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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 dates9,190Searchable applications
245Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 7,793 approved or refused records
821Refused applications
6,972 approved · 821 refused · 584 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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
- Decided0058/H/20
Extension to house
West Barn Wester Causewayend Kirknewton West Lothian EH27 8DH
Received 22 Jan 2020 - Decided0059/LBC/20
Listed building consent for extension to house
West Barn Wester Causewayend Kirknewton West Lothian EH27 8DH
Received 22 Jan 2020 - Decided0060/EIA/20
EIA screening opinion for residential development with associated works, landscaping and SUDS
Preston Farm Land South Of Deanburn Road Linlithgow West Lothian
Received 23 Jan 2020 - Decided0061/H/20
Extension to house
38 Murieston Drive Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9AU
Received 23 Jan 2020 - Decided0062/H/20
Installation of dormer window
16 Preston Park Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6HN
Received 23 Jan 2020 - Decided0064/H/20
Extension to house
11 Brown Crescent Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2XF
Received 23 Jan 2020 - Decided0065/FUL/20
Application under Section 42 to modify condition 11 of application 0922/MSC/18 to extend time for provision of tree belt to planting season 2020/21.
Land South East Of Wellhead Farm Murieston Road Murieston Livingston West Lothian
Received 23 Jan 2020 - Decided0067/FUL/20
Erection of six mosaic display panels, an interpretive board, landscaping and associated works
The Vennel Opposite 129 High Street Linlithgow EH49 7AJ
Received 24 Jan 2020 - Decided0068/TPO/20
Felling of 3 trees
6 Rockville Grove Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6BZ
Received 27 Jan 2020 - Decided0069/P/20
Planning permission in principle for the formation of 3 house plots
Land At Breich Terrace Breich West Lothian
Received 27 Jan 2020 - Decided0074/PO/20
Modification of planing obligation relating to planning permission 0493/P/02 to replace clause 10 relating to affordable housing
Heartlands Whitburn West Lothian
Received 28 Jan 2020 - Decided0075/CLU/20
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed extension to house
141 Foxknowe Place Eliburn Livingston West Lothian EH54 6TZ
Received 28 Jan 2020 - Decided0076/FUL/20
Erection of 18 flats and 2 houses (as amended from 22 flats) with associated parking and landscaping
Site At Crusader Rise Dedridge Livingston West Lothian
Received 28 Jan 2020 - Decided0077/CLU/20
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed extension to house
61 Farrier Court Blackburn West Lothian EH47 7QN
Received 28 Jan 2020 - Decided0078/FUL/20
Erection of a house with associated works
Conifera 43 Ecclesmachan Road Uphall West Lothian EH52 6JP
Received 28 Jan 2020 - Decided0079/FUL/20
Erection of a 45sqm extension to shop
West Lothian Golf Club Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7RH
Received 29 Jan 2020 - Decided0080/FUL/20
Formation of an overflow carpark, erection of retaining wall and fencing (in retrospect)
Mosque Craigshill East Road Craigshill Livingston West Lothian EH54 5DT
Received 29 Jan 2020 - Decided0081/FUL/20
Siting of 5 glamping pods with access track and parking
East Mains Of Ballencrieff Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4LD
Received 29 Jan 2020 - Decided0082/H/20
Attic conversion and formation of dormers
11 Quoiters Court Blackburn West Lothian EH47 7PP
Received 29 Jan 2020 - Decided0083/H/20
Erection of ancillary living accomodation
4 South East Longridge Crofts Longridge West Lothian EH47 8GD
Received 29 Jan 2020 - Decided0084/H/20
Two storey extension to house
10 Chapelton Grove Polbeth West Lothian EH55 8SW
Received 29 Jan 2020 - Decided0085/FUL/20
Erection of a house with associated works
236 Main Street East Calder West Lothian EH53 0EJ
Received 29 Jan 2020 - Decided0086/H/20
First floor extension to dwellinghouse
23 Balmuir Avenue Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4BW
Received 30 Jan 2020 - Decided0088/H/20
Extension to house
44 Gleneagles Court Whitburn West Lothian EH47 8PG
Received 31 Jan 2020
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.
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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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