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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 dates13,050Searchable applications
281Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 11,274 approved or refused records
1,107Refused applications
10,167 approved · 1,107 refused · 809 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0872/FUL/15
Installation of a BT Broadband Cabinet (grid ref. 307378 672415)
2 Globe Park Broxburn West Lothian EH52 6EF
Received 25 Nov 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0854/FUL/15
Formation of the site access and associated works in relation to the Planning Permission in Principle ref: 0487/P/10 for the erection of a 10 Ha residential development (grid ref. 303882 664257)
Land At Limefields - West Of Brucefield Ind Park Polbeth West Lothian
Received 13 Nov 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0685/FUL/15
Formation of nature trail with associated extension to zoo boundary (grid ref. 302629 664564)
Five Sisters Zoo, U37 - C26 To Polbeth Road, West Calder, EH55 8PT
Received 10 Sept 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0180/H/16
Two storey extension to house, installation of a dormer window and erection of a garage (grid ref. 289679 667224)
39 Hillside Drive, Blackridge, EH48 3SL
Received 11 Mar 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0792/H/15
Erection of a wall (in retrospect) (grid ref. 296049 668124)
56 Falside Crescent, Bathgate, EH48 2DN
Received 8 Oct 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0653/FUL/15
Erection of gibbon house, burger building, re-location of ice cream building and catering unit with associated outdoor seating area (grid ref. 302452 664441)
Five Sisters Zoo, U37 - C26 To Polbeth Road, West Calder, EH55 8PT
Received 23 Jul 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0814/A/15
Erection of a hanging sign, fascia sign and vinyl window signage (grid ref. 300108 677092)
Football And Cricketers Arms, 111 High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7EJ
Received 2 Nov 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0830/FUL/15
Erection of a house (grid ref. 305499 675653)
Land At Old Edinburgh Road, Threemiletown, Linlithgow
Received 3 Nov 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0776/H/15
Two storey extension to house (grid ref. 308108 674127)
Clova Cottage, Faulcheldean, Winchburgh, EH52 6PS
Received 8 Oct 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0643/FUL/16
Change of use from post office (class 1) to form part of existing adjoining house and replacement of shopfront with windows (Grid Ref: 297877 662675)
59-61 Main Street, Stoneyburn EH47 8BY
Received 25 Jul 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0279/FUL/16
Widening of road to allow access for abnormal loads to Drumduff Wind Farm (grid ref. 290024 670089)
Heights Road, Blackridge
Received 25 Apr 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0912/CLU/15
Replacement of conservatory roof (Grid Ref 305101 664944)
32 Tantallon Gardens, Bellsquarry, Livingston, EH54 9AT
Received 15 Dec 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0746/H/15
Extension to house (grid ref. 311247 667156)
49 Roosevelt Road, Kirknewton, EH27 8AD
Received 1 Oct 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0744/FUL/15
Installation of 3 air conditioning units (grid ref. 300220 677229)
Burgh Halls, The Cross, Linlithgow, EH49 7EY
Received 30 Sept 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0086/LBC/16
Listed Building Consent for alterations to building (Grid Ref 298930 676674)
27 The Maltings, Linlithgow, EH49 6DS
Received 1 Feb 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0061/H/16
Extension to house (grid ref. 298411 668589)
10 Marchwood Avenue, Bathgate, EH48 1DB
Received 28 Jan 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0081/FUL/16
Change of use from vacant land to Clay shooting range, (Class 11) with associated footpaths, car parks, stands and porta cabin (Grid ref 307766 677536)
Land North Of Hopetoun Farm Shop, Hopetoun Wood, Newton EH52 6QZ
Received 1 Feb 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0668/H/15
Extension to house (grid ref. 307562 667678)
4 School Lane, Mid Calder, EH53 0AT
Received 11 Sept 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0322/FUL/14
Sub division of upper floor flat to form 2 flats (grid ref. 297081 669091)
51-53 Mill Road, Bathgate, EH48 4JH
Received 19 May 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0502/P/14
Planning Permission in Principle for 0.31Ha residential Development (grid ref. 298807 677129)
Falkirk Road, Linlithgow, EH49 7PN
Received 8 Jul 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0612/LBC/15
Listed Building Consent to increase height of railway boundary wall (grid ref. 299984 676972)
Union Road, Linlithgow
Received 19 Aug 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0771/H/15
Two storey extension to house (grid ref. 305740 664803)
3 Roy Drive, Murieston, Livingston, EH54 9HY
Received 7 Oct 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0768/TCA/15
Felling to ground level of 3 trees (grid ref. 296682 672208)
Fir Park, Westfield Road, Torphichen, EH48 4LR
Received 12 Oct 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0846/FUL/15
Installation of 1 no. external air conditioning unit on flat roof at rear of building (grid ref. 297483, 668820)
48 George Street, Bathgate, EH48 1PD
Received 11 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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