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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 dates9,086Searchable applications
245Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 7,698 approved or refused records
813Refused applications
6,885 approved · 813 refused · 576 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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
- Decided0857/H/19
Extension to house
12 Avonmill View Linlithgow Bridge Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7SH
Received 26 Aug 2019 - Unknown0858/PAS/19
Pre-application screening notice for 250 houses, parkland and associated infrastructure
Land North And South Of Broompark Farm East Calder West Lothian
Received 26 Aug 2019 - Decided0859/H/19
Extension to house and erection of a garage with first floor accomodation
Ryelands Woodbank Armadale West Lothian EH48 3DR
Received 27 Aug 2019 - Decided0860/H/19
Formation of dormer, extension to rear and erection of garage
Beech Cottage 34 Main Street Linlithgow Bridge West Lothian EH49 7PS
Received 27 Aug 2019 - Decided0861/FUL/19
Installation of external plant and equipment, fencing, underground attenuation tank and extension to car park
Unit 9 Nettlehill Road Houstoun Industrial Estate Livingston West Lothian EH54 5DL
Received 27 Aug 2019 - Decided0862/A/19
Display of 5 fascia signs (2 illuminated and 1 with existing lantern), 1 illuminated hanging sign and 1 illuminated menu case sign
45 Hopetoun Street Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4PB
Received 27 Aug 2019 - Decided0863/CLU/19
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed garage conversion
3 Primrose Court Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5SX
Received 27 Aug 2019 - Decided0864/FUL/19
Erection of a house, garage and associated works
The Paddocks Kirknewton West Lothian EH27 8DW
Received 28 Aug 2019 - Decided0865/TCA/19
Felling of 1 tree and reduce height of 1 tree
Lessendrum 6E Friars Brae Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6BQ
Received 28 Aug 2019 - Decided0868/CLU/19
Certificate of lawfulness for the proposed garage conversion
52 Burghmuir Court Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7LL
Received 29 Aug 2019 - Decided0870/FUL/19
Erection of 6 flats with associated works
50 East Main Street Armadale West Lothian
Received 29 Aug 2019 - Decided0871/H/19
Formation of dormers
78 Castle Terrace Winchburgh West Lothian EH52 6RH
Received 29 Aug 2019 - Decided0874/EIA/19
EIA screening opinion for a 16.49 Ha residential development and 13.15 Ha parkland with associated works
Broompark East Calder West Lothian EH53 0EB
Received 30 Aug 2019 - Decided0875/P/19
Planning permission in principle for the demolition of former abattoir and a 6.5ha residential development with associated works
Former Abattoir Whitburn Road Bathgate West Lothian
Received 30 Aug 2019 - Decided0876/FUL/19
Installation of ATM (in retrospect)
The Mall Adelaide Street Craigshill Livingston West Lothian EH54 5DZ
Received 30 Aug 2019 - Decided0877/A/19
Display of an illuminated fascia sign (in retrospect)
The Mall Adelaide Street Craigshill Livingston West Lothian EH54 5DZ
Received 30 Aug 2019 - Decided0878/H/19
Formation of door openings and formation of steps
The Cottage Cauldhame Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6PJ
Received 30 Aug 2019 - Decided0879/H/19
Formation of door openings and construction of external steps
4 Windyknowe Crescent Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2BX
Received 2 Sept 2019 - Decided0880/H/19
Extenison to house
20 Hillhouse Wynd Kirknewton West Lothian EH27 8BU
Received 2 Sept 2019 - Decided0881/FUL/19
Erection of two houses with detached garages
Oakwell Philpstoun Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6QZ
Received 2 Sept 2019 - Decided0882/FUL/19
Installation of an ATM (in retrospect)
191-193 West Main Street Whitburn Bathgate West Lothian EH47 0LP
Received 2 Sept 2019 - Decided0883/A/19
Display of 1 illuminated ATM sign (in retrospect)
191-193 West Main Street Whitburn Bathgate West Lothian EH47 0LP
Received 2 Sept 2019 - Decided0884/FUL/19
Installation of ramp
75-81 Gardner Crescent Whitburn Bathgate West Lothian EH47 0NT
Received 2 Sept 2019 - Decided0885/FUL/19
Erection of car park floodlights (in retrospect)
Bathgate Freight Centre 1 Bathgate Road Armadale West Lothian EH48 2PE
Received 3 Sept 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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