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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 dates14,170Searchable applications
282Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 12,289 approved or refused records
1,183Refused applications
11,106 approved · 1,183 refused · 884 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 Mar 2011 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0727/LBC/14
Listed Building Consent for internal alterations (grid ref. 300209 677136)
Annexe Building, County Buildings, High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7EZ
Received 15 Oct 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0802/FUL/15
Installation of a telecommunications cabinet (grid ref. 307057 667026)
Footpath At 1 Kennedie Park, Mid Calder
Received 29 Oct 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0312/PO/15
Application for the modification of the planning obligation relating to planning permission 0869/04 to omit the clauses 1.0 to 1.3 referring to occupation restrictions (grid ref. 305939 675734)
17 Canal Court, Threemiletown, EH49 6LZ
Received 23 Apr 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0025/CLU/15
Conversion of garage to form habitable room (grid ref. 295855 672607)
The Granary 1 Wallhouse Farm Steading Torphichen West Lothian EH48 4NQ
Received 8 Jan 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0013/H/15
Extension to house (grid ref. 301439 677355)
27 Bells Burn Avenue, Linlithgow, EH49 7LD
Received 8 Jan 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0184/FUL/15
Erection of a house, indoor horse arena and stables (grid ref. 293590 670104)
Plot 10, Woodbank Crofts, Westfield, Bathgate
Received 13 Jan 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0165/A/15
Erection of window graphics (grid ref. 300574 677201)
22 Regent Centre, Blackness Road, Linlithgow, EH49 7HU
Received 3 Mar 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0161/FUL/15
Formation of an artificial sports pitch, installation of fencing and floodlighting (as amended to delete floodlighting) (grid ref. 307317 672518)
Broxburn Academy, Galmeilen, Broxburn, EH52 6AG
Received 19 Feb 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0068/FUL/15
Application under Section 42 to develop land without complying with condition 1 of planning permission 0521/FUL/14 for extension to existing car park with associated works and erection of a boundary fence (delete temporary permission restriction) (grid ref. 297249 668486)
McDonalds, Whitburn Avenue, Bathgate, EH48 2RA
Received 27 Jan 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0136/H/15
Extension to garage to form ancillary residential accommodation (grid ref. 305338 671691)
3 Forkneuk Steadings, Forkneuk Road, Uphall, EH52 6BQ
Received 19 Feb 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0170/FUL/15
Erection of a 393 sqm workshop unit (grid ref. 307643 675200)
Land At Edinburgh Road, Glendevon, By Winchburgh
Received 3 Mar 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0164/EIA/15
EIA screening opinion for the erection of a 77m high (to blade tip) wind turbine (grid ref. 287063 667720)
Bedlormie Mains Farm, Blackridge, EH48 3AG
Received 3 Mar 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0217/A/15
Erection of Sign (in retrospect) (grid ref: 293908 667300)
Land Adjacent To Station Road, Southdale, Armadale
Received 12 Mar 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0076/FUL/15
Change of use from public house to form 2 retail units (grid ref. 293798 669337)
Tap O The Brae, 87 South Street, Armadale, EH48 3EU
Received 27 Jan 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0792/H/14
Installation of replacement windows (grid ref. 302807 663326)
1 Hermand House, B7008 - Shuttlehall To Parkhead Crescent, West Calder, EH55 8QZ
Received 6 Nov 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0139/EIA/15
EIA screening opinion for a wind turbine (grid ref. 299430 660010)
Baad's Mill, Addiewell
Received 19 Feb 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0140/FUL/15
Change of use to form hot food takeaway and erection of an 18 sqm extension and installation of a flue (grid ref. 302633 668778)
1 Glen Road, Deans, Livingston, EH54 8DQ
Received 18 Feb 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0817/H/15
Two storey extension to house (grid ref. 308945 668101)
3 Almond Grove, East Calder, EH53 0HG
Received 2 Nov 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0852/FUL/14
Demolition of salvation army hall and erection of a 345 sqm community hall/church (grid ref. 305684 667709)
The Salvation Army, Kingsport Avenue, Livingston, EH54 6BA
Received 13 Nov 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0880/FUL/14
Erection of a house (grid ref. 289197 667136)
Summerland 42 Main Street Blackridge Bathgate West Lothian EH48 3RJ
Received 10 Dec 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0104/FUL/15
Erection of a 63 sqm extension to office building and formation of garden area (grid ref. 297364 668926)
64-66 North Bridge Street, Bathgate
Received 5 Feb 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0172/H/15
Erection of a porch (grid ref. 297603 667138)
29 Wright Gardens, Bathgate, EH48 2XD
Received 12 Mar 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0146/H/15
Erection of a replacement conservatory (grid ref. 301963 677624)
25 Sheriffs Park, Linlithgow, EH49 7SR
Received 26 Feb 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0029/TPO/15
Crown reduction and crown cleaning of one tree (Grid Ref 300394 676457)
Three Lairds, 17 Manse Road, Linlithgow, EH49 6AU
Received 13 Jan 2015
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.
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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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