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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 dates10,691Searchable applications
248Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 9,151 approved or refused records
927Refused applications
8,224 approved · 927 refused · 687 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Sept 2014 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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
- Decided0003/H/24
Formation of a driveway, surfacing and retaining walls
87 East Main Street Uphall West Lothian EH52 5JA
Received 8 Jan 2024 - Decided0004/A/24
Display of 4 digital menu board signs, 1 non-illuminated banner sign , 1 non-illuminated playland sign and 15 non-illuminated traffic signs
Land At Deer Park Road Livingston
Received 8 Jan 2024 - Decided0008/CLU/24
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed alterations to garage to form habitable room
2 Baird Square Calderwood East Calder West Lothian EH53 0GQ
Received 9 Jan 2024 - Decided0009/H/24
Installation of a dormer window
28 Oatlands Park Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6AS
Received 9 Jan 2024 - Decided0010/TCA/24
Felling of 1 Sycamore tree
St Michaels Presbytery 53 Blackness Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7JA
Received 9 Jan 2024 - Decided0012/LBC/24
Listed building consent for a domestic garage (in retrospect)
Ormiston Castle Kirknewton West Lothian EH27 8DQ
Received 10 Jan 2024 - Decided0014/A/24
Display of 1 illuminated vinyl wrap to prescription collection machine
21 West Main Street Armadale West Lothian EH48 3PZ
Received 10 Jan 2024 - Decided0015/FUL/24
Installation of a prescription collection machine to shopfront
21 West Main Street Armadale West Lothian EH48 3PZ
Received 10 Jan 2024 - Decided0016/FUL/24
Change of use from short term let to house (class 9)
76 Falconer Rise Dedridge Livingston West Lothian EH54 6JF
Received 10 Jan 2024 - Decided0017/FUL/24
Change of use from agricultural land to 2 dog exercise fields, erection of boundary fencing, erection of 2 shelters and formation of car park
Land Immediately South Of The M9 South Of Abercorn School House Abercorn
Received 11 Jan 2024 - Decided0018/A/24
Display of illuminated vinyl wrap to the front of prescription collection machine
286 High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7ER
Received 11 Jan 2024 - Decided0019/FUL/24
Installation of a prescription collection machine to shopfront
286 High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7ER
Received 11 Jan 2024 - Decided0021/FUL/24
Siting of an 18sqm modular self-contained static decontamination container unit and access ramps
St Johns Hospital Howden West Road Howden Livingston West Lothian EH54 6PP
Received 12 Jan 2024 - Decided0022/H/24
Extension to side of house
37 Bishops Park Mid Calder West Lothian EH53 0SQ
Received 12 Jan 2024 - Decided0023/H/24
Extension to house
53 Riccarton Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6HX
Received 15 Jan 2024 - Decided0024/AGR/24
Prior notification for erection of a 39sqm agricultural shed
Narrowboat Farm Philpstoun West Lothian EH49 6QY
Received 15 Jan 2024 - Decided0025/FUL/24
Formation of external seating area
124 Rigghouse View Whitburn West Lothian EH47 0SE
Received 15 Jan 2024 - Decided0026/MSC/24
Approval of matters specified in conditions of planning permission 0524/P/09 for installation of public art sculpture
Community Hub Cafe 1 Calderwood Square Calderwood Road Calderwood East Calder West Lothian EH53 0GH
Received 16 Jan 2024 - Decided0027/FUL/24
Formation of parking area
Land To North Of 64 Kirk Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1EJ
Received 16 Jan 2024 - Decided0029/CLU/24
Certificate of lawfulness for the existing use of a house as a short-term let
10 Quebec Avenue Howden Livingston West Lothian EH54 6BT
Received 17 Jan 2024 - Decided0030/FUL/24
Erection of a house and double garage with first floor accommodations
Land At Station Road Winchburgh West Lothian
Received 17 Jan 2024 - Decided0031/H/24
Front and rear extensions to house
12 Rosemount Drive Uphall West Lothian EH52 6DE
Received 17 Jan 2024 - Decided0032/H/24
Erection of an 110sqm stable block with associated hard standing, landscaping and access (in retrospect)
Ormiston Castle Kirknewton West Lothian EH27 8DQ
Received 18 Jan 2024 - Decided0034/FUL/24
Change of use from open space to private garden ground
South Lodge Oakbank Road East Calder West Lothian EH53 0JP
Received 19 Jan 2024
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.
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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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