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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 dates9,150Searchable applications
245Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 7,754 approved or refused records
818Refused applications
6,936 approved · 818 refused · 583 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided1097/PAC/19
Proposal of application notice for a 6.0 Ha residential development with associated works, including access, landscaping and SUDS
Land At Preston Farm Preston Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6QW
Received 5 Nov 2019 - Decided1098/FUL/19
Change of use from industrial unit (class 5) to martial arts studio (class 11)
1 Standhill Industrial Park Whitburn Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2XJ
Received 5 Nov 2019 - Decided1099/MSC/19
Approval of matters specified in Condition 1 of planning permission 1012/P/05 for an amendment to the master plan to extend the Block O boundary
Block O Land North East Of Millcraig Place Winchburgh West Lothian
Received 5 Nov 2019 - Decided1100/H/19
Extension to house
25 Thurston Place Eliburn Livingston West Lothian EH54 6RU
Received 5 Nov 2019 - Decided1101/H/19
Installation of dormer windows and conversion of attic
36 Abercorn Place Winchburgh West Lothian EH52 6RL
Received 5 Nov 2019 - Decided1103/PO/19
Discharge of planning obligation relating to planning permission 0065/P/10
Strathavon Cottage Main Street Westfield West Lothian EH48 3BU
Received 6 Nov 2019 - Decided1104/FUL/19
Erection of 4 dwelling houses and formation of a new access road with associated works
5 Holmes Holdings Holmes Road Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5NY
Received 6 Nov 2019 - Decided1105/H/19
Replace existing decking
12 Farm Place Eliburn Livingston West Lothian EH54 6SD
Received 6 Nov 2019 - Decided1106/H/19
Erection of an extension
11 Polbeth Gardens Polbeth West Lothian EH55 8TT
Received 6 Nov 2019 - Decided1107/FUL/19
Installation of security gates and fencing, metal framed windows and warehouse shutter door
1 McAdam Square Brucefield Park East Livingston West Lothian EH54 9JP
Received 6 Nov 2019 - Decided1108/H/19
Erection of an outbuilding
Longcroft House Longcroft Gardens Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7QG
Received 6 Nov 2019 - Decided1109/LBC/19
Listed Building Consent for internal alterations
Longcroft House Longcroft Gardens Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7QG
Received 7 Nov 2019 - Decided1110/H/19
Extension to house and formation of porch
14 Acredales Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6HY
Received 7 Nov 2019 - Decided1111/H/19
Extension to house
1 Shaw Avenue Armadale West Lothian EH48 3NE
Received 7 Nov 2019 - Decided1112/FUL/19
Formation of temporary sales area, including installation of sales cabin and car park
Block J Winchburgh West Lothian
Received 7 Nov 2019 - Decided1113/H/19
Erection of sunroom
22 Bowyett Torphichen West Lothian EH48 4LZ
Received 8 Nov 2019 - Decided1114/H/19
Erection of replacement garage
Craigroyston 6 Newland Avenue Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1EE
Received 8 Nov 2019 - Decided1116/MSC/19
Approval of matters specified in conditions of planning permission 1012/P/05 for infrastructure works including access roads, parking, footpaths, drainage; including swales and SUDS basin extension and landscaping
Block O, P & Q Land North East Of Millcraig Place Winchburgh West Lothian
Received 11 Nov 2019 - Decided1117/TCA/19
Removal of tree
The Gate House 21 Whitemoss Road Kirknewton West Lothian EH27 8AF
Received 11 Nov 2019 - Decided1118/A/19
Display of 3 fascia signs
1 The Cross Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7EY
Received 11 Nov 2019 - Decided1119/FUL/19
Part change of use from shop (class 1) to form part of existing house (class 9) (in retrospect)
20 Sheephousehill Fauldhouse West Lothian EH47 9DZ
Received 11 Nov 2019 - Decided1120/AGR/19
Prior notification/approval for the upgrading of 2 private ways (forest roads)
Land South Of Muldron Fauldhouse West Lothian EH47 9AD
Received 12 Nov 2019 - Decided1121/FUL/19
Installation of biomass boiler and erection of fuel store and 7m high flue (in retrospect)
Park Farm Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6QY
Received 12 Nov 2019 - Decided1123/H/19
Erection of a garage
1 Mossend Polbeth West Calder West Lothian EH55 8PZ
Received 13 Nov 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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