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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 dates11,901Searchable applications
275Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 10,238 approved or refused records
997Refused applications
9,241 approved · 997 refused · 744 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0472/P/16
Planning permission in principle for a 2.7 ha residential development (grid ref. 294852 668532)
Armadale Greyhound And Sports Stadium Bathgate Road Armadale Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2PD
Received 6 Jun 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0185/H/17
Extension to house (Grid Ref: 309139, 669646)
North Lodge, East Calder, Broxburn, EH52 5PE
Received 10 Mar 2017 - DecidedLIVE/0153/CLU/17
Certificate of lawfulness for the erection of a conservatory (Grid Ref: 307108, 671438)
12 Holmes Holdings Holmes Road Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5NS
Received 20 Feb 2017 - DecidedLIVE/0091/FUL/17
Change of use of industrial unit to gym (class 11) (in retrospect) (Grid Ref: 293616, 664254)
1A Burnhouse Industrial Estate Whitburn Bathgate West Lothian EH47 0LQ
Received 1 Feb 2017 - DecidedLIVE/0098/A/17
Erection of 3 fascia signs on sales cabin, 1 freestanding tri-face sign and 6 flagpole signs (Grid Ref: 297347, 667103)
Simpson Avenue, Wester Inch, Bathgate
Received 27 Jan 2017 - DecidedLIVE/0139/H/17
Extension to house and formation of decking (Grid Ref: 297318, 662428)
3 Knowepark Road Stoneyburn Bathgate West Lothian EH47 8EA
Received 16 Feb 2017 - DecidedLIVE/0089/FUL/17
Change of use from business/warehouse unit to Class 11 (Gymnastics/Fitness Centre) (Grid Ref: 307374, 672024)
Unit 3, Bishopsgate Business Park, Broxburn
Received 1 Feb 2017 - DecidedLIVE/0013/FUL/17
Change of use to pet crematorium including installation of flue (Grid Ref: 298327, 666807)
2D Inchmuir Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2EP
Received 9 Dec 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0062/LBC/17
Listed building consent for erection of various illuminated and non-illuminated sign boards & posts and directional signs (Grid Ref: 304012, 664760)
Brucefield Farm Rutherford Square Brucefield Livingston West Lothian EH54 9BU
Received 17 Jan 2017 - DecidedLIVE/0798/H/16
Extension to house (Grid Ref: 301608, 662840)
55 Hartwood Road, West Calder, EH55 8DG
Received 25 Nov 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0318/FUL/17
Erection of a replacement 17.5m high telecommunications monopole, upgrade of existing cabinet and associated development (Grid Ref: 307357, 677162)
Craigton Field, Abercorn, Newton, EH52 6PZ
Received 17 Feb 2017 - DecidedLIVE/0177/FUL/17
Erection of an industrial shed for workshop/vehicle storage/office use (in retrospect) (Grid Ref: 291270, 670870)
Avonbridge Gas Compressor Station, Gowanbank Quarry, FK1 2JY
Received 13 Feb 2017 - DecidedLIVE/0111/A/17
Erection of illuminated facia signs and lettering (Grid Ref: 305113, 666517)
Prezzo, Unit 32, Almondvale Avenue, Livingston, EH54 6QX
Received 7 Feb 2017 - DecidedLIVE/0070/FUL/17
Erection of 11 houses on plots 38-39 and 62-70 (Grid Ref: 294247, 660832)
Breichwater Place, Fauldhouse, West Lothian, EH47 9LU
Received 6 Jan 2017 - DecidedLIVE/0065/TPO/17
Crown cleaning of 3 trees and entire removal of 1 (Grid Ref: 303744, 666870)
The Manse Of Livingston Charlesfield Lane Livingston West Lothian EH54 7AJ
Received 18 Jan 2017 - DecidedLIVE/0054/FUL/17
Application under Section 42 for the removal of condition 2 on consent 0156/FUL/16 relating to the use of the mezzanine floor (Grid Ref:304868, 666319)
Unit 4, Almondvale Retail Park, Livingston EH54 6QX
Received 21 Dec 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0183/LBC/17
Replacement ground floor windows (Grid Ref: 299939, 677049)
Crown Arms 179 High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7EN
Received 9 Mar 2017 - DecidedLIVE/0069/H/17
Extension to house (Grid Ref: 303649, 676996)
Rosend Philpstoun Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6QZ
Received 24 Jan 2017 - DecidedLIVE/0075/A/17
Erection of fascia signs(Grid Ref: 304703, 666391)
Dunelm (Unit 1) Livingston Retail Park, Almondvale Way, Livingston, EH54 6GA
Received 24 Jan 2017 - DecidedLIVE/0064/FUL/17
Change of use from woodland to caravan site for two static and two touring caravans (in retrospect) (Grid Ref: 308194, 670001)
Peters Lane (Pine Grove) Drumshoreland Road
Received 17 Jan 2017 - DecidedLIVE/0057/H/17
Erection of a new gate (Grid Ref: 300309, 676199)
5 Riccarton Drive Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6EW
Received 16 Jan 2017 - DecidedLIVE/0106/FUL/17
Erection of 2 houses (Grid Ref: 293636 670548)
Bridgecastle Cottages, Bridgehouse, Armadale
Received 16 Jan 2017 - DecidedLIVE/0144/H/17
Extension to house and installation of a flue (Grid Ref: 299165, 677582)
20 Clark Avenue Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7AP
Received 20 Feb 2017 - DecidedLIVE/0214/CLU/17
Certificate of lawfulness for erection of a sunroom (Grid Ref: 300798, 666395)
63 Heatherwood Seafield Bathgate West Lothian EH47 7BX
Received 9 Mar 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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