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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 dates9,454Searchable applications
237Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 8,039 approved or refused records
836Refused applications
7,203 approved · 836 refused · 603 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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
- Decided1042/PO/20
Discharge of planning obligation relating to planning permission 0374/FUL/11
7 Blackburn Hall Holdings Blackburn West Lothian EH47 7AB
Received 11 Nov 2020 - Decided1043/FUL/20
Change of use from shop (class 1) to hot food take away (sui generis) and installation of flue
2 Manse Road Whitburn West Lothian EH47 0QA
Received 11 Nov 2020 - Decided1044/CLU/20
Certificate of lawfulness for alterations to dwellinghouse including partially infilling window opening and creating new window opening
6 Rashiehill Crescent Breich West Lothian EH55 8JR
Received 11 Nov 2020 - Decided1045/H/20
Extension to house
19 Station Road Uphall West Lothian EH52 5DX
Received 11 Nov 2020 - Decided1046/FUL/20
Change of use and alterations from car wash ancillary building to shop (class 1)
13-15 Glasgow Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2AB
Received 11 Nov 2020 - Decided1047/A/20
Display of 1 illuminated fascia sign
13-15 Glasgow Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2AB
Received 11 Nov 2020 - Decided1048/EIA/20
EIA scoping opinion for proposed 108 Ha Drumshoreland Garden Community comprising circa 1800 houses and associated development
Drumshoreland Community Garden Old Clapperton Hall East Calder
Received 11 Nov 2020 - Decided1049/H/20
Extension to house
Roundel House 4 Parkhead Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7BS
Received 12 Nov 2020 - Decided1050/H/20
Erection of shed (in retrospect)
104 Huntly Avenue Deans Livingston West Lothian EH54 8NG
Received 12 Nov 2020 - Decided1051/FUL/20
Conversion of 2 flats to form a house with two storey extension to side and single storey extension to rear
28 Parkhead Cottages West Calder West Lothian EH55 8BG
Received 12 Nov 2020 - Decided1052/FUL/20
Creation of an access track off the A704 to facilitate the delivery of wind turbine components for Longhill Burn wind farm
Rusha Farm West Calder West Lothian EH55 8NR
Received 12 Nov 2020 - Decided1053/H/20
Two storey extension to house
22 Ballantyne Place Eliburn Livingston West Lothian EH54 6TG
Received 12 Nov 2020 - Decided1055/CLU/20
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed extension to house
8 Bruce Street Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2SZ
Received 13 Nov 2020 - Decided1056/H/20
Erection of a fence
5 Honeyman Court Armadale West Lothian EH48 3RF
Received 13 Nov 2020 - Decided1057/H/20
Extesnion to house
36 Ogilvie Way Knightsridge Livingston West Lothian EH54 8HL
Received 13 Nov 2020 - Decided1058/H/20
Extension to house
123 Ravenswood Rise Dedridge Livingston West Lothian EH54 6PG
Received 13 Nov 2020 - Decided1061/FUL/20
Formation of access track from Longhill Burn Wind Farm to the C24 (through Pates Hill Wind Farm) to service underground grid connection cable
Land At Longhill Burn Wind Farm And Pates Hill Wind Farm West Calder West Lothian EH55 8NS
Received 16 Nov 2020 - Decided1062/H/20
Extension to house
28 King Street Armadale West Lothian EH48 2NP
Received 16 Nov 2020 - Decided1063/P/20
Planning permission in principle for the demolition of sheds and erection of a house with paddock
Lincroft Hillhead Westfield Falkirk West Lothian FK1 2NL
Received 16 Nov 2020 - Decided1064/P/20
Planning permission in principle for the erection of a house
Lincroft Hillhead Westfield West Lothian FK1 2NL
Received 16 Nov 2020 - Decided1065/CLU/20
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed garage conversion into habitable room
50 Mallace Avenue Armadale West Lothian EH48 2QE
Received 16 Nov 2020 - Decided1066/CLU/20
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed garage conversion
33 James Young Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2UP
Received 16 Nov 2020 - Decided1067/H/20
Extension to house
11 Grange Knowe Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7HX
Received 16 Nov 2020 - Decided1068/H/20
Extension to house and formation of dormer
2 Highfield Avenue Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7BE
Received 16 Nov 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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