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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 dates9,180Searchable applications
245Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 7,783 approved or refused records
819Refused applications
6,964 approved · 819 refused · 584 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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
- Decided0028/FUL/20
Installation of replacement industrial gas cooler
1 Almondvale South Retail Park Almondvale South Almondvale Livingston West Lothian EH54 6RQ
Received 14 Jan 2020 - Decided0029/H/20
Extension to house
99 Overton Crescent East Calder Livingston West Lothian EH53 0RJ
Received 15 Jan 2020 - Decided0031/CLU/20
Certificate of lawfulness for conversion of garage into habitable room
51 Rowan Place Calderwood East Calder West Lothian EH53 0HQ
Received 15 Jan 2020 - Decided0032/A/20
Display of a fascia sign (in retrospect)
20 Main Street Deans Livingston West Lothian EH54 8DF
Received 15 Jan 2020 - Decided0033/H/20
Extension to house
16 St Andrews Drive Uphall West Lothian EH52 6BX
Received 16 Jan 2020 - Decided0034/CLU/20
Certificate of lawfulness for 2 burial plots
Knock Farm Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4NP
Received 16 Jan 2020 - Decided0035/PO/20
Modification of planning obligation relating to planning permission 0490/P/14 to omit non-denominational secondary school contribution
22 Westwood View West Calder West Lothian EH55 8PY
Received 16 Jan 2020 - Decided0038/CLU/20
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed extension to house
247 Leyland Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2UE
Received 16 Jan 2020 - Decided0039/H/20
Two storey extension to house
6 Oatlands Park Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6AS
Received 16 Jan 2020 - Decided0040/FUL/20
Erection of 8 warehouse units totalling 1256sqm and storage yard (class 6) with associated road layout and landscaping
Camps Industrial Estate Kirknewton West Lothian
Received 16 Jan 2020 - Decided0041/FUL/20
Application under Section 42 to develop land without complying with condition 9 (time limit for importation of material and implementation of outstanding remediation works and landscaping) of planning permission 0359/FUL/16 for importation of further material
Balgornie Farm Whitburn Bathgate West Lothian EH48 3BA
Received 17 Jan 2020 - Decided0043/FUL/20
Change of use from woodland to outdoor woodland childrens nursery including classroom building and composting toilets
Tor Whitie Harburn West Calder West Lothian EH55 8RW
Received 17 Jan 2020 - Decided0046/PAC/20
Proposal of application notice for a residential development and associated works
4 Simpson Parkway Kirkton Campus Livingston West Lothian
Received 17 Jan 2020 - Decided0047/FUL/20
Earthworks and ground works including drainage and infrastructure and landscaping to form future development platforms
Bangour Village Hospital Site Dechmont EH52 6LL
Received 20 Jan 2020 - Decided0048/FUL/20
Engineering operations for diversion of watercourse and associated earthworks, landscaping and drainage
Bangour Village Hospital Site Dechmont EH52 6LL
Received 20 Jan 2020 - Decided0049/H/20
Erection of a car port and replacement conservatory roof
9 Northwood Park Deans Livingston West Lothian EH54 8BD
Received 20 Jan 2020 - Decided0050/FUL/20
Removal of existing monopole and installation of a 20m high telecommunications mast with antenna and associated equipment cabinets
North Of Indian Cottage Howden Road West Livingston West Lothian EH54 6PS
Received 21 Jan 2020 - Decided0051/CLU/20
Certificate of lawfulness for the conversion of garage to form ancillary living accommodation
37 Thomson Road Armadale West Lothian EH48 3GJ
Received 21 Jan 2020 - Decided0052/FUL/20
Erection of temporary sales and marketing hub
Land At Gavieside Polbeth Road Polbeth
Received 21 Jan 2020 - Decided0053/H/20
Extension to house
8 Springfield Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7JJ
Received 22 Jan 2020 - Decided0054/A/20
Display of 5 non-illuminated wall mounted signs
Former West Lothian Council Housing Office 1-3 East Main Street Armadale West Lothian EH48 2QA
Received 22 Jan 2020 - Decided0055/H/20
Installation of dormer
Old Clapperton Hall East Calder West Lothian EH52 5PE
Received 22 Jan 2020 - Decided0056/MSC/20
Approval of matters specified in conditions of planning permission 0074/P/19 for rear extension to existing flats to provide an additional 2 x 1 bedroom flats with associated works
131 South Street Armadale West Lothian EH48 3JT
Received 22 Jan 2020 - Decided0057/H/20
Extension to garage to form ancillary living accommondation
Westbow House 33 Niddry Road Winchburgh West Lothian EH52 6RZ
Received 22 Jan 2020
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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