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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 dates9,170Searchable applications
245Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 7,773 approved or refused records
819Refused applications
6,954 approved · 819 refused · 584 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided1216/FUL/19
Erection of a house with associated works
19 West Mains Crofts Addiewell West Calder West Lothian EH55 8LD
Received 11 Dec 2019 - Decided1217/H/19
Demolition of porch and erection of extension
175 Riddochhill Road Blackburn Bathgate West Lothian EH47 7HB
Received 11 Dec 2019 - Decided1218/CLU/19
Certificate of lawfulness for the erection of a conservatory
19 Tantallon Gardens Bellsquarry Livingston West Lothian EH54 9AT
Received 11 Dec 2019 - Decided1219/H/19
Erection of a first floor conservatory
6 Nicklaus Green Knightsridge Livingston West Lothian EH54 8RX
Received 11 Dec 2019 - Decided1220/FUL/19
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground
41 Glen Road Deans Livingston West Lothian EH54 8DH
Received 12 Dec 2019 - Decided1222/A/19
Display of 1 illuminated totem sign
2 Linkston Way Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2XN
Received 12 Dec 2019 - Decided1223/H/19
Formation of dormer
31 Baillie Avenue Greenrigg Harthill Shotts West Lothian ML7 5SY
Received 12 Dec 2019 - Decided1224/FUL/19
Erection of a house and double garage with associated works
Land At North End Of Kirknewton Mains Access Road Kirknewton West Lothian
Received 12 Dec 2019 - Decided1225/CLU/19
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed sunroom
61 Deanburn Park Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6HA
Received 12 Dec 2019 - Decided1227/FUL/19
Erection of quarantine building for the isolation and treatment of falcons
Northfield Nurseries Fauldhouse West Lothian EH47 9AA
Received 13 Dec 2019 - Decided1228/FUL/19
Extension to existing falcon breeding and training facility consisting of pens, rearing chambers, equipment store, hospital and control building with associated works
Northfield Nurseries Fauldhouse West Lothian EH47 9AA
Received 13 Dec 2019 - Decided1229/FUL/19
Erection of a house with detached garage and associated works
Site At Main Street Dechmont West Lothian
Received 13 Dec 2019 - Decided1230/FUL/19
Erection of 2 houses with associated works
Land South Of 14 Craigs Court Torphichen Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4NU
Received 13 Dec 2019 - Decided1231/H/19
Erection of garage with ancillary accomodation
Sandygate Cottage Murieston Road Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9AN
Received 16 Dec 2019 - Decided1232/H/19
Extension to house and formation of decking
Mandalay 40 Alexander Street Uphall Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5DB
Received 16 Dec 2019 - Decided1233/FUL/19
Erection of 6 houses with associated works
Land To The South East Of Allison Gardens In Blackridge
Received 17 Dec 2019 - Decided1234/H/19
Erection of garage and formation of driveway
36 Ravenswood Rise Dedridge Livingston West Lothian EH54 6PE
Received 17 Dec 2019 - Decided1235/FUL/19
Installation of new electricity substation to east of existing substation and removal of existing substation
Bathgate Primary Care Centre Whitburn Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2SS
Received 17 Dec 2019 - Decided1238/FUL/19
Erection of a 150sqm industrial unit (Class 5/6) and alterations to existing industrial unit
3 Grange Road Houstoun Industrial Estate Livingston West Lothian EH54 5DE
Received 18 Dec 2019 - Decided1239/FUL/19
Erection of a house and garage
8 Craigengall Farm Crofts (Plot 2) Westfield BATHGATE EH48 3DZ
Received 18 Dec 2019 - Decided1240/FUL/19
Erection of a multi-arts workshop/rehearsal centre including accommodation and associated works
Colzium Cottage Kirknewton West Lothian EH27 8DH
Received 18 Dec 2019 - Decided1241/FUL/19
Erection of a house (to replace demolished house)
Roseberry Cottage West Oakbank Cottages West Calder West Lothian EH55 8PP
Received 18 Dec 2019 - Decided1242/FUL/19
Erection of 23 houses
Plots 11-37 Breichwater Place Fauldhouse West Lothian EH47 9LU
Received 18 Dec 2019 - Decided1244/A/19
Display of three fascia signs and two totem signs
Integration House Bathgate Road The Alba Campus Livingston West Lothian EH54 7EG
Received 19 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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