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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 dates11,959Searchable applications
276Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 10,288 approved or refused records
1,002Refused applications
9,286 approved · 1,002 refused · 747 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Feb 2013 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- DecidedLIVE/0135/H/17
Erection of covered decking (in retrospect) (Grid Ref: 294964, 668257)
8 Mallace Avenue Armadale Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2QE
Received 3 Feb 2017 - DecidedLIVE/0417/PO/17
Application for the discharge of planning obligation relating to planning permission 0055/02 (Grid Ref: 299223, 670991)
Mounteerie, Knock Farm, C12 - Quarter To C9, Bathgate EH48 4NP
Received 23 May 2017 - DecidedLIVE/0060/FUL/17
Erection of dormers on Steading C and velux windows on Steading B, as an amendment to approval 0173/FUL/14 (Grid Ref: 307802, 674892)
Former Glendevon Farm (Glendevon Farm Place / Lane) Winchburgh EH52 6PX
Received 9 Jan 2017 - DecidedLIVE/0130/H/17
Installation of a dormer (Grid Ref: 311904, 667961)
14 Kirknewton West Lothian EH27 8DS
Received 3 Feb 2017 - DecidedLIVE/0081/H/17
Extension to house (Grid Ref: 296621, 666954)
4 Inchcross Drive Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2HD
Received 26 Jan 2017 - Decided0232/FUL/18
Extension to hard standing and erection of retaining walls, gates and fencing
Unit 22, 155 East Main Street Broxburn EH52 5AS
Received 12 Jan 2017 - DecidedLIVE/0108/LBC/17
Extension to car park (Grid Ref: 294855, 665021)
Brucefield Parish Church East Main Street Whitburn Bathgate West Lothian EH47 0RD
Received 3 Feb 2017 - DecidedLIVE/0125/MSC/17
Application for Matters Specified in Conditions 1 and 2 of permission 0080/P/16 in respect of the erection of a retail store with associated car parking, servicing and landscaping (grid ref. 309128 672310)
Land At East Main Street, Broxburn
Received 6 Feb 2017 - DecidedLIVE/0296/CLU/17
Extension to car ports to create double garages (Grid Ref:294954, 662404)
95 Curling Pond Lane Longridge Bathgate West Lothian EH47 8FD
Received 15 Mar 2017 - DecidedLIVE/0124/FUL/17
Erection of house with detached garage/annex accommodation (Grid Ref: 299594, 660285)
14 West Mains Crofts, Addiewell, West Calder, EH55 8LD
Received 6 Feb 2017 - DecidedLIVE/0261/FUL/17
Extension to nursery (Grid Ref: 294155, 667287)
Wee Gems Nursery, 2 Southdale Avenue, Armadale, EH48 3AA
Received 16 Mar 2017 - DecidedLIVE/0099/FUL/17
Re-grading and landscaping of land to create stable embankment following the removal of OB 285/126 (Grid Ref: 302407, 663559)
Overbridge 285/126, Parkhead, West Calder
Received 2 Feb 2017 - DecidedLIVE/0234/P/17
Planning Permission in Principle for the erection of a house and formation of a market garden and stables (Grid Ref: 307794, 673663)
1 Bethany Home Farm North Greendykes Road Broxburn West Lothian EH52 6PN
Received 24 Nov 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0066/CLU/17
Certificate of lawfulness for conversion of garage to utility room (Grid Ref: 305820, 664901)
28 Rothes Drive Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9HR
Received 19 Jan 2017 - Decided0603/FUL/17
Erection of a 75 sqm storage unit (class 6) and alterations to car park (In retrospect) (Grid Ref: 306043, 669855)
2 Muir Place Houston Industrial Estate Livingston West Lothian EH54 5BF
Received 15 Feb 2017 - DecidedLIVE/0151/FUL/17
Conversion of and extension to farm buildings to form 2 houses and erection of 3 houses (Grid ref. 296215 673489)
Wester Woodside Farm Torphichen Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6QE
Received 9 Feb 2017 - DecidedLIVE/0048/FUL/17
Roughcasting of 2 houses (Grid Ref:296541, 672644)
11 Priorscroft Torphichen Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4NG
Received 4 Jan 2017 - DecidedLIVE/0090/FUL/17
Change of use from class 1 (shop) to class 10 (non-residential institutions) including studio space for local artists (Grid Ref:300110, 677152)
30 The Vennel Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7EX
Received 26 Jan 2017 - DecidedLIVE/0086/CLU/17
Proposed replacement entrance door (Grid Ref: 308177, 672239)
Post Office 3 East Main Street Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5AA
Received 26 Jan 2017 - DecidedLIVE/0077/CLU/17
Certificate of lawfulness for garage conversion (Grid Ref: 296148, 668808)
23 Hope Park Gardens Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2QT
Received 26 Jan 2017 - DecidedLIVE/0170/H/17
Extension to House (Grid Ref: 305855, 664888)
12 Rothes Drive Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9HR
Received 23 Feb 2017 - DecidedLIVE/0163/TPO/17
Felling to ground level of 1 tree (grid ref. 299153 677342)
10 Longcroft Gardens Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7RR
Received 1 Mar 2017 - DecidedLIVE/0134/P/17
Erection of a house with associated works (Grid Ref: 298359, 676986)
Burghmills House 10 Burgh Mills Lane Linlithgow Bridge Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7TA
Received 14 Feb 2017 - DecidedLIVE/0172/H/17
Extension to house (Grid Ref: 295395, 664270)
1 Glenalmond Court Whitburn Bathgate West Lothian EH47 8PE
Received 24 Feb 2017
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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