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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 dates9,116Searchable applications
245Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 7,723 approved or refused records
816Refused applications
6,907 approved · 816 refused · 580 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided0945/CLU/19
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed extenison to house
3 Hillhouse Wynd Kirknewton West Lothian EH27 8BU
Received 20 Sept 2019 - Decided0946/H/19
Extension to house
39 Cleghorn Drive Broxburn West Lothian EH52 6EH
Received 20 Sept 2019 - Decided0947/FUL/19
Erection of a house and garage
Land To The North Of 4 Newlands Kirknewton West Lothian EH27 8LR
Received 23 Sept 2019 - Decided0948/A/19
Display of 2 fascia signs, 1 window graphic sign and 1 freestanding sign (in retrospect)
100 West Main Street Whitburn West Lothian EH47 0QU
Received 23 Sept 2019 - Decided0949/H/19
Erection of porch
4 Burnhouse Drive Dechmont West Lothian EH52 6NA
Received 23 Sept 2019 - Decided0950/H/19
Extension to house
4 South East Longridge Crofts Longridge Bathgate West Lothian EH47 8GD
Received 23 Sept 2019 - Decided0952/FUL/19
Change of use from residential to holiday let (in retrospect)
2 Duddingston Crescent Newton West Lothian EH52 6QG
Received 25 Sept 2019 - Decided0953/FUL/19
Change of use from industrial (class 5) to a fitness centre (class 11)
1C Young Square Brucefield Livingston West Lothian EH54 9BX
Received 25 Sept 2019 - Decided0954/FUL/19
Erection of retaining walls
Clarendon House 30 Manse Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6AR
Received 25 Sept 2019 - Decided0955/H/19
Extension to house
33 Maukeshill Court Livingston Village Livingston West Lothian EH54 7AX
Received 25 Sept 2019 - Decided0956/FUL/19
Change of use of open space to private garden ground and erection of timber boundary fence (in retrospect) (as amended)
28 Oldwood Place Eliburn Livingston West Lothian EH54 6UJ
Received 26 Sept 2019 - Decided0957/CLU/19
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed extension to house
111 Avalon Gardens Linlithgow Bridge Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7PL
Received 26 Sept 2019 - Decided0958/P/19
Planning permission in principle for residential development (to replace permission 0876/P/14)
Site Y2A & Y2B Mossend West Calder West Lothian
Received 26 Sept 2019 - Decided0961/H/19
Extension to house
109 Sheephousehill Fauldhouse Bathgate West Lothian EH47 9EN
Received 27 Sept 2019 - Decided0962/FUL/19
Erection of a 102sqm garage/store in commercial yard
109 Sheephousehill Fauldhouse West Lothian EH47 9EN
Received 27 Sept 2019 - Decided0963/H/19
Extension to house
42 Avenue Park Mid Calder Livingston West Lothian EH53 0AQ
Received 27 Sept 2019 - Decided0964/H/19
Extension to house
7 Calderburn Road Polbeth West Calder West Lothian EH55 8TS
Received 27 Sept 2019 - Decided0965/A/19
Display of 1 fascia sign
2 Manse Road Whitburn Bathgate West Lothian EH47 0QA
Received 27 Sept 2019 - Decided0966/H/19
Erection of a multi use building
55 Station Road Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5QU
Received 30 Sept 2019 - Decided0967/MSC/19
Approval of matters specified in conditions of planning permission 1012/P/05 for the erection of 95 houses (amended from 94)(including 8 flats) with roads, parking, landscaping and associated works.
Block O Land North East Of Millcraig Place Winchburgh West Lothian
Received 30 Sept 2019 - Decided0968/CLU/19
Certificate of lawfulness for alterations to the rear wall and internal works
55 Braehead Place Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6EF
Received 30 Sept 2019 - Decided0970/H/19
Erection of garage
130 South Street Armadale Bathgate West Lothian EH48 3JU
Received 1 Oct 2019 - Decided0971/FUL/19
Erection of a house and garage
8 Craigengall Farm Crofts (Plot 2) Westfield BATHGATE EH48 3DZ
Received 1 Oct 2019 - Decided0972/H/19
Extension to house and formation of raised patio
106 Nicol Road Broxburn West Lothian EH52 6JN
Received 1 Oct 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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