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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
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for West Lothian. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
7,768 approved · 883 refused · 652 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Oct 2015 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
93 Limefield Crescent Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1RE
Received 19 Dec 2022Areas ALa & ALc Calderwood East Calder
Received 19 Dec 202257-61 East Main Street Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5EE
Received 19 Dec 202223 Lady Place Eliburn Livingston West Lothian EH54 6TB
Received 19 Dec 202259 Wester Bankton Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9DY
Received 19 Dec 202293 Limefield Crescent Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1RE
Received 20 Dec 2022Land To West Of Napier Avenue Bathgate
Received 20 Dec 2022Deer Park Road Knightsridge Livingston
Received 21 Dec 202217 West Main Street Whitburn West Lothian EH47 0QB
Received 21 Dec 202217 West Main Street Whitburn West Lothian EH47 0QB
Received 21 Dec 202230 Harburn Avenue Livingston West Lothian EH54 8NQ
Received 21 Dec 2022Land At Camps Junction North Located To The West Of WesLo Dog Agility Centre
Received 21 Dec 2022Land At Avon Mill Mill Road Industrial Estate Linlithgow EH49 7TL
Received 21 Dec 202256 West Holmes Place Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5NJ
Received 21 Dec 2022The Grange (West Wing) Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7RH
Received 22 Dec 2022The Grange (West Wing) Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7RH
Received 22 Dec 2022Land At West Farm Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5PY
Received 22 Dec 2022Land At Beechwood Park Uphall Station West Lothian
Received 22 Dec 2022Land At Simpson Parkway Kirkton Campus Livingston West Lothian EH54 7BH
Received 22 Dec 2022Former Polkemmet Open Cast Coal Site Land To North Of B7010 Fauldhouse West Lothian EH47
Received 23 Dec 2022Former Polkemmet Open Cast Coal Site Land To North Of B7010 Fauldhouse West Lothian EH47
Received 23 Dec 202229 Uphall Station Road Pumpherston West Lothian EH53 0NB
Received 23 Dec 2022Land To South East Of Oaklands Bridgehouse Westfield EH48 3DQ
Received 23 Dec 202211 Ashley Hall Gardens Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7DN
Received 23 Dec 2022Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart 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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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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