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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 dates9,607Searchable applications
237Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 8,175 approved or refused records
844Refused applications
7,331 approved · 844 refused · 616 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided0675/CLU/21
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed extension to house
8 Lady Place Eliburn Livingston West Lothian EH54 6TB
Received 21 Jun 2021 - Decided0676/FUL/21
Extension of existing timber boardwalk by installing new 450 metre long boardwalk
Blawhorn Moss National Nature Reserve Blackridge West Lothian EH48 3AG
Received 21 Jun 2021 - Decided0677/TCA/21
Selective branch removal by 20% of 6 garden trees & felling of one small self-seeded sycamore (amended)
Birkhall Royal Terrace Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6HQ
Received 22 Jun 2021 - Decided0678/PAC/21
Proposal of application notice for the erection of 17 houses
Land To South Of 9-13 West Mains Crofts West Calder West Lothian EH55 8FL
Received 22 Jun 2021 - Decided0679/H/21
Two storey extension to house with balcony
31 Stewart Avenue Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6DH
Received 22 Jun 2021 - Decided0680/CLU/21
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed window opening and internal alterations
231 Main Street East Calder West Lothian EH53 0EL
Received 22 Jun 2021 - Decided0681/TCA/21
Crown reduction up to 6 metres and sucker removal of 1 no. Sycamore and 4 no. Lime trees
9 Provost Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7JF
Received 23 Jun 2021 - Decided0682/TPO/21
Woodland tree thinning: exemption for felling any Ash trees infected with dieback fungus; exemption to fell 1 no. Chestnut (as amended)
Land West Of 19 Woodlands Park Deans Livingston West Lothian EH54 8AT
Received 23 Jun 2021 - Decided0683/TPO/21
Prune overhanging branches up to boundary line with adjacent birch wooodland, The Wilderness (amended)
5 Pinefield Glade Adambrae Livingston West Lothian EH54 9JX
Received 23 Jun 2021 - Decided0684/FUL/21
Change of use from public house (sui-generis) to financial, professional & other services (class 2)
The Crown Inn 24 East Main Street Blackburn West Lothian EH47 7QU
Received 23 Jun 2021 - Decided0685/H/21
Formation of a dormer
27 Greenside Torphichen West Lothian EH48 4NB
Received 23 Jun 2021 - Decided0687/A/21
Display of a freestanding signboard
Site South East Of Pentland View Winchburgh Broxburn West Lothian EH52 6QN
Received 23 Jun 2021 - Decided0688/FUL/21
Change of use from offices to dance studio (class 11)
2-4 Hopetoun Lane Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1PP
Received 23 Jun 2021 - Decided0689/H/21
Extension to house
13 Deanburn Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6EY
Received 23 Jun 2021 - Decided0690/PAC/21
Proposal of application notice for 11,148 sqm (120,000 sqft) of class 4, 5 and 6 development, including access, car parking, landscaping and associated works
The Pyramids Business Park Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2EH
Received 24 Jun 2021 - Decided0692/FUL/21
Erection of 550sqm extension to workshop (class 5)
6 Brock's Way Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5NB
Received 24 Jun 2021 - Decided0693/FUL/21
Extension to surfaced yard areas and erection of 2.4m high fencing, including gate
Units 2, 3 And 4 Dunlop Square Deans Industrial Estate Livingston West Lothian EH54 8SB
Received 24 Jun 2021 - Decided0694/CLU/21
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed partial garage conversion and alterations to house
21 Balmuir Avenue Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4BW
Received 24 Jun 2021 - Decided0696/FUL/21
Change of use from open space to private garden ground and erection of a 1.8m high fence (in retrospect)
Land To The South Of 13 Ross Court Addiewell West Lothian EH55 8HE
Received 25 Jun 2021 - Decided0697/H/21
Erection of a conservatory
60 Carse Knowe Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7LG
Received 25 Jun 2021 - Decided0698/FUL/21
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground and erection of a 1.8m high boundary fence (in retrospect)
9 Springfield Crescent Armadale West Lothian EH48 3GF
Received 28 Jun 2021 - Decided0699/H/21
Driveway alteration, erection of porch, extension to house and installation of dormers
38 Manse Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6AR
Received 28 Jun 2021 - Decided0700/FUL/21
Change of use, subdivision and alterations to former health centre to form 8 units for use as shops (Class 1), financial, professional & other services (Class 2), food & drink (Class 3), hot food takeaway, business (Class 4), non-residential institutions (Class 10) and assembly & leisure (Class 11) with associated parking
2A Ash Grove Blackburn West Lothian EH47 7LJ
Received 28 Jun 2021 - Decided0701/LBC/21
Listed building consent for internal alterations including reinstating stairs and attic alterations
2 Kirkhill House Kirkhill Court Broxburn West Lothian EH52 6GA
Received 28 Jun 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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