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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 dates9,158Searchable applications
245Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 7,762 approved or refused records
819Refused applications
6,943 approved · 819 refused · 583 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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
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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
- Decided1156/LBC/19
Listed building consent for extension to house and formation of dormers
66 High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7AQ
Received 22 Nov 2019 - Decided1157/H/19
Extension to house
22 Bonnytoun Avenue Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7JS
Received 22 Nov 2019 - Decided1158/H/19
Extension to house and formation of dormers
66 High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7AQ
Received 22 Nov 2019 - Decided1160/FUL/19
Application under Section 42 to develop land without complying with condition 2 (time to commence the development) of planning permission 0154/FUL/15 for erection of a 126.5m high (to blade tip) wind turbine with associated infrastructure (EIA development)
Drumelzie Blackridge West Lothian
Received 25 Nov 2019 - Decided1161/FUL/19
Erection of a house with integral garage (amendment to permission 0366/FUL/17)
Site At Canal Court Threemiletown West Lothian
Received 25 Nov 2019 - Decided1162/FUL/19
Installation of standby generator and erection of acoustic enclosure
Limecroft Residential Home Templar Rise Dedridge Livingston West Lothian EH54 6PJ
Received 25 Nov 2019 - Decided1163/H/19
Extension to house
1 Learmonth Crescent West Calder West Lothian EH55 8AF
Received 25 Nov 2019 - Decided1165/FUL/19
Erection of a house
Plot 8 Breichwater Place Fauldhouse West Lothian
Received 26 Nov 2019 - Decided1166/H/19
Formation of dormer windows in ancillary building
8B Raw Holdings Main Street East Calder West Lothian EH53 0ET
Received 26 Nov 2019 - Decided1167/CLU/19
Certificate of lawfulness forinstallation of bi fold doors and window to rear elevation of dwellinghouse
4 Mallace Avenue Armadale West Lothian EH48 2QE
Received 26 Nov 2019 - Decided1168/CLU/19
Certificate of lawfulness for extension to house
118 Springfield Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7JT
Received 27 Nov 2019 - Decided1169/FUL/19
Change of use from industrial unit (class 4) to shop (class 1)
2 Crofthead Centre Templar Rise Dedridge Livingston West Lothian EH54 6DG
Received 27 Nov 2019 - Decided1170/FUL/19
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground
189 Sutherland Way Knightsridge Livingston West Lothian EH54 8JA
Received 27 Nov 2019 - Decided1171/H/19
Extension to house and installation of a flue
11 Kettil'stoun Crescent Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6PR
Received 28 Nov 2019 - Decided1172/LBC/19
Listed building consent for the repainting of house (in 'pure brilliant white').
The Cottage Cauldhame Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6PJ
Received 28 Nov 2019 - Decided1173/FUL/19
Change of use from public house to restaurant/public house and hot food takeaway
The Club 14 Greendykes Road Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5AG
Received 29 Nov 2019 - Decided1174/FUL/19
Erection of 16 residential units for adults with care needs, staff building and associated works
Land At Cawburn Road Pumpherston West Lothian
Received 29 Nov 2019 - Decided1175/A/19
Display of 3 illuminated wall mounted billboard signs
Whitburn Road Bathgate West Lothian
Received 29 Nov 2019 - Decided1180/A/19
Display of fascia sign
42 High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7AE
Received 2 Dec 2019 - Decided1181/P/19
Planning permission in principle for the erection of 2 houses
Land West Of Mooreland Gardens Loganlea Addiewell West Lothian
Received 2 Dec 2019 - Decided1182/FUL/19
Variation to application 0845/FUL/18 to reduce size of consented new garage block and erect additional garage
Winchburgh Day Centre Main Street Winchburgh West Lothian EH52 6RB
Received 2 Dec 2019 - Decided1183/CLU/19
Certificate of lawfulness for alterations to create large family home, with master suite, open plan living and imporved access to outside
Bonsyde House Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7NU
Received 2 Dec 2019 - Decided1184/H/19
Extension to house
1 Bridgend Park Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2AD
Received 2 Dec 2019 - Decided1186/H/19
First floor extension to house
12 Caroline Park Mid Calder Livingston West Lothian EH53 0SH
Received 3 Dec 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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