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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 dates12,016Searchable applications
275Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 10,340 approved or refused records
1,010Refused applications
9,330 approved · 1,010 refused · 750 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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
- DecidedLIVE/0808/FUL/16
Replacement of shop front window and fascia board and installation of 100mm diameter extraction duct (Grid Ref: 300268, 677169)
102 High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7AQ
Received 1 Dec 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0051/CLU/17
Alterations to conservatory to form sunroom (Grid Ref:305966, 665123)
13 Teviot Drive Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9JW
Received 12 Jan 2017 - DecidedLIVE/0068/AGR/17
Prior notification for the erection of an agricultural building (Grid Ref: 296493, 672470)
Land To West Of Priors Grange Torphichen
Received 24 Jan 2017 - DecidedLIVE/0680/FUL/16
Erection of a house with office accommodation (Class 4) (Grid Ref: 295314, 661646)
Burnhead, B7015 - A706 To Cannop Crescent, Stoneyburn EH47 9AB
Received 4 Oct 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0028/CLU/17
Internal alterations and replacement window to front elevation (Grid Ref: 305174, 664983)
41 Tantallon Gardens Bellsquarry Livingston West Lothian EH54 9AT
Received 22 Dec 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0109/FUL/16
Erection of 12 cottage flats with associated road and parking (grid ref. 298198 663008)
Foulshiels Road, Stoneyburn
Received 1 Feb 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0822/H/16
Installation of a dormer (Grid Ref:296620, 672448)
13 Priors Grange, Torphichen, EH48 4QN
Received 24 Nov 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0026/FUL/17
Erection of 11 class 4,5 & 6 business/industrial units with associated parking and landscaping (Grid Ref: 306525, 671347)
Uphall Business Park, Uphall, Broxburn, West Lothian, EH52 5NT
Received 22 Dec 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0708/AGR/16
Prior Notification for the erection of a 6m x 12m propagation greenhouse (Grid Ref: 312186, 667962)
12 Humbie Holdings, U31 - Humbie Smallholdings To C29, EH27 8DS
Received 26 Oct 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0045/TPO/17
Felling to ground level of two trees (Grid Ref: 306144, 665606)
Bankton Cottage 5A Bankton Glade Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9DG
Received 2 Dec 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0017/FUL/17
Change of use from care home (class 8) to private dwellinghouse (class 9) (Grid Ref: 299508, 676951)
Ashley Hall, Ashley Hall Gardens, Linlithgow, EH49 7DN
Received 19 Dec 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0038/H/17
Extension to house (Grid Ref: 289389, 667241)
Blackridge Farm Home Farm Steadings Blackridge Bathgate West Lothian EH48 3SG
Received 4 Jan 2017 - DecidedLIVE/0818/FUL/16
Sub-division of existing class 1 (shops) unit to create 2 additional class 1 (shops) units with associated installation of new shopfront (Grid Ref:298537, 665770)
2 The Mill Centre (Sycamore Walk), Bathgate Road, Blackburn, EH47 7LH
Received 6 Dec 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0820/FUL/16
Sub-division and change of use to form class 6 (storage/distribution) unit with formation of roller shutter door and escape door (Grid Ref: 298552, 666742)
14A Blackburn Road, Bathgate, EH48 2EY
Received 8 Dec 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0037/H/17
Extension to house (Grid Ref:297840, 662858)
10 Elizabeth Gardens Stoneyburn Bathgate West Lothian EH47 8BP
Received 5 Jan 2017 - DecidedLIVE/0036/H/17
Extension to house (Grid Ref: 305027, 664800)
3 Saltcoats Gardens Bellsquarry Livingston West Lothian EH54 9JD
Received 23 Dec 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0005/LBC/17
Internal alterations to listed building (Grid Ref: 300203, 677095)
Linlithgow Partnership Centre 93 High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7EZ
Received 7 Dec 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0016/FUL/17
Extensions to provide new nursery and extended meeting room, conversion of existing nursery to offices and refurbishment works to library (Grid Ref: 293806, 668883)
Armadale Community Education Centre North Street Armadale Bathgate West Lothian EH48 3QB
Received 8 Dec 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0035/H/17
Extension to house (Grid Ref: 296713, 672709)
18 Greenside Torphichen Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4NB
Received 23 Dec 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0027/H/17
Extension to house (Grid Ref: 296814, 668161)
46 Young Crescent Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2SL
Received 22 Dec 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0015/FUL/17
Change of use from business use (Class 4) to leisure use (Class 11) (Grid Ref: 303384, 668627)
24A Carmondean Centre South, Carmondean, Livingston, EH54 8TD
Received 16 Dec 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0008/H/17
Erection of a fence (Grid Ref: 305898, 671872)
Gowan Bank 15 Ecclesmachan Road Uphall Broxburn West Lothian EH52 6DD
Received 15 Dec 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0821/H/16
Extension to house (Grid Ref: 293799, 667504)
43 Station Road, Bathville, Armadale, EH48 3LQ
Received 9 Dec 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0041/H/17
Extension to house and erection of outbuilding (in retrospect) (Grid Ref: 309237, 667105)
67 Overton Crescent East Calder Livingston West Lothian EH53 0RJ
Received 4 Jan 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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