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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 dates9,270Searchable applications
238Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 7,874 approved or refused records
826Refused applications
7,048 approved · 826 refused · 588 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided0329/CLU/20
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed extension to house
12 Sycamore Glade Adambrae Livingston West Lothian EH54 9JG
Received 21 Apr 2020 - Decided0330/H/20
Erection of a garage with a utility room
150 Easter Bankton Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9BH
Received 22 Apr 2020 - Decided0331/H/20
Installation of dormer windows
Grangelea Faucheldean Winchburgh West Lothian EH52 6PS
Received 22 Apr 2020 - Decided0332/H/20
Extension to house
Hardhill Farm Cottage Sibbalds Brae Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2HL
Received 23 Apr 2020 - Decided0333/FUL/20
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground and extension to house
8 Leishman Court Blackridge Bathgate West Lothian EH48 3TL
Received 23 Apr 2020 - Decided0334/H/20
Conversion of garage, demolition of conservatory, formation of patio and replacement windows
14 Ashley Hall Gardens Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7DN
Received 23 Apr 2020 - Decided0335/FUL/20
Erection of a 416sqm forestry shed, formation of yard and access (in retrospect)
Site South Of Longridge (West Side Of A706) West Lothian EH47
Received 24 Apr 2020 - Decided0336/H/20
Formation of dormer
11 Polkemmet Road Greenrigg Harthill West Lothian ML7 5RF
Received 24 Apr 2020 - Decided0337/FUL/20
Erection of a house
Land At Stewart Street West Calder West Lothian
Received 28 Apr 2020 - Decided0338/H/20
Extension to house
91 Kettil'stoun Mains Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6SJ
Received 28 Apr 2020 - Decided0339/H/20
Extension to house and installation of flue
20 Langton Crescent East Calder Livingston West Lothian EH53 0AF
Received 28 Apr 2020 - Decided0340/H/20
Formation of new roof to rear of house
1 Atlas Cottages Lower Bathville Armadale Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2LE
Received 28 Apr 2020 - Decided0341/FUL/20
Change of use from industrial unit (class 5) to gym (class 11)
11 Burnhouse Industrial Estate Whitburn West Lothian EH47 0LQ
Received 29 Apr 2020 - Decided0342/FUL/20
Erection of a storage building and formation of hardstanding areas
Site At Pond Industrial Estate Whitburn Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48
Received 29 Apr 2020 - Decided0343/M/20
Application under Section 42 to develop land without complying with condition 3 (cessation of winning, working, processing and dispatching of minerals) of planning permission 1441/M/2003 (12ha extension to silica sandstone extraction operations with progressive restoration) to allow winning, working, processing and dispatching of minerals to continue for a period of 3 years beyond the current cessation date of 30 April 2020
Levenseat Quarry Breich West Lothian EH47 9AD
Received 30 Apr 2020 - Decided0344/H/20
Extension to house
119 Mallace Avenue Armadale West Lothian EH48 2QD
Received 30 Apr 2020 - Decided0345/H/20
Extension to house
16A Limefield Road Polbeth West Calder West Lothian EH55 8UD
Received 30 Apr 2020 - Decided0346/H/20
Extension to house
8 Etna Court Armadale West Lothian EH48 2TD
Received 30 Apr 2020 - Decided0347/FUL/20
Part change of use from agricultural shed to dog training facility with associated works (in retrospect)
Site West Of Linburn Road Kirknewton West Lothian
Received 30 Apr 2020 - Decided0348/H/20
Extension to house
16 West Bankton Place Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9ED
Received 1 May 2020 - Decided0349/H/20
Extension to house
76 Columbia Avenue Howden Livingston West Lothian EH54 6PR
Received 1 May 2020 - Decided0351/H/20
Extension to house
7 Sandilands Gardens Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2FL
Received 1 May 2020 - Decided0352/FUL/20
Erection of 49 houses with associated access roads, car parking, infrastructure and landscaping
Phase A3 Site H-WF1 Westfield West Lothian
Received 1 May 2020 - Decided0353/CLU/20
Certificate of lawfulness for the conversion of attic to habitable room
9 Breich Terrace Breich West Lothian EH55 8LY
Received 4 May 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.
Planning procedures in Scotland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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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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