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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 dates13,020Searchable applications
280Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 11,247 approved or refused records
1,104Refused applications
10,143 approved · 1,104 refused · 807 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0022/H/16
Two storey extension to house (Grid ref - 300632 676789)
34 Clarendon Road, Linlithgow, EH49 6AN
Received 12 Jan 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0040/FUL/16
Erection of public art, interpretation panel and associated fencing (grid ref. 294624 665054)
Market Place, Armadale Road, Whitburn, EH47 0QY
Received 14 Jan 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0088/P/17
Erection of a dwellinghouse (Grid Ref: 308857, 669835)
Bieldside Poultry Farm, Broxburn, EH52 5PE
Received 31 Jan 2017 - DecidedLIVE/0122/FUL/16
Installation of a switching station kiosk with associated access and fencing (grid ref. 293660 667803)
Upper Bathville, Armadale
Received 12 Feb 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0932/H/15
Installation of dormer window and replacement conservatory roof (grid ref. 293486 660397)
11 Greenburn Road, Fauldhouse, EH47 9HJ
Received 15 Dec 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0852/FUL/15
Temporary widening of road to allow access for abnormal loads to Pearie Law Wind Farm (grid ref. 303947 663519)
C24 (Dovetshill Bend), West Calder
Received 13 Nov 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0935/MSC/15
Approval of matters specified in conditions of planning permission 0524/P/09 for extension to principle street along part of front of areas LKe & LKf (grid ref. 309364 668518)
Calderwood, East Calder, EH53
Received 17 Dec 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0097/P/16
Planning permission in principle for a 0.52ha residential development, as amended to not exceed 4 dwelling houses (grid ref. 307091 672000)
Acredale West Main Street Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5LJ
Received 9 Dec 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0214/FUL/16
Application under section 42 to vary condition 1 of planning approval 0523/ARM/09 to extend the timescale to begin the development (Grid Ref 293189 664427)
Site Adjacent To Polkemmet Road And Dixon Terrace, Whitburn
Received 30 Mar 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0867/FUL/15
Change of use from council information service area to new public library (Grid Ref 307254 671943)
Strathbrock Partnership Centre, 189A West Main Street, Broxburn, EH52 5LU
Received 26 Nov 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0907/H/15
Installation of a satellite dish (grid ref. 300849 677067)
28 St Magdalenes, Linlithgow, EH49 6AQ
Received 25 Nov 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0905/FUL/15
Installation of a substation (grid ref. 297334 664289)
Mosshall Farm, Blackburn, EH47 7DB
Received 9 Dec 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0834/H/15
Erection of a two storey, side extension (grid ref. 299206, 676425)
36 Braehead Drive Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6EG
Received 10 Nov 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0847/FUL/15
Change of use from storage facility to form meeting rooms, training suites and associated office facilities ( grid ref 305271, 666843)
Arrochar House, Almondvale Boulevard, Almondvale, Livingston, EH54 6QJ
Received 10 Nov 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0879/H/15
Extension to house (grid ref. 296870 672450)
Cedar Lodge, 4 Bowyett, Torphichen, EH48 4LZ
Received 30 Nov 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0177/FUL/16
Renewal of planning application 0294/FUL/12 for the erection of a house (grid ref. 300166 676880)
Jemern 6B Friars Brae Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6BQ
Received 8 Mar 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0204/TPO/16
Maintenance of numerous trees (grid ref. 306187 665624)
Bankton House Hotel, Murieston, Livingston, EH54 9AQ
Received 8 Mar 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0116/H/16
Extension to house (grid ref. 302891 668687)
34 Huntly Avenue, Deans, Livingston, EH54 8EX
Received 9 Feb 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0103/H/16
two storey extension to house (Grid ref 303666 667622)
1 Oldwood Place, Eliburn, Livingston, EH54 6TF
Received 9 Feb 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0931/FUL/15
Erection of a temporary sales area including sales cabin, car parking and associated landscaping (grid ref. 301691 663305)
Cleuchbrae, West Calder
Received 17 Dec 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0926/MSC/15
Application for approval of matters specified in conditions of planning permission 0773/P/11 for a residential development of 55 houses including access road, parking and landscaping (grid ref. 304274 667244)
Buchanan House, Kirkton Road North, Livingston, EH54 6AA
Received 17 Dec 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0923/ACT/15
Prior approval for redecking OB 070/020
Ob 070/020, Niddry Castle, Winchburgh
Received 17 Dec 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0016/TPO/16
Maintenance of woodland strips (Grid ref - 302198 669252)
Land At Middlewood Park, Livingston
Received 11 Jan 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0866/A/15
Erection of a free standing sign (grid ref. 304561 667299)
11 Quarrywood Court, Livingston Village, Livingston, EH54 6AZ
Received 26 Nov 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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