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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 dates9,503Searchable applications
237Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 8,085 approved or refused records
839Refused applications
7,246 approved · 839 refused · 605 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Jan 2016 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided0030/A/21
Display of 4 illuminated fascia signs
Asda Livingston Almondvale North Almondvale Livingston West Lothian EH54 6NB
Received 13 Jan 2021 - Decided0031/FUL/21
Replacement Click & Collect canopy, new Click & Collect pod and associated works
Asda Livingston Almondvale North Almondvale Livingston West Lothian EH54 6NB
Received 13 Jan 2021 - Decided0032/H/21
Extension to house
1 Langside Crescent Polbeth West Lothian EH55 8UW
Received 13 Jan 2021 - Decided0033/H/21
Formation of a dormer window
92 Almond View Seafield West Lothian EH47 7BD
Received 13 Jan 2021 - Decided0034/FUL/21
Partial change of use from non food retail to allow sale of food and drink (class 1)
2 Retail Park South Almondvale Road Almondvale Livingston West Lothian EH54 6GH
Received 13 Jan 2021 - Decided0035/H/21
Alterations and repairs to existing coach house including the installation of new windows, doors and reslating
Westerpark Falkirk Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7BA
Received 13 Jan 2021 - Decided0036/A/21
Display of various illuminated and non-illuminated signage including new fascia sign and projecting sign
Cairngorm House Almondvale Boulevard Almondvale Livingston West Lothian EH54 6QL
Received 13 Jan 2021 - Decided0037/A/21
Display of 1 non-illuminated ATM sign
1 Edinburgh Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1BA
Received 14 Jan 2021 - Decided0038/FUL/21
Change of use from agricultural land to dog exercise area and erection of a 1.8m hign boundary fence
Learielaw Farm Learielaw Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5PG
Received 14 Jan 2021 - Decided0041/H/21
Erection of a porch
17 Highfield Crescent Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7BG
Received 15 Jan 2021 - Decided0042/FUL/21
Erection of 24 flats with associated works
The Firs Langside Gardens Polbeth West Lothian
Received 15 Jan 2021 - Decided0043/A/21
Display of 1 community notice board
Land At Addiebrownhill (Opposite Burnside View) Addiewell West Lothian
Received 15 Jan 2021 - Decided0044/A/21
Display of 1 non-illuminated wall mounted sign
Site At Ochilview Square Armadale West Lothian
Received 15 Jan 2021 - Decided0045/TCA/21
Felling of one horse chestnut tree and one cypress tree
Hunting Tower 19 Whitemoss Road Kirknewton West Lothian EH27 8AF
Received 18 Jan 2021 - Decided0046/MSC/21
Approval of matters specified in conditions of planning permission 0524/P/09 for erection of a house on plot 58 (substitution of house type as variation to approval 1189/MSC/19)
Areas WBb & WBg Calderwood East Calder West Lothian
Received 19 Jan 2021 - Decided0047/H/21
Two storey extension to house and formation of raised decking and pergola
48 Listloaning Road Linlithgow Bridge Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7QT
Received 19 Jan 2021 - Decided0048/CLU/21
Certificate of lawfulness for the erection of a proposed conservatory
15 Chuckethall Road Deans Livingston West Lothian EH54 8FB
Received 19 Jan 2021 - Decided0049/H/21
Extension to house
The Firs Falkirk Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7PQ
Received 19 Jan 2021 - Decided0050/CLU/21
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed conversion of garage into habitable space
62 Russell Place Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2GL
Received 19 Jan 2021 - Decided0051/FUL/21
Erection of a 9.5sqm extension to rear of hot food take-away
Unit 1 Douglas Rise Dedridge Livingston West Lothian EH54 6JH
Received 19 Jan 2021 - Decided0052/H/21
Extension to house
4 Niddry Road Winchburgh West Lothian EH52 6RX
Received 19 Jan 2021 - Decided0053/H/21
Front and rear extensions to house
7 Carse Knowe Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7LG
Received 19 Jan 2021 - Decided0054/A/21
Display of 4 flag poles 6m high
Stonebyres Road Winchburgh West Lothian
Received 19 Jan 2021 - Decided0055/H/21
Extensions to the front and side of the house and erection of a garage
47 Poynter's Road Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5ED
Received 19 Jan 2021
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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