & Land Owned By West Lothian Council Mossend West Calder West Lothian
Received 10 May 2019 - Decided0465/MSC/19
Approval of matters specified in conditions of Planning Permission in Principle 1044/P/18 for the erection of a retail food store (class 1) and associated works
Land North West Of Houston Interchange Houston Road Livingston
Received 13 May 2019 - Decided0466/FUL/19
Construction of a footpath, pedestrian crossing and associated works
Site At Knightsridge East Road Knightsridge Livingston West Lothian
Received 13 May 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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