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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 dates12,724Searchable applications
277Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 10,991 approved or refused records
1,076Refused applications
9,915 approved · 1,076 refused · 788 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0161/P/16
Planning permission in principle for a 0.48 ha residential development (Grid Ref 307238 669595)
Land To The South Of Drumshoreland Road And James Young House Drumshoreland Road Pumpherston West Lothian
Received 15 Feb 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0168/A/16
Erection of 3 illuminated and non illuminated signs (Grid Ref 305681 667714)
The Salvation Army, Kingsport Avenue, Livingston, EH54 6BA
Received 7 Mar 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0737/FUL/15
Installation of a BT Broadband Cabinet (grid ref. 300503 677116)
Station Road, High Port, Linlithgow
Received 23 Sept 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0282/H/16
Erection of a porch (Grid Ref 299387 677108)
50 Highfield Crescent, Linlithgow, EH49 7BG
Received 21 Apr 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0005/FUL/16
Change of use from joinery workshop (class 5) to allow sale of cars, car repairs, implementation of an MOT testing facility and construction of boundary fences (in retrospect) (grid ref. 307121 668452)
4 Letham Holdings Pumpherston Road Mid Calder Livingston West Lothian EH53 0HP
Received 5 Jan 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0236/FUL/16
Formation of secure entrance area including access ramp and step (grid ref. 293511 668395)
Armadale Primary School, Academy Street, Armadale, EH48 3JD
Received 1 Apr 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0223/H/16
Extension to house (Grid Ref 303968 667872)
100 Aller Place Eliburn Livingston West Lothian EH54 6RG
Received 31 Mar 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0216/CLU/16
Certificate of lawfulness for a single storey extension to house (Grid Ref 304992 665423)
54 Bankton Brae Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9LA
Received 1 Apr 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0124/FUL/16
Part change of use of function suite to form hotel bedrooms, extension to form restaurant, extension to stair enclosure, replacement windows and alterations to building(grid ref 296723 672359)
Torphichen Inn, 7 The Square, Torphichen, EH48 4LY
Received 22 Jan 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0179/H/16
Extension to house (grid ref. 304273 666627)
43 Kaims Brae, Livingston Village, Livingston, EH54 7DT
Received 11 Mar 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0083/FUL/16
Erection of a secondary school to replace the existing West Calder High School with swimming pool, floodlight multi-use games area and grass pitch for school and community use (grid ref. 302463 663347)
Land To The East Of Parkhead Primary School, Harburn Road, West Calder, EH55 8AH
Received 1 Feb 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0902/H/15
Two storey extension to house (grid ref 304596 665072)
26 Calder Road, Bellsquarry, EH54 9AA
Received 9 Dec 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0169/FUL/16
Installation of a diesel generator with associated compound and enclosure (Grid ref 304059 666361)
4 Michaelson Square, Kirkton Campus, Livingston, EH54 7DP
Received 7 Mar 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0127/FUL/16
Change of use to form band practice/live music room (renewal of planning permission 0399/FUL/14) (grid ref. 297533 668707)
Purple Orange, 7A/B Union Road, Bathgate, EH48 1NS
Received 19 Jan 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0038/FUL/16
Change of use from summer house to beauticians (class 2) (grid ref. 304035 666565)
43 Kaims Place, Livingston Village, Livingston, EH54 7DX
Received 19 Jan 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0014/H/16
Formation of pitched roof over existing flat roof, erection of office building and conservatory entrance (Grid ref 304975 669116)
78A Barclay Way, Knightsridge, Livingston, EH54 8EZ
Received 5 Jan 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0100/FUL/16
Erection of a house (grid ref. 292617 671187)
Plot 4, Craigengall Farm Crofts, Westfield
Received 4 Feb 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0166/A/16
Erection of a free standing signboard (Grid ref 298595 677714)
Land At Mill Road Industrial Estate, Linlithgow Bridge, EH49 7SF
Received 8 Mar 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0158/TCA/16
Felling down to ground level of 10 trees and crown reduction of 1 tree.(Grid ref 300889 677573)
Kinlochview Retirement Home, Blackness Road, Linlithgow, GH49 7HT
Received 12 Jan 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0231/FUL/16
Erection of a house (grid ref. 296228 669392)
Eastoun Farm, Easton Road, Bathgate, EH48 2HG
Received 21 Mar 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0603/H/15
Two storey extension to house (grid ref. 299468 668064)
28 Starlaw Avenue, Bathgate, EH48 1LJ
Received 6 Aug 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0307/A/16
Erection of a fascia (Grid ref 294543 664964)
33A West Main Street, Whitburn, EH47 0QD
Received 6 May 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0099/FUL/16
Conversion of public house to form 3 houses (grid ref. 295439 664271)
Blaeberryhill Inn Blaeberryhill Road Whitburn West Lothian EH47 8EY
Received 4 Feb 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0090/CLU/16
Extension to house (Grid Ref 309001 666900)
119 Langton View East Calder Livingston West Lothian EH53 0RB
Received 4 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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