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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 dates9,193Searchable applications
245Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 7,796 approved or refused records
821Refused applications
6,975 approved · 821 refused · 584 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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
- Decided0089/H/20
Temporary siting of storage container
36 Brown Street Bathville Armadale West Lothian EH48 3LB
Received 31 Jan 2020 - Decided0090/H/20
Extension to house
Fernbank 12 Edinburgh Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6AA
Received 31 Jan 2020 - Decided0091/H/20
Erection of a 2m fence (in retrospect)
5 Beechwood Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6SD
Received 31 Jan 2020 - Decided0092/FUL/20
Erection of 300sqm building for use as a function and events venue (in retrospect) including entrance canopies, landscaping and associated works
Duntarvie Castle Newton West Lothian
Received 31 Jan 2020 - Decided0093/H/20
Replacement windows, alterations of windows to form door openings and installation of roof windows
48C Friars Brae Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6BG
Received 3 Feb 2020 - Decided0094/LBC/20
Listed building consent for replacement windows, alterations of windows to form door openings and installation of roof windows
48C Friars Brae Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6BG
Received 3 Feb 2020 - Decided0095/H/20
Formation of dropkerb and driveway and erection of fence
46 Whitburn Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2RA
Received 3 Feb 2020 - Decided0096/H/20
Formation of driveway
20 Burgess Hill Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6BX
Received 3 Feb 2020 - Decided0097/A/20
Display of two fascia signs (as amended)
14 - 16 West Main Street Uphall West Lothian EH52 5DW
Received 3 Feb 2020 - Decided0098/CLU/20
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed extension to house
11 Mosside Road Blackburn West Lothian EH47 7DN
Received 3 Feb 2020 - Decided0100/FUL/20
Painting of external cladding
Units 2-12 Dunlop Square Deans Industrial Estate Livingston West Lothian EH54 8SB
Received 4 Feb 2020 - Decided0101/FUL/20
Alterations to building including installation of roller shutter door .
1 Drovers Road Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5ND
Received 4 Feb 2020 - Decided0102/FUL/20
Siting of a 30sqm portable unit to provide additional accommodation
Harthill Royal Football Club East Main Street Greenrigg West Lothian ML7 5QW
Received 4 Feb 2020 - Decided0103/H/20
First floor extension to house
Skivo House Livingston West Lothian EH54 9AN
Received 4 Feb 2020 - Decided0104/H/20
Installation of decking to rear of property
4 Burnhouse Drive Dechmont West Lothian EH52 6NA
Received 4 Feb 2020 - Decided0105/P/20
Planning permission in principle for the erection of a house
88 Pumpherston Road Uphall Station West Lothian EH54 5PJ
Received 5 Feb 2020 - Decided0107/PAC/20
Proposal of application notice for a 2.17 Ha residential development with associated works
Land South Of Station Mews Kirknewton West Lothian
Received 5 Feb 2020 - Decided0110/FUL/20
Erection of 2 planters to replace existing planters
Union Square West Calder West Lothian
Received 5 Feb 2020 - Decided0111/H/20
Extension to house
3 Woodhead Place Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2QY
Received 5 Feb 2020 - Decided0112/FUL/20
Erection of extension to warehouse
Drummond Distribution 1 Bathgate Road Armadale West Lothian EH48 2PE
Received 6 Feb 2020 - Decided0114/EXC/20
Consultation for 19/01704/FUL Four storey block of flats (eight units with ancillary parking and amenity space), forming partof a cross boundary development proposal comprising 16 flats (in total) with new access and amenity landscaping
Land East Of 15-19 East Main Street Harthill North Lanarkshire
Received 6 Feb 2020 - Decided0115/TCA/20
Beech tree - crown reduction
16 Royal Terrace Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6HQ
Received 6 Feb 2020 - Decided0116/H/20
Extension to house
67 Glenmore Whitburn West Lothian EH47 8NP
Received 6 Feb 2020 - Decided0117/FUL/20
Erection of a house
3 Calder House Road Mid Calder West Lothian EH53 0JZ
Received 6 Feb 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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