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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 dates9,107Searchable applications
245Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 7,716 approved or refused records
816Refused applications
6,900 approved · 816 refused · 579 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided0917/TCA/19
Removal of tree
15 Craigs Court Torphichen West Lothian EH48 4NU
Received 13 Sept 2019 - Decided0918/MSC/19
Approval of matters specified in conditions of planning permission 0524/P/09 for temporary access road off Clifton Road from Overshiel to Nethershiel (in retrospect)
Calderwood East Calder West Lothian
Received 13 Sept 2019 - Decided0919/A/19
Display of fascia sign
175 High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7EN
Received 13 Sept 2019 - Decided0920/FUL/19
Siting of temporary shop unit (in retrospect)
12 The Mall Adelaide Street Craigshill Livingston West Lothian EH54 5ED
Received 13 Sept 2019 - Decided0921/FUL/19
Erection of 2 houses as an extension to the rear of existing flats
131 South Street Armadale West Lothian EH48 3JT
Received 13 Sept 2019 - Decided0922/CLU/19
Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed house extension
13 Avalon Gardens Linlithgow Bridge Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7QE
Received 16 Sept 2019 - Decided0923/H/19
Extension to house, formation of parapet roof and dormer and erection of a garage
Avon Villa 30 Mill Road Linlithgow Bridge Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7QW
Received 16 Sept 2019 - Decided0924/LBC/19
Listed building consent to repaint house
35 Bank Street Mid Calder West Lothian EH53 0AS
Received 16 Sept 2019 - Decided0925/FUL/19
Erection of one primary and two secondary schools, PE and community block, sports pitches, car parking, bus drop off areas, landscaping and associated works
Block L Winchburgh West Lothian
Received 17 Sept 2019 - Decided0926/MSC/19
Approval of matters specified in conditions of planning permission 1012/P/05 for the erection of 24 houses and amendments to 14 house plots (approved under 0945/MSC/18) with roads, parking, landscaping and associated works
Blocks N2 And N Winchburgh West Lothian
Received 17 Sept 2019 - Decided0927/FUL/19
Siting of a 15sqm storage container (as amended)
Land At Tippet Knowes Park Main Street Winchburgh
Received 18 Sept 2019 - Decided0928/H/19
Extension to house
56 Tantallon Gardens Bellsquarry Livingston EH54 9AT
Received 18 Sept 2019 - Decided0929/H/19
Erection of a conservatory
9 Greenside Torphichen Bathgate EH48 4NB
Received 18 Sept 2019 - Decided0930/H/19
Extension to house and installation of a flue
67 Oldwood Place Eliburn Livingston West Lothian EH54 6US
Received 18 Sept 2019 - Decided0933/H/19
Extension to house
20 Loch Awe Way Whitburn West Lothian EH47 0RJ
Received 18 Sept 2019 - Decided0934/H/19
Extension to house
69 Bailielands Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7SX
Received 18 Sept 2019 - Decided0935/P/19
Planning permission in principle for the erection of a farm house
Cairns Farm Kirknewton West Lothian EH27 8DH
Received 18 Sept 2019 - Decided0938/H/19
Extension to house
11 Brown Crescent Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2XF
Received 19 Sept 2019 - Decided0939/TCA/19
Felling of 3 trees and crown lifting of 1 tree
Highfield Cottage Falkirk Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7BQ
Received 19 Sept 2019 - Decided0940/A/19
Display of 1 illuminated sign board
39 Main Street Stoneyburn West Lothian EH47 8AU
Received 19 Sept 2019 - Decided0941/FUL/19
Replacement of roof cladding, front wall cladding, windows and doors
Unit 5, 6, & 7 Block 3 Whiteside Industrial Estate Factory Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2RX
Received 19 Sept 2019 - Decided0942/TPO/19
Tree works - 1 oak to fell, 1 oak for crown reduction, and, 1 cedar for limbing or removal
9 Craigs Lodges Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7QF
Received 19 Sept 2019 - Decided0943/FUL/19
Erection of a 540sqm steel agricultural building
Sandyknowe Winchburgh Kirkliston West Lothian EH29 9EF
Received 19 Sept 2019 - Decided0944/H/19
Extension to house
133 Preston Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6HZ
Received 20 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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