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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 dates9,573Searchable applications
237Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 8,147 approved or refused records
842Refused applications
7,305 approved · 842 refused · 612 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided0340/PAC/21
Proposal of application notice for site wide masterplan to encompass potential new facilities including sorting, processing, storage and recycling buildings with associated external process activities, car parking and welfare facilities and other associated infrastructure
Levenseat Waste Management Site Breich West Lothian ML11 8TS
Received 30 Mar 2021 - Decided0341/H/21
Extension and alterations to house
31 Clarendon Crescent Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6AW
Received 30 Mar 2021 - Decided0342/H/21
Erection of porch and conversion of garage
121 Forrest Place Armadale West Lothian EH48 2GZ
Received 30 Mar 2021 - Decided0343/FUL/21
Change of use from retail (class 1) to form a gym (class 11)
4 The Parkway Retail Square Almondvale Parkway Almondvale Livingston West Lothian EH54 6ZW
Received 30 Mar 2021 - Decided0344/TPO/21
Removal of 1 branch from mature beech tree
9 Bankton Glade Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9DG
Received 31 Mar 2021 - Decided0345/H/21
Erection of an outbuilding
4 The Square Torphichen West Lothian EH48 4LY
Received 31 Mar 2021 - Decided0346/LBC/21
Listed building consent for conversion of outbuilding to form a house including the removal of a conservatory and erection of a two storey extension
Westfield House Polbeth West Lothian EH55 8RB
Received 31 Mar 2021 - Decided0347/CLU/21
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed garage conversion to habitable room
The Mill House 3 Wallhouse Farm Steading Torphichen West Lothian EH48 4PG
Received 1 Apr 2021 - Decided0348/CLU/21
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed extension
22 Heatherfield Glade Adambrae Livingston West Lothian EH54 9JE
Received 1 Apr 2021 - Decided0349/FUL/21
Formation of beer garden/outdoor seating area
29-31 High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7AB
Received 1 Apr 2021 - Decided0350/FUL/21
Removal of existing stables and paddock pen and erection of stables building and formation of paddock pens
10 Easter Longridge Crofts Longridge West Lothian EH47 8AA
Received 1 Apr 2021 - Decided0351/CLU/21
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed removal of two internal walls
Avontoun Lodge House Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6QB
Received 1 Apr 2021 - Decided0352/H/21
Extension to house
103 Easter Bankton Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9BG
Received 1 Apr 2021 - Decided0353/A/21
Display of 2 community notice boards and 8 interpretation boards
Land At Various Locations Stoneyburn & Bents West Lothian EH47
Received 1 Apr 2021 - Decided0354/H/21
Two storey extension to house
Svenskbo 20 Friars Brae Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6BQ
Received 2 Apr 2021 - Decided0355/H/21
Extension to house
23 Howatston Court Howden Livingston West Lothian EH54 7FF
Received 2 Apr 2021 - Decided0356/H/21
Extension to house
25 Kirkfield West Livingston Village Livingston West Lothian EH54 7BD
Received 2 Apr 2021 - Decided0357/FUL/21
Change of use and alterations to barn to form kennel accommodation for 10 dogs and feed storage
Crofthead House Cannop Crescent Stoneyburn West Lothian EH47 8EQ
Received 2 Apr 2021 - Decided0358/FUL/21
Erection of a house with garage
Land At Nethershiel Farm Nethershiel Road Calderwood East Calder West Lothian
Received 2 Apr 2021 - Decided0359/CLU/21
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed extension
6 Avon Drive Linlithgow Bridge Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7QL
Received 2 Apr 2021 - Decided0360/H/21
Two storey extension to house
58 Kettil'stoun Mains Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6SL
Received 5 Apr 2021 - Decided0361/H/21
Two storey extension to house including first floor accommodation over garage and formation of balcony
6 Woodbank Crofts Westfield West Lothian EH48 3AT
Received 5 Apr 2021 - Decided0362/FUL/21
Erection of a house
Site At Burnvale Broxburn West Lothian
Received 5 Apr 2021 - Decided0363/TCA/21
Felling to tall stumps of 1 oak tree and 1 ash tree; and thinning of 2 chestnut trees
Cottalside Westfield Road Torphichen EH48 4LS
Received 6 Apr 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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