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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 dates9,209Searchable applications
245Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 7,811 approved or refused records
822Refused applications
6,989 approved · 822 refused · 585 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided0154/A/20
Display of town centre gateway sign
Land At Junction Of Marjoribanks Street / Hopetoun Street Bathgate West Lothian
Received 13 Feb 2020 - Decided0155/A/20
Display of town centre gateway sign
Menzies Roundabout Glasgow Road Bathgate West Lothian
Received 13 Feb 2020 - Decided0156/A/20
Display of town centre gateway sign
Site At Whitburn Road Bathgate West Lothian
Received 13 Feb 2020 - Decided0157/A/20
Display of town centre gateway sign
Guildiehaugh Roundabout Edinburgh Road Bathgate West Lothian
Received 13 Feb 2020 - Decided0158/TCA/20
Removal of one tree, crown reduction and crown lifting of one tree
1 Ashley Hall Gardens Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7DN
Received 13 Feb 2020 - Decided0159/H/20
Extension to house
67 Burghmuir Court Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7LL
Received 13 Feb 2020 - Decided0160/PO/20
Modification of planning obligation relating to planning permission 1012/P/05 to amend the Definitions and Sections 1, 3, 4, 15 and 17 of Part 2 of the Schedule of the Minute of Agreement
Land At Winchburgh West Lothian
Received 13 Feb 2020 - Decided0161/H/20
Erection of a garage
109 Sheephousehill Fauldhouse West Lothian EH47 9EN
Received 13 Feb 2020 - Decided0162/H/20
Formation of dormer windows
29 Reid Crescent Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2TY
Received 13 Feb 2020 - Decided0163/CLU/20
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed extension to house
45 Dalling Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2RQ
Received 13 Feb 2020 - Decided0165/H/20
Extension to house
55 Glenisla Court Whitburn West Lothian EH47 8NX
Received 14 Feb 2020 - Decided0166/H/20
Extension to house
21 Wallace Mill Gardens Mid Calder West Lothian EH53 0BE
Received 14 Feb 2020 - Decided0167/FUL/20
Erection of warehouse extension
Q2 Solutions (Formerly Quintiles) The Alba Campus Livingston West Lothian EH54 7EG
Received 14 Feb 2020 - Decided0171/FUL/20
Erection of a 2 metre high fence
Uphall Business Park Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5NT
Received 17 Feb 2020 - Decided0172/CLU/20
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed extension to house
16 Laverock Park Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6AT
Received 17 Feb 2020 - Decided0173/H/20
Extension to house
26 Hillhouse Wynd Kirknewton West Lothian EH27 8BU
Received 17 Feb 2020 - Decided0174/H/20
Extension to house and formation of dormer (in retrospect)
9 Craigs Lodges Linlithgow EH49 6QF
Received 17 Feb 2020 - Decided0175/FUL/20
Change of use from industrial unit to weight lifting studio (class 11)
7 Mill Road Industrial Estate Linlithgow Bridge Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7SF
Received 17 Feb 2020 - Decided0176/LBC/20
Listed building consent for repairs to archway stonework
St Michael's RC Church Blackness Road Linlithgow West Lothian
Received 17 Feb 2020 - Decided0177/FUL/20
Formation of temporary construction access for a period of 24 months and construction of a permanent cycle/footway link thereafter to serve residential development subject of planning application 1033/FUL/19
Land East Of Site Y1, Y2A & Y2B Mossend West Calder West Lothian
Received 18 Feb 2020 - Decided0178/A/20
Display of two illuminated fascia signs
2A Canal Road Winchburgh West Lothian EH52 6FD
Received 18 Feb 2020 - Decided0179/FUL/20
Change of use from shop to 2 flats with associated alterations and ramp access to front entrance of each flat
44 Main Street West Calder West Lothian EH55 8DR
Received 19 Feb 2020 - Decided0180/FUL/20
Change of use from office (class 4) to polish language school (class 10) (in retrospect)
Ashwood House Starlaw Road Bathgate West Lothian EH47 7BW
Received 19 Feb 2020 - Decided0181/H/20
Erection of a log cabin
16 Craigs Court Torphichen West Lothian EH48 4NU
Received 19 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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