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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 dates12,897Searchable applications
279Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 11,143 approved or refused records
1,092Refused applications
10,051 approved · 1,092 refused · 796 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 31 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0314/FUL/16
Change of use from3 flats to form a house (grid ref. 300401 677135)
36 High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7AE
Received 22 Apr 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0032/H/15
Formation of a driveway (grid ref. 301154 662823)
21 Burngrange Cottages, West Calder, EH55 8EW
Received 5 Dec 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0003/H/16
Extension to house (grid ref. 296675 668408)
30 Meadowpark Avenue, Bathgate, EH48 2SU
Received 5 Jan 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0002/CLU/16
Conversion of garage to form habitable room (grid ref. 308077 675335)
Plot 61, Millcraig Road, Winchburgh, EH52 6WF
Received 5 Jan 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0857/TCA/15
Crown reduction of 1 tree (grid ref. 299368 676927)
Fairway, Falkirk Road, Linlithgow, EH49 7BA
Received 19 Nov 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0844/A/15
Display of an internally illuminated fascia pod sign and internally illuminated fascia text sign to replace existing fascia signage (grid ref 297483, 668820)
48 George Street, Bathgate, EH48 1PD
Received 9 Nov 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0821/H/15
Extensions to house (grid ref. 305138 664467)
6 Bervie Drive, Murieston, Livingston, EH54 9HA
Received 3 Nov 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0025/TCA/16
Various works to trees (grid ref- 306945 666924)
Sommers Park, Mid Calder
Received 12 Jan 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0855/H/15
Formation of a new access (grid ref. 303527 671775)
Craig Binning, Dechmont EH52 6NB
Received 16 Nov 2015 - RegisteredLIVE/0836/HHN/15
Application for high hedge notice (grid ref. 300376, 676853)
Rockville Lodge 5 Manse Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6AJ
Received 9 Nov 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0929/H/15
Extension to house and formation of raised decking (grid ref. 300905 662761)
15 Burngrange Gardens, West Calder, EH55 8ES
Received 18 Dec 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0008/FUL/16
Change of use and alterations to outbuilding to form a house (grid ref. 301525 661411)
Little Harwood Farm, West Calder EH55 8LE
Received 5 Jan 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0011/FUL/16
Demolition of existing building and erection of a 680 sqm building with associated access (grid ref. 306851 668707)
Atc Centre, Maple Grove, Craigshill, Livingston, EH54 5JE
Received 5 Jan 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0772/FUL/15
Installation of dutch canopies and painting of shop front (grid ref. 300440 677139)
20 High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7AE
Received 12 Oct 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0010/FUL/16
Erection of 3 houses (Grid ref 308662 677382)
Land Adjacent To 10 Winchburgh Road, Woodend, Newton
Received 5 Jan 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0181/H/16
Two storey extension to house and erection of a porch (grid ref. 296311 661768)
6 Stoneheap Crofts Cannop Crescent Stoneyburn Bathgate West Lothian EH47 8BX
Received 11 Mar 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0876/FUL/15
Alterations to building to form fire escape stairs (grid ref. 296564 667167)
Johnston Fuels Ltd., Whitburn Road, Bathgate
Received 19 Nov 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0930/HHN/15
Application for high hedge notice (grid ref. 293467 668314)
Belmont, 46 High Academy Street, Armadale, EH48 3JE
Received 18 Dec 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0775/LBC/15
Listed building consent for painting of shop front and installation of 2 canopies (grid ref. 300441 677140)
20 High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7AE
Received 28 Sept 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0647/H/15
Installation of replacment windows and doors (grid ref. 308338 660905)
Wester Causewayend House, Wester Causewayend, A70 - B7008 To Wester Causewayend, Kirknewton, EH27 8DH
Received 31 Aug 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0842/TCA/15
Felling to ground level of one spruce tree ( grid ref. 307919 672234)
34 West Main Street Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5RJ
Received 11 Nov 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0840/P/15
Planning permission in principle for a 12.9 ha residential development with associated landscaping, roads, cycleways and footpaths (grid ref 306113, 670752)
Land Near Uphall Railway Station, Uphall Business Park, Uphall EH52 5NT
Received 9 Nov 2015 - UnknownLIVE/0845/P/15
Planning permission in principle for the erection of 6 houses (grid ref. 309295 667800)
Raw Holdings, East Calder, EH53
Received 11 Nov 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0033/AGR/16
Prior notification for the erection of a 50 sqm stable (grid ref. 294679 671557)
Six Acre Field, Kinnenhill Bridge, Westfield, West Lothian
Received 18 Dec 2015
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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