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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 dates9,579Searchable applications
237Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 8,152 approved or refused records
842Refused applications
7,310 approved · 842 refused · 612 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided0444/H/21
Extension to house, conversion of garage and formation of porch
68 Glenwood Drive Armadale West Lothian EH48 3TU
Received 22 Apr 2021 - Decided0445/A/21
Display of two illuminated fascia signs
118-122 East Main Street Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5EQ
Received 22 Apr 2021 - Decided0446/TCA/21
Felling of 1 pine tree
12 Craigs Court Torphichen West Lothian EH48 4NU
Received 22 Apr 2021 - Decided0447/FUL/21
Change of use from offices (class 4) to public library (class 10) and erection of fire escape
First Floor Torridon House Almondvale Boulevard Almondvale Livingston West Lothian EH54 6QY
Received 23 Apr 2021 - Decided0448/FUL/21
Formation of road access and car park for development sales area
Land At Simpson Parkway Kirkton Campus Livingston West Lothian
Received 23 Apr 2021 - Decided0449/H/21
Two storey extension to house and formation of a balcony
26 Braekirk Gardens Kirknewton West Lothian EH27 8BW
Received 23 Apr 2021 - Decided0450/H/21
Extension to house
Belnorie 1 St John's Road Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5QY
Received 23 Apr 2021 - Decided0452/H/21
Extension to house
37 Calder House Road Mid Calder West Lothian EH53 0JZ
Received 26 Apr 2021 - Decided0451/FUL/21
Construction of community growing space, workshop, polytunnel, storage containers and learning hub
Craigshill Thistle Pavillion Maree Walk Craigshill Livingston West Lothian EH54 5BP
Received 26 Apr 2021 - Decided0453/FUL/21
Installation of 2 electrical vehicle charging points and 4 parking bays with associated works
Deer Park Service Station Deer Park Road Carmondean Livingston West Lothian EH54 8AD
Received 26 Apr 2021 - Decided0454/H/21
Erection of a summer house
15 Rockville Grove Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6BZ
Received 26 Apr 2021 - Decided0455/H/21
Erection of a 1.8m high fence
8 Eastfield Road Fauldhouse West Lothian EH47 9LE
Received 26 Apr 2021 - Decided0457/TPO/21
Selective pruning and deadwooding up to 10% of crown of one mature beech tree
59 West Cairn View Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9FF
Received 27 Apr 2021 - Decided0458/FUL/21
Application under Section 42 to vary condition 1 (j) and condition 8 of planning permission 0129/P/19 to reduce the floor area of employment generating uses from 2600sqm to 1,800sqm (as amended from 1,000sqm)
Land At Charlesfield Road Kirkton Livingston West Lothian
Received 27 Apr 2021 - Decided0459/LBC/21
Listed building consent for installation of replacement windows
2 High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7AE
Received 27 Apr 2021 - Decided0460/FUL/21
Siting of a mobile snack van
Site At Oakbank Park Way Livingston West Lothian
Received 27 Apr 2021 - Decided0461/FUL/21
Change of use from amenity open space to private garden ground and erection of a 0.9m high fence (in retrospect)
66 Kilne Place Eliburn Livingston West Lothian EH54 6SH
Received 27 Apr 2021 - Decided0462/FUL/21
Installation of 2 metal flower basket poles
Land At East Main Street Greenrigg Harthill West Lothian
Received 27 Apr 2021 - Decided0463/H/21
Demolition of existing conservatory & erection of single storey extension to house
Nether Parkley Lodge 15 Manse Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6AP
Received 27 Apr 2021 - Decided0464/LBC/21
Listed building consent for the demolition of existing conservatory & erection of single storey extension to house
Nether Parkley Lodge 15 Manse Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6AP
Received 27 Apr 2021 - Decided0465/H/21
Formation of a driveway (in retrospect)
36 Preston Avenue Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6HS
Received 28 Apr 2021 - Decided0466/H/21
Extension to house
38 Burngrange Park West Calder West Lothian EH55 8HF
Received 28 Apr 2021 - Decided0467/TPO/21
Removal of 4 trees
1 Newlands Kirknewton West Lothian EH27 8LR
Received 28 Apr 2021 - Decided0468/H/21
Extension to house
10 Queens Avenue Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5RS
Received 28 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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