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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 dates9,651Searchable applications
237Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 8,214 approved or refused records
846Refused applications
7,368 approved · 846 refused · 617 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided0885/H/21
Extension to house (Amendment of 0468/H/21)
10 Queens Avenue Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5RS
Received 26 Aug 2021 - Decided0886/TCA/21
Pollarding of 1 Goat Willow tree
4 The Square Torphichen West Lothian EH48 4LY
Received 26 Aug 2021 - Decided0887/H/21
Two storey extension to house
55 East Bankton Place Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9BZ
Received 26 Aug 2021 - Decided0888/LBC/21
Listed building consent for installation of zinc cast plaque on front elevation of church
St Mary's Church Livery Street Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4HS
Received 26 Aug 2021 - Decided0914/CLU/21
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed extension to house
15 The Glebe West Calder West Lothian EH55 8BL
Received 27 Aug 2021 - Decided0890/CLU/21
Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed single storey rear extension to house
20 Staunton Rise Dedridge Livingston West Lothian EH54 6PB
Received 27 Aug 2021 - Decided0891/H/21
First floor extension to house
9 Teviot Drive Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9JW
Received 27 Aug 2021 - Decided0892/TCA/21
Crown reduction and pruning of 1 no. Weeping Willow, group of Cherry trees and group of conifers (in retrospect)
1 West Port Place Union Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7DE
Received 27 Aug 2021 - Decided0893/TPO/21
Felling of 2 Cherry trees (in retrospect)
4 Murieston Mews Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9HS
Received 30 Aug 2021 - Decided0894/FUL/21
Erection of 49 flats (as amended from 52) with associated access, parking, landscaping and ancillary works
Site At Sydney Street Craigshill Livingston West Lothian
Received 30 Aug 2021 - Decided0895/TPO/21
Felling of 1 Beech tree
Sydney Street Craigshill Livingston West Lothian
Received 30 Aug 2021 - Decided0896/A/21
Display of 1 illuminated fascia sign (in retrospect)
Bankton Centre Murieston Livingston EH54 9DA
Received 30 Aug 2021 - Decided0897/FUL/21
Installation of surface water drainage system (in retrospect)
Land East Of Bankton Centre Murieston Livingston West Lothian
Received 30 Aug 2021 - Decided0898/FUL/21
Erection of a 60 bed care home with associated access, parking and landscaping works
G M Flooring Falkirk Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7PJ
Received 31 Aug 2021 - Decided0899/FUL/21
Continued siting of a mobile snack van
1 Muir Road Houstoun Industrial Estate Livingston West Lothian EH54 5DR
Received 31 Aug 2021 - Decided0900/H/21
Extension to house
57 Braeside Park Mid Calder West Lothian EH53 0SL
Received 31 Aug 2021 - Decided0901/TPO/21
Felling of 1 Sycamore tree
Poldrait 103 Preston Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6QL
Received 31 Aug 2021 - Decided0903/P/21
Planning permission in principle for a 0.06ha residential development
35-37 Main Street Winchburgh West Lothian EH52 6RT
Received 31 Aug 2021 - Decided0905/FUL/21
Installation of 2 rapid electrical vehicle charging stations
McDonald's Heartlands Business Park Bathgate EH47 0HT
Received 1 Sept 2021 - Decided0906/H/21
Extension to house
9 Sinclair Way Knightsridge West Lothian EH54 8HW
Received 1 Sept 2021 - Decided0907/CLU/21
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed conversion of garage into habitable room
94 Hare Moss View Whitburn West Lothian EH47 0BF
Received 1 Sept 2021 - Decided0908/TCA/21
Branch removal and trimming of two groups of trees (retrospective)
Windsor Lodge 16 West Main Street Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5RH
Received 1 Sept 2021 - Decided0910/FUL/21
Alterations to main entrance
West Lothian College Almondvale Crescent Almondvale Livingston West Lothian EH54 7EP
Received 2 Sept 2021 - Decided0911/H/21
Extension to house
19 Maplewood Park Deans Livingston West Lothian EH54 8BB
Received 2 Sept 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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