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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 dates9,575Searchable applications
237Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 8,149 approved or refused records
842Refused applications
7,307 approved · 842 refused · 612 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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
- Decided0364/TCA/21
Pruning of 1 maple and 1 hazel tree
84A High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7AQ
Received 6 Apr 2021 - Decided0365/H/21
Extension to house
1 Murieston Walk Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9EW
Received 6 Apr 2021 - Decided0366/FUL/21
Installation of public art sculpture commemorating the mining heritage of Blackburn
Land At Junction Of Bathgate Road And East Main Street Blackburn West Lothian
Received 6 Apr 2021 - Decided0368/H/21
Extension to house
26 Lawson Glade Adambrae Livingston West Lothian EH54 9JT
Received 7 Apr 2021 - Decided0369/FUL/21
Formation of a 220 space park and ride facility with associated works and erection of 2 houses
Land North Of Station Road Kirknewton West Lothian EH27 8DE
Received 7 Apr 2021 - Decided0370/MSC/21
Approval of matters specified in conditions of planning permission 0524/P/09 for the erection of a house (substitution of house type on plot 1 from Point 183E to Park 238E as variation to approval 0444/MSC/19)
Area OSf Calderwood East Calder West Lothian
Received 7 Apr 2021 - Decided0371/H/21
Extension to house
St Olaves 64 Edinburgh Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1EP
Received 7 Apr 2021 - Decided0372/H/21
Extension to house and formation of dormer
Lonsdale Station Road Philpstoun West Lothian EH49 6RH
Received 7 Apr 2021 - Decided0373/H/21
Extension to house
11 Templar Rise Dedridge Livingston West Lothian EH54 6PJ
Received 7 Apr 2021 - Decided0374/CLU/21
Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed extension to house
44 Forrest Place Armadale West Lothian EH48 2GY
Received 7 Apr 2021 - Decided0375/FUL/21
Change of use and formation of hard standing to form vehicle storage yard, erection of a 2m high palisade fence and 8no. 8m high security lighting columns
Former Ethicon Site Simpson Parkway Kirkton Campus Livingston West Lothian EH54 7AT
Received 7 Apr 2021 - Decided0376/TCA/21
Felling of 1 beech tree
32G Manse Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6AR
Received 7 Apr 2021 - Decided0377/FUL/21
Erection of 3 commercial units (470sqm) for retail (class 1), office (class 2), cafe (class 3) or business use (class 4)
Site At Stonebyres Road Winchburgh West Lothian
Received 7 Apr 2021 - Decided0378/AGR/21
Prior notification/approval for the erection of an agricultural building
7A Blackburn Hall Holdings Blackburn West Lothian EH47 7AB
Received 8 Apr 2021 - Decided0379/FUL/21
Erection of 2 flats (to replace those demolished due to gas explosion)
52 & 54 Dixon Road Whitburn West Lothian EH47 0PY
Received 8 Apr 2021 - Decided0380/H/21
Replacement porch and formation of raised terrace
25 Deanburn Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6EY
Received 8 Apr 2021 - Decided0382/CLU/21
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed conversion of garage to habitable room
76 Cypress Glade Adambrae Livingston West Lothian EH54 9JH
Received 8 Apr 2021 - Decided0383/TPO/21
Felling of 1 ash tree
7 Carrick Gardens Bellsquarry Livingston West Lothian EH54 9ET
Received 8 Apr 2021 - Decided0384/FUL/21
Erection of house
Land At Ballencrieff Mill Bathgate West Lothian
Received 8 Apr 2021 - Decided0385/TCA/21
Minor pruning and selective branch removal of 1 birch tree
84A High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7AQ
Received 8 Apr 2021 - Decided0387/H/21
Replacement shed, formation of patio and landscaping works
84A High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7AQ
Received 8 Apr 2021 - Decided0388/FUL/21
Erection of a 486sqm office/industrial building (class 4)
1 Clifton View Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5NE
Received 8 Apr 2021 - Decided0389/H/21
Extension to house
4 Niddry Road Winchburgh West Lothian EH52 6RX
Received 9 Apr 2021 - Decided0390/H/21
Erection of a garage
54 Abbotsford Rise Dedridge Livingston West Lothian EH54 6LS
Received 12 Apr 2021
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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