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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 dates12,659Searchable applications
277Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 10,932 approved or refused records
1,070Refused applications
9,862 approved · 1,070 refused · 784 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Oct 2012 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0251/H/16
Two storey extension to house (Grid Ref 299900 676535)
17 Priory Road, Linlithgow, EH49 6BP
Received 15 Apr 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0155/FUL/16
Change of use from car park to car wash facility and siting of 2 portacabins with 1 temporary covered valeting bay (Grid ref 604768 66964)
Land At Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
Received 4 Mar 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0221/H/16
Extension to house (Grid Ref 293830 667376)
36 Station Road Bathville Armadale Bathgate West Lothian EH48 3GP
Received 1 Apr 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0217/CLU/16
Certificate of lawfulness for an attic conversion, associated roof lights and re-roofing of existing bay window
6 Cannop Crescent Stoneyburn Bathgate West Lothian EH47 8EF
Received 1 Apr 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0299/P/16
Planning permission in principle for the erection of 70 flats including access, parking, landscaping and associated works (grid ref. 302811 667343)
Land At Appleton Parkway, Eliburn, Livingston, EH54 6GR
Received 28 Apr 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0862/P/15
Planning permission in principle for the erection of a 1.34 ha residential development (grid ref. 303970 675473)
Land Adjacent To Bridgend Golf Club, Bridgend, Linlithgow, EH49 6NW
Received 2 Nov 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0301/H/16
Extension to house (grid ref 301824 664136)
Cauther Ha', C26 - B792 To U37, Polbeth, EH55 8PU
Received 4 May 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0302/CLU/16
Certificate of Lawfulness for the installation of replacement conservatory roof (grid ref. 294400 663849)
13 Netherton Grove, Whitburn, EH47 8JQ
Received 4 May 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0051/H/16
Two storey extension to house (Grid ref 307223 666875)
156 Spottiswoode Gardens, Mid Calder, EH53 0JY
Received 21 Jan 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0253/FUL/16
Change of use from retail unit to house and alterations to building (Grid Ref. 294506 664981)
46 West Main Street, Whitburn, EH47 0QX
Received 15 Apr 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0093/FUL/16
Changes to design and repositioning of an outbuilding (in retrospect) (grid ref. 310334 667500)
11 Milrig, B7031 - Station Road To A71, Kirknewton, EH27 8DE
Received 3 Feb 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0152/FUL/16
Change of use from class 11 (assembly & leisure) to class 2 (beauty salon) (Grid ref 297690 668613)
28A Academy Street, Bathgate, EH48 1DX
Received 3 Mar 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0258/FUL/16
Replacement and relocation of the existing 14.7m high telecommunications monopole with a 15m high monopole and ancillary equipment and installation of an additional equipment cabinet to be stacked on top of existing cabinet (grid ref. 299207 668777)
Marina Road, Bathgate
Received 15 Apr 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0248/FUL/16
Change of use from hairdressers (class 1) to cafe (class 3) (Grid Ref. 303032 664024)
105 Chapelton Drive Polbeth West Calder West Lothian EH55 8SQ
Received 30 Mar 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0651/A/16
Erection of a 8m high flag pole(Grid Ref: 294746, 664699)
Whitburn Cenotaph, Manse Road, Whitburn, EH47 8EZ
Received 19 Sept 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0799/FUL/16
Change of use of warehouse to class 1 retail and alterations to building (grid ref. 298815 677090)
G M Flooring, 30B Falkirk Road, Linlithgow, EH49 7PJ
Received 28 Nov 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0712/H/16
Extension to house (Grid Ref: 302709, 666922)
18 Thirlfield Wynd, Livingston Village, Livingston, EH54 7ES
Received 27 Oct 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0472/FUL/15
Part change of use of council offices to form a Class 10 non-residential use and use of former dwellinghouse as Class 4 office accommodation and installation of an external fire escape (grid ref. 300203 677094)
County Buildings, High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7EZ
Received 30 Jun 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0666/H/16
Two storey extension to house (Grid Ref: 304296, 665366)
25 Lawson Glade, Adambrae, Livingston, EH54 9JT
Received 21 Sept 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0650/FUL/16
Extension to car park (Grid Ref: 287821, 667603)
Blawhorn Moss National Nature Reserve, Blackridge
Received 3 Oct 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0624/FUL/16
Erection of 16 houses with associated works (Grid Ref: 296763, 662073)
Bents Farm 20 Cannop Crescent Stoneyburn Bathgate West Lothian EH47 8EF
Received 19 Sept 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0707/H/16
Erection of a garage (Grid Ref: 299292, 676993)
Whitecroft, Falkirk Road, Linlithgow, EH49 7BA
Received 27 Oct 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0690/TCA/16
Removal of 8 trees (Grid Ref: 300370, 677163)
60A High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7AQ
Received 25 Oct 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0183/H/16
Extension to house (grid ref. 305937 664497)
40 Murieston Park, Murieston, Livingston, EH54 9DU
Received 29 Feb 2016
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.
Planning procedures in Scotland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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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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