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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 dates8,786Searchable applications
243Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 7,425 approved or refused records
788Refused applications
6,637 approved · 788 refused · 558 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided0714/CLU/19
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed extension to house
7 Badger Grove Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5TG
Received 11 Jul 2019 - Decided0715/ACT/19
Prior approval for installation of LED lights and associated works
Train Station Station Road Linlithgow West Lothian
Received 12 Jul 2019 - Decided0716/H/19
Erection of a retaining wall and fence (in retrospect)
Winnock Burnside Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4PX
Received 12 Jul 2019 - Unknown0717/AGR/19
Prior notification/approval for the erection of an agricultural building (in retrospect)
Burnhead Stoneyburn West Lothian EH47 9AB
Received 12 Jul 2019 - Decided0718/CLU/19
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed garage conversion to habitable room
5 Priestinch Road Winchburgh West Lothian EH52 6UY
Received 15 Jul 2019 - Decided0719/H/19
Extension to house and erection of decking
38 Priory Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6BS
Received 15 Jul 2019 - Decided0720/H/19
Erection of shed and raised decking (in retrospect)
43 Camps Rigg Carmondean Livingston West Lothian EH54 8PD
Received 15 Jul 2019 - Decided0721/H/19
First floor extension to house
11 Vardon Green Knightsridge Livingston West Lothian EH54 8SU
Received 15 Jul 2019 - Decided0723/FUL/19
Erection of a concrete bunded tank farm for storage of mature spirit with associated pump house
Glen Turner Distillery Starlaw Road Bathgate EH47 7BW
Received 15 Jul 2019 - Decided0727/H/19
Exension to ground floor flat and formation of balcony
1 Rosemount Faucheldean Winchburgh West Lothian EH52 6PS
Received 16 Jul 2019 - Decided0728/MSC/19
Approval of matters specified in conditions of planning permission 1012/P/05 for infrastructure works including earth works, platforming and formation of temporary site access roads
Block O Land North East Of Millcraig Place Winchburgh
Received 16 Jul 2019 - Decided0729/FUL/19
Renewal of consent ref: 0879/FUL/18 for change of use from flat to holiday let
10 The Beech Tree Bridgend West Lothian EH49 6PU
Received 16 Jul 2019 - Decided0730/H/19
Installation of ramp
19 Greenside Torphichen West Lothian EH48 4NB
Received 16 Jul 2019 - Decided0731/H/19
Extension to house
8A Burnvale Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5PA
Received 17 Jul 2019 - Decided0733/TPO/19
Removal of two trees
Dechmont House Woodlands Park Deans Livingston West Lothian EH54 8AT
Received 17 Jul 2019 - Decided0734/A/19
Display of a notice board and a sign post
East Calder Sports Centre 20A Raw Holdings East Calder West Lothian EH53 0JN
Received 17 Jul 2019 - Decided0735/FUL/19
Installation of a telecommunications broadband cabinet
Site At West Main Street Uphall West Lothian
Received 17 Jul 2019 - Decided0736/LBC/19
Listed building consent for repainting of exterior and display of signage (as amended)
Black Bitch Tavern 14 West Port Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7AZ
Received 17 Jul 2019 - Decided0737/A/19
Display of illuminated projecting sign and fascia sign, sign written wall text and amenity boards (as amended)
Black Bitch Tavern 14 West Port Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7AZ
Received 17 Jul 2019 - Decided0738/P/19
Planning permission in principle for erection of a house
6 South Couston Crofts Armadale West Lothian EH48 4LG
Received 17 Jul 2019 - Decided0739/H/19
Alterations and extension to garage to form ancillary residential accommondation
Westbow House 33 Niddry Road Winchburgh Broxburn West Lothian EH52 6RZ
Received 17 Jul 2019 - Decided0741/H/19
Extension to house
85 Braeside Park Mid Calder West Lothian EH53 0TE
Received 18 Jul 2019 - Appeal decided0742/H/19
Erection of a fence
11 Clarendon Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6AN
Received 18 Jul 2019 - Decided0743/H/19
Extension to house
Springhill Cottage Dechmont Broxburn West Lothian EH52 6LN
Received 18 Jul 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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