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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 dates9,815Searchable applications
238Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 8,361 approved or refused records
857Refused applications
7,504 approved · 857 refused · 628 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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
- Decided1220/FUL/21
Erection of a replacement conservatory
1 Blackfaulds Court Fauldhouse Bathgate West Lothian EH47 9DR
Received 8 Dec 2021 - Decided1221/H/21
Extension to house
24 Springfield Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7JJ
Received 8 Dec 2021 - Decided1222/H/21
Installation of photovoltaic (PV) panels
Svenskbo 20 Friars Brae Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6BQ
Received 8 Dec 2021 - Decided1223/H/21
First floor extension to house and raising existing patio
6 Gallacher Green Carmondean Livingston West Lothian EH54 8RD
Received 8 Dec 2021 - Decided1224/FUL/21
Change of use from residential (class 9) to holiday home (class 7)
9 Alderbank Ladywell Livingston West Lothian EH54 6DL
Received 9 Dec 2021 - Decided1225/FUL/21
Erection of bio-fuel filling station comprising fuel pumps, plant compound, 440 sqm workshop, alterations to access, parking, landscaping and associated works
Land To South Of Caputhall Road Deans Industrial Estate Livingston West Lothian
Received 10 Dec 2021 - Decided1226/H/21
Single and two storey extensions to house
57 Marjoribanks Street Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1AL
Received 10 Dec 2021 - Decided1227/H/21
Erection of a double garage
2 Stromness Gardens Bellsquarry Livingston West Lothian EH54 9EU
Received 10 Dec 2021 - Decided1228/MSC/21
Approval of matters specified in conditions of planning permission 0050/P/08 for the erection of 8 flats and 12 houses and associated infrastructure, drainage and landscaping
Land At Drumshoreland Road Pumpherston West Lothian
Received 10 Dec 2021 - Decided1229/A/21
Display of 2 illuminated fascia signs
4 The Parkway Retail Square Almondvale Parkway Almondvale West Lothian EH54 6ZW
Received 10 Dec 2021 - Decided1230/H/21
Extension and alterations to house
90 Shaw Avenue Armadale West Lothian EH48 3NG
Received 10 Dec 2021 - Decided1231/FUL/21
Erection of 3 houses and formation of access with associated works
Land At Heatherbank North Street Armadale West Lothian EH48 3QF
Received 10 Dec 2021 - Decided1232/FUL/21
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground and erection of a fence (in retrospect)
29 Ogilvie Way Knightsridge Livingston West Lothian EH54 8HL
Received 13 Dec 2021 - Decided1233/H/21
Extension to house
24 Parkwood Gardens Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5RE
Received 13 Dec 2021 - Decided1234/TCA/21
Crown Reduction by a maximum of 30% of avenue of 17 trees (Limes, Hollies, Sycamores and 1 Chestnut adjacent Westhall Gardens) and branch removal of 1 Larch tree
Middleton Hall Care Home Middleton Avenue Uphall West Lothian EH52 5DQ
Received 13 Dec 2021 - Decided1235/FUL/21
Erection of a 2m high wall and piers (in retrospect)
Glendevon Cottage Winchburgh West Lothian EH52 6PX
Received 14 Dec 2021 - Decided1237/CLU/21
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed alteration to internal window and installation of rooflight
10 Abercorn Place Winchburgh EH52 6ST
Received 14 Dec 2021 - Decided1238/PAC/21
Proposal of application notice for a 3.14 ha residential development with landscaping, access roads and associated works
Land To West Of Napier Avenue Bathgate West Lothian
Received 15 Dec 2021 - Decided1239/H/21
Extension to house
Wilmay Cottage Cawburn Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5PQ
Received 15 Dec 2021 - Decided1240/CLU/21
Certificate of lawfulness for the proposed extension to house
8 Mains Place East Whitburn West Lothian EH47 8RB
Received 15 Dec 2021 - Decided1241/H/21
Extension to house and erection of a flue
36 Chuckethall Road Deans Livingston West Lothian EH54 8FB
Received 15 Dec 2021 - Decided1242/FUL/21
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground and erection of a fence
3 Selm Park Craigshill Livingston West Lothian EH54 5NU
Received 16 Dec 2021 - Decided1243/FUL/21
Change of use from first floor office (class 4) to a flat
29A King Street Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1AZ
Received 16 Dec 2021 - Decided1244/A/21
Display of 2 hoardings and 3 signboards (part in retrospect) (as amended)
Former Bangour Village Hospital Wester Dechmont Dechmont EH52 6LL
Received 16 Dec 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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