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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 dates9,585Searchable applications
237Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 8,158 approved or refused records
843Refused applications
7,315 approved · 843 refused · 612 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided0550/CLU/21
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed extension to house
12 Bervie Drive Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9HA
Received 19 May 2021 - Decided0551/H/21
Extension to house
21 Braekirk Gardens Kirknewton West Lothian EH27 8BP
Received 19 May 2021 - Decided0552/CLU/21
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed garage conversion to habitable room
26 Lamond Crescent Winchburgh West Lothian EH52 6FF
Received 20 May 2021 - Decided0553/H/21
Extension to house and installation of dormer windows
Viewforth 1A School Road Longridge West Lothian EH47 8AG
Received 20 May 2021 - Decided0554/CLU/21
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed garden room with closed stove
11 Grange View Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7HY
Received 20 May 2021 - Decided0555/H/21
Formation of driveway
22 Mooreland Gardens Loganlea West Lothian EH55 8JD
Received 20 May 2021 - Decided0556/H/21
Two storey extension to house
192 Hope Park Gardens Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2QX
Received 20 May 2021 - Decided0557/TCA/21
Felling of 1 ash tree and 1 leylandii tree; tree management of 1 lime and 1 cypress
16 & 16A-D West Main Street Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5RH
Received 21 May 2021 - Decided0558/FUL/21
Erection of a vehicle workshop
33 Inchmuir Road Blackburn West Lothian EH48 2EP
Received 21 May 2021 - Decided0559/LBC/21
Listed building consent for the installation of kitchen and bathroom vents and pipework
4 Hermand House West Calder West Lothian EH55 8QZ
Received 21 May 2021 - Decided0560/H/21
Extension to a house
2 Park View Broxburn West Lothian EH52 6EU
Received 21 May 2021 - Decided0561/CLU/21
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed conservatory
30 Burnside Terrace East Calder West Lothian EH53 0HA
Received 21 May 2021 - Decided0562/FUL/21
Change of use of paddock to dog day care (in retrospect), erection of a 150sqm shed and alterations and change of use of stable hayloft to form residential accommodation
Shiel Mill Farm Nethershiel Road Calderwood East Calder West Lothian EH53 0HT
Received 21 May 2021 - Decided0563/FUL/21
Change of use of ground floor shop to hot food take away with erection of flue and change of use of upper floor offices to form 3 flats with alterations to windows
25 & 27 North Bridge Street Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4PJ
Received 21 May 2021 - Decided0564/TPO/21
Crown cleaning of dead-wood to a maximum of 10%, and, removal of epicormic growth of one mature Lime tree; minor pruning (drop-crotching) of one Rowan tree
7 Rockville Grove Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6BZ
Received 24 May 2021 - Decided0565/H/21
Extension to house
Hillview 2 Cathlaw Lane Torphichen West Lothian EH48 4NN
Received 25 May 2021 - Decided0566/H/21
Rear and side extension to house.
18 Balmuir Avenue Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4BW
Received 25 May 2021 - Decided0567/CLU/21
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed garage conversion to habitable room
11 Steel's Road Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5FD
Received 26 May 2021 - Decided0568/CLU/21
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed extension to house
42 Avalon Gardens Linlithgow Bridge Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7QE
Received 26 May 2021 - Decided0569/H/21
Extension to existing garage
11 Inchcross Park Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2HF
Received 26 May 2021 - Decided0570/CLU/21
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed garage conversion to habitable room
6 Cults Road Whitburn West Lothian EH47 0SN
Received 26 May 2021 - Decided0571/EIA/21
EIA screening opinion for a hydrophonic farming enterprise with associated access road and landscaping
Land At Longford Farm West Calder
Received 27 May 2021 - Decided0572/PAC/21
Proposal of application notice for a hydrophonic farming enterprise with associated access road and landscaping
Land At Longford Farm West Calder
Received 27 May 2021 - Decided0573/H/21
Erection of replacement garage with first floor office accommodation and balcony
Alderley 9 Manse Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6AP
Received 27 May 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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