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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 dates11,284Searchable applications
256Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 9,690 approved or refused records
967Refused applications
8,723 approved · 967 refused · 714 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Feb 2013 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided1035/FUL/25
Application under Section 42 for same development as planning permission 0795/FUL/21 (Improvement of site infrastructure consisting of demolition of existing buildings, provision of new site surfacing and drainage, construction of buildings for treatment of mixed waste materials, offices & maintenance facilities, installation of additional weighbridge and weighbridge office, and increase in waste management capacity from 75,000 tonnes to 300,000 tonnes per annum) without compliance with conditions to vary condition 1 (duration of permission) to extend the timescale to commence the development
Scotwaste Recycling Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2HR
Received 24 Dec 2025 - Decided1036/FUL/25
Installation of planters and erection of covered seating area
Land Area To The South Of Livingston Village Park Livingston
Received 29 Dec 2025 - Decided1038/CLU/25
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed use of house as short term let
77 Ambrose Rise Dedridge Livingston West Lothian EH54 6JU
Received 29 Dec 2025 - Decided1039/H/25
Replacement of front door and installation of four velux windows to back of property
18 Rockville Grove Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6BZ
Received 30 Dec 2025 - Decided0001/LBC/26
Listed Building Consent for alterations to dwelling, removal of existing dormer window & form 2 new dormer windows, various internal alterations
177B High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7EN
Received 1 Jan 2026 - Decided0002/H/26
Alterations to dwelling, removal of dormer window & formation of 2 new dormer windows
177B High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7EN
Received 1 Jan 2026 - Decided0003/FUL/26
Part change of use of house (class 9) to childminding business
23 Kaimes Crescent Kirknewton West Lothian EH27 8AT
Received 1 Jan 2026 - Decided0004/LBC/26
Listed building consent to replace existing single glazing in windows and doors with slim line double glazing, 12 solar panels to two south facing roofs, add secondary slim line glazing to steel and glass turret windows
1-4 The Steadings Binny Ecclesmachan West Lothian EH52 6NL
Received 1 Jan 2026 - Decided0006/FUL/26
Change of use from house (class 9) to short term let
1 Bonnytoun Cottages Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7LP
Received 5 Jan 2026 - Decided0008/FUL/26
Change of use from house (class 9) to short term let
2 Bonnytoun Cottages Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7LP
Received 5 Jan 2026 - Decided0009/H/26
Extension to house
7 Langton Avenue East Calder West Lothian EH53 0DR
Received 6 Jan 2026 - Decided0010/FUL/26
Erection of a house
Land At Burnvale Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5PA
Received 6 Jan 2026 - Decided0011/PNT/26
Prior notification for the installation of a 25m high telecommuncations monopole supporting 6no. antennas, 4no. 0.6m transmission dishes, with associated cabinets, fencing
Land At Munro And Miller Fittings 3 Westerton Road Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5FF
Received 7 Jan 2026 - Decided0012/H/26
Extension to porch
28 Herd Green Knightsridge Livingston West Lothian EH54 8PU
Received 8 Jan 2026 - Decided0013/FUL/26
Change of use from Class 5 to form a shop (in retrospect) and a hot food takeaway
21B Grange Road Houstoun Industrial Estate Livingston West Lothian EH54 5DE
Received 8 Jan 2026 - Decided0016/FUL/26
Change of use from short term let to house (Class 9)
1 The Square Torphichen West Lothian EH48 4LY
Received 9 Jan 2026 - Decided0018/FUL/26
Substitution of approved house types on all plots [Nos.1 to 59 (inclusive)]
Land East Of Auldhill Road Bridgend West Lothian
Received 9 Jan 2026 - Decided0019/H/26
Extension to house
50 Ochiltree Drive Mid Calder West Lothian EH53 0RX
Received 12 Jan 2026 - Decided0020/FUL/26
Erection of a single storey extension to form a new production kitchen and associated external works and new external door at existing assembly hall
Windyknowe Primary School Windyknowe Crescent Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2BT
Received 12 Jan 2026 - Decided0021/TCA/26
Felling of 1 Oak tree
10 Back Station Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6AD
Received 12 Jan 2026 - Decided0022/TPO/26
Felling of 4 Ash trees (no. 3016, 3017, 3019, 3024), 1 Larch tree (no. 3040) and 1 Beech tree (no. 2753), crown cleaning of 2 Beech trees (no. 2745, 2746), crown reduce 1 Beech tree (no. 3015), remove deadwood of 1 Beech tree (no. 2752) and prune 1 Alder tree (no. 3008)
Land At Charlesfield Road (Cala Pinefields Site) Kirkton Campus Livingston West Lothian EH54 7GW
Received 12 Jan 2026 - Decided0023/H/26
Two storey extension to side and single storey extension to rear of house
29 Hawthorn Bank Seafield West Lothian EH47 7EB
Received 12 Jan 2026 - Decided0024/H/26
Two storey side extension to house
14 Tippet Knowes Park Winchburgh West Lothian EH52 6UJ
Received 13 Jan 2026 - Decided0029/FUL/26
Change of use of site from office and workshop (Class 4 and 5) to repair, maintenance, MOT testing, and display for sale of motorcycles (including ancillary sale of parts, clothing, accessories etc)
Unit 1Telford Square Houstoun Industrial Estate Livingston West Lothian EH54 5PQ
Received 15 Jan 2026
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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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