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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 dates9,828Searchable applications
238Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 8,374 approved or refused records
859Refused applications
7,515 approved · 859 refused · 628 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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
- Decided1245/P/21
Planning permission in principle for the erection of two houses
Land Between 27 And 29 Wellview Lane Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9HU
Received 16 Dec 2021 - Decided1247/FUL/21
Siting a 15sqm timber clad storage container
Community Garden Auldcathie District Park Winchburgh
Received 16 Dec 2021 - Decided1248/H/21
Extension to house
96 Bailielands Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7TF
Received 16 Dec 2021 - Decided1249/H/21
Extension to house
The Stables 2 Glendevon Steadings Glendevon Farm Place Winchburgh West Lothian EH52 6WR
Received 17 Dec 2021 - Decided1250/LBC/21
Listed building consent for the installation of zinc cast plaque on front elevation of building
Bennie Museum 9-11 Mansefield Street Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4HU
Received 20 Dec 2021 - Decided1251/TCA/21
To a maximum of removal of 3 no. mature Lime trees and removal of 1 no. Holly tree (as amended)
Fleetwood 7 Provost Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7JF
Received 20 Dec 2021 - Decided1252/CLU/21
Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed single storey extension to rear and garage conversion
9 Hanlin's Way Armadale West Lothian EH48 3GH
Received 20 Dec 2021 - Decided1253/H/21
Extension to house
4 Loaninghill Park Uphall West Lothian EH52 5EB
Received 20 Dec 2021 - Decided1254/P/21
Planning permission in principle for a 17.8 ha residential development with ancillary community uses and associated works
Land South Of Cannop Crescent Stoneyburn
Received 21 Dec 2021 - Decided1255/CLU/21
Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed single storey extension
71 Kirkfield East Kirkton Livingston West Lothian EH54 7BB
Received 21 Dec 2021 - Decided1256/FUL/21
Erection of 8 houses with associated works
Inveroe South Of The A70
Received 22 Dec 2021 - Decided1257/H/21
Extension to house
21 West Muir Road West Calder West Lothian EH55 8EX
Received 22 Dec 2021 - Decided1258/H/21
Extension to house and installation of dormer
34 Calder Road Bellsquarry Livingston West Lothian EH54 9AA
Received 22 Dec 2021 - Decided1259/H/21
Extension to house
21 West Cairn View Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9FF
Received 22 Dec 2021 - Decided1260/FUL/21
Erection of 21 flats, access, parking, landscaping and associated works
The Firs Langside Gardens Polbeth West Lothian EH55 8QX
Received 22 Dec 2021 - Decided1261/FUL/21
Conversion of annex building to residential accommodation and storage space with associated external staircase and alterations
Middle Strath Mill Strathloanhead Westfield West Lothian FK1 2LA
Received 22 Dec 2021 - Decided1262/AGR/21
Prior notification for the erection of a 215 sqm agricultural building
Site South East Of Craigbank Craigbinning Dechmont West Lothian EH52 6NB
Received 22 Dec 2021 - Decided1263/H/21
Extension to house
3 Roman Camp Cottages Roman Camp West Lothian EH52 5PJ
Received 23 Dec 2021 - Decided1264/FUL/21
Formation of a 1.99 ha temporary soil storage area and associated works
Land North West Of Auldcathie District Park Winchburgh West Lothian
Received 23 Dec 2021 - Decided1266/CLU/21
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed conversion of garage to habitable room
59 Mallace Avenue Armadale West Lothian EH48 2QD
Received 23 Dec 2021 - Decided1267/H/21
Erection of double garage
12 Tippet Knowes Park Winchburgh West Lothian EH52 6UJ
Received 23 Dec 2021 - Decided1268/CLU/21
Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed house extension
28 Tantallon Gardens Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9AT
Received 24 Dec 2021 - Decided1269/PAC/21
Proposal of application notice for a 3.9 ha residential development of approximately 80 units, car parking, open space, access and associated infrastructure
Land To The South Of Craiginn Terrace Blackridge West Lothian
Received 29 Dec 2021 - Decided1270/TCA/21
Crown reduction and thinning by a maximum of 10-15 % of 1 no. mature Copper Beech tree
Friarbank 11 Manse Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6AP
Received 29 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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