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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 dates9,564Searchable applications
237Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 8,138 approved or refused records
842Refused applications
7,296 approved · 842 refused · 612 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided0289/H/21
Extension to house
46 Glasgow Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2AG
Received 16 Mar 2021 - Decided0290/MSC/21
Approval of matters specified in conditions of planning permission 0524/P/09 for installation of play equipment with associated paths and landscaping
Land To South West Of Area MWc (Forest Glade) And Area MWf (Alder Walk) Calderwood East Calder West Lothian
Received 16 Mar 2021 - Decided0292/H/21
Extension to a house, formation of dormer and erection of a garden office
21A Ballencrieff Toll Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4LD
Received 16 Mar 2021 - Decided0293/H/21
Erection of garage
31 Fitzallan Place Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2UN
Received 17 Mar 2021 - Decided0294/FUL/21
Erection of 3 training pylons and associated security fencing
Inchmuir Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2EP
Received 17 Mar 2021 - Decided0295/FUL/21
Erection of a memorial
Land Adjacent To 8 West Main Street Uphall West Lothian EH52 5DW
Received 17 Mar 2021 - Decided0297/FUL/21
Installation of a ticket kiosk
Hopetoun House Newton South Queensferry West Lothian EH30 9SL
Received 18 Mar 2021 - Decided0298/FUL/21
Erection of a house and garage with ancillary accommodation
16 West Mains Crofts West Calder West Lothian EH55 8LD
Received 18 Mar 2021 - Decided0299/H/21
Extension to house
33 Philip Avenue Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7BH
Received 18 Mar 2021 - Decided0300/FUL/21
Change of use from hotel (class 7) to form 2 flats with associated extension/alterations and erection of outbuilding (part retrospective)
Seafield Arms Hotel 8 Redhouse Road Seafield West Lothian EH47 7AR
Received 18 Mar 2021 - Decided0301/H/21
Extension to house
222 Springfield Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7LQ
Received 18 Mar 2021 - Decided0302/FUL/21
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground and erection of a boundary fence
135 Clement Rise Dedridge Livingston West Lothian EH54 6LP
Received 19 Mar 2021 - Decided0303/H/21
Two storey extension to house
77 Robertson Way Knightsridge Livingston West Lothian EH54 8RF
Received 19 Mar 2021 - Decided0304/LBC/21
Listed building consent for works on parapets to increase their height, taking the copes off and then relaying them
Williamston Bridge South Of Murieston Road East Across Murieston Water Livingston
Received 19 Mar 2021 - Decided0305/TCA/21
Felling of 1 cyprus tree
27 The Loan Torphichen West Lothian EH48 4NF
Received 22 Mar 2021 - Decided0306/H/21
Removal of conservatory and formation of single storey extension
47 Forrest Place Armadale West Lothian EH48 2GZ
Received 22 Mar 2021 - Decided0307/CLU/21
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed extension to house
2 Abercromby Crescent Calderwood East Calder West Lothian EH53 0GX
Received 22 Mar 2021 - Decided0308/CLU/21
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed rear extension and internal alterations
8 Inch Crescent Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1EU
Received 22 Mar 2021 - Decided0309/A/21
Display of community notice board
Blackridge Health Centre Fleming Place Blackridge West Lothian EH48 3SS
Received 23 Mar 2021 - Decided0310/P/21
Planning permission in principle for erection of 2 houses
Rosebank 84 East Main Street Whitburn West Lothian EH47 0PT
Received 23 Mar 2021 - Decided0312/CLU/21
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed garage conversion to habitable room
6 West Kip Walk Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9FA
Received 23 Mar 2021 - Unknown0313/TPO/21
Felling of 1 no. Beech tree and 1 no. Oak tree
Site At Murieston Valley Murieston Livingston West Lothian
Received 24 Mar 2021 - Decided0314/H/21
Formation of dormer and extension to house
65 Priory Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6BP
Received 24 Mar 2021 - Decided0315/H/21
Attic conversion and formation of a dormer
45 King Street Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1AZ
Received 24 Mar 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.
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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