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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 dates9,081Searchable applications
245Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 7,693 approved or refused records
813Refused applications
6,880 approved · 813 refused · 576 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Jan 2016 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided0828/FUL/19
Installation of an above ground telecommunications cabinet (in retrospect)
Land At 87 East Main Street Uphall West Lothian EH52 5JA
Received 19 Aug 2019 - Decided0831/FUL/19
Erection of 3 houses with associated works
Land At Kenbog Lower Bathville Armadale
Received 19 Aug 2019 - Decided0833/H/19
Two storey extension to house and erection of a garage
1 Shaw Avenue Armadale Bathgate West Lothian EH48 3NE
Received 19 Aug 2019 - Decided0834/PAC/19
Proposal of application notice for residential development (5.72 hectares)
Land West Of Hens Nest Road East Whitburn West Lothian
Received 20 Aug 2019 - Decided0835/FUL/19
Formation of hard standing and siting of a cabin
5 Caputhall Road Deans Industrial Estate Livingston West Lothian EH54 8AS
Received 20 Aug 2019 - Decided0836/H/19
Extension to house
103 Badger Park Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5GY
Received 20 Aug 2019 - Decided0837/P/19
Planning permission in principle for the erection of 4 houses with access road
Land At Burngrange West Calder West Lothian
Received 21 Aug 2019 - Decided0838/H/19
Extension to house
100 Springfield Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7JW
Received 21 Aug 2019 - Decided0839/FUL/19
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground and erection of 1.8m high boundary fence
16 Reveston Lane Whitburn Bathgate West Lothian EH47 8HJ
Received 21 Aug 2019 - Decided0840/FUL/19
Erection of 4 houses (substitution of house types on plots 43, 54, 63 & 69 from Rosebury to Malton with plots numbers amended to 143, 154, 163 & 169 as variation to planning permission 0127/FUL/18)
Land 100M South Of A89 - Standhill South West Main Street Armadale West Lothian
Received 21 Aug 2019 - Decided0842/H/19
Extension to house
Grange Lodge Springfield Grange Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7HA
Received 22 Aug 2019 - Decided0843/CLU/19
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed extension to house
31 Grange View Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7HY
Received 22 Aug 2019 - Decided0844/A/19
Display of a non-illuminated free standing sign
Thomas Brown Funeral Directors West Main Street Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5RH
Received 22 Aug 2019 - Decided0845/H/19
Erection of a garage with first floor studio accomodation
Elderslie 6 Parkhead Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7BS
Received 22 Aug 2019 - Decided0846/H/19
Extension to house
24 Thurston Place Eliburn Livingston West Lothian EH54 6RU
Received 23 Aug 2019 - Decided0847/H/19
Formation of a dormer
35 Rivaldsgreen Crescent Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6BB
Received 23 Aug 2019 - Decided0848/FUL/19
Erection of 48 houses with access road, SUDS, landscaping and associated works
Land To The West Of Hartwood Road West Calder West Lothian
Received 23 Aug 2019 - Decided0849/LBC/19
Listed building consent for replacement double glazed windows
8 Bridge Castle House Armadale West Lothian EH48 3DN
Received 23 Aug 2019 - Decided0850/FUL/19
Extension and internal alterations to nursery with extended playground
Greenrigg Primary School Polkemmet Road Greenrigg West Lothian ML7 5RF
Received 23 Aug 2019 - Decided0852/H/19
Installation of a dormer and formation a terrace
64 High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7AQ
Received 26 Aug 2019 - Unknown0853/LBC/19
Listed building consent for alteration to rear roofs to create a roof terrace and dormer
64 High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7AQ
Received 26 Aug 2019 - Decided0854/FUL/19
Change of use from open space to private garden ground and erection of 1.8 m high fence (in retrospect) (as amended)
29 Wood Place Eliburn Livingston West Lothian EH54 6SZ
Received 26 Aug 2019 - Decided0855/FUL/19
Formation of a 65 space car park
St Johns Hospital Howden West Road Howden Livingston West Lothian EH54 6PP
Received 26 Aug 2019 - Decided0856/FUL/19
Change of use from storage (class 6) to dance studio (class 11)
Unit 1-3 Avonmill Industrial Estate Linlithgow Bridge Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7SF
Received 26 Aug 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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