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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 dates14,378Searchable applications
282Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 12,478 approved or refused records
1,193Refused applications
11,285 approved · 1,193 refused · 902 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 May 2010 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0762/FUL/14
Change of use from General Industrial (Class 5) to a Weightlifting Gym (Class 11) (grid ref. 306330 669719)
5 Napier Square, Houston Industrial Estate, Livingston, EH54 5DG
Received 23 Oct 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0861/LBC/14
Listed Building Consent for installation of overhead line equipment on viaduct and ancillary alterations (grid ref. 310576 672525)
7 Arch, Ub 070/016, Almond Valley Viaduct, Over A89, Broxburn
Received 4 Dec 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0664/FUL/14
Change of use from telephone relay station to storage yard and formation of turning facility, car parking and hardstanding areas (grid ref. 300330 668661)
Former Telephone Relay Station, Near Boghall Roundabout, Bathgate
Received 28 Aug 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0851/FUL/14
Extension to servicing yard, erection of a paliside security fence and new door openings to building (grid ref. 298710 666854)
Unit 8, 12 Easter Inch Industrial Estate, Easter Inch Se Access Road, Bathgate, EH48 2FH
Received 27 Nov 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0860/ACT/14
Prior approval for installation of overhead line equipment (grid ref. 310578 672527)
7 Arch, Ub 070/016, Almond Valley Railway Viaduct, Broxburn
Received 4 Dec 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0768/H/14
Extension to house and conversion of garage to form habitable room (grid ref. 307099 671624)
83 Badger Park, Broxburn, EH52 5GY
Received 29 Oct 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0800/H/14
Extension to house (grid ref. 305995 672319)
Rosemount, 38 Ecclesmachan Road, Uphall, EH52 6JR
Received 5 Nov 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0152/FUL/14
Erection of a 74m high (to blade tip) wind turbine (grid ref. 296865 666470)
Aldi Distribution Centre, Pottishaw Road, Bathgate, EH48 2FB
Received 27 Feb 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0681/CLU/14
Certificate of Lawfulness for conversion of garage to form habitable room (grid ref. 300128 672404)
Tartraven Cottage, C18 - U14 To U15, Bathgate, EH48 4NP
Received 23 Sept 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0712/A/14
Erection of a fascia sign and projecting sign (grid ref. 300248 677168)
114 High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7AQ
Received 9 Oct 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0832/FUL/14
Extension to hot food takeaway including relocation of 2 no. extract flues and removal of existing internal stair to first floor flat, erect new external stair to first floor flat with store under stair landing and alter position of 1 no. first floor window (Grid ref. 301514 663015)
92/94 Main Street, West Calder, EH55 8DX
Received 20 Nov 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0048/H/15
Extension to house (grid ref. 303300 667197)
36 Lochshot Place, Eliburn, Livingston, EH54 6SJ
Received 28 Jan 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0685/A/14
Erection of a fascia sign (grid ref. 309224 675056)
Winchburgh Day Centre, Main Street, Winchburgh, EH52 6RB
Received 24 Sept 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0908/H/14
Extension to house (grid ref. 303609 667260)
11 Housepark Place, Eliburn, Livingston, EH54 7EU
Received 18 Dec 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0773/H/14
Extension to house (grid ref. 302035 677316)
110 Bailielands, Linlithgow, EH49 7TF
Received 23 Oct 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0349/FUL/11
Erection of 173 (amended from 181) houses with associated access, open space and landscaping (grid ref. 301605 663842)
Site J, Mossend, West Calder, EH55 8PV
Received 25 May 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0750/H/14
Installation of replacement windows and doors (grid ref. 305567 671561)
Millbank Cottage, 5 Station Road, Uphall, EH52 5DT
Received 23 Oct 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0900/H/14
Replacement of conservatory roof and erection of a garage (grid ref. 299647 677144)
2 St Ninian's Way, Linlithgow, EH49 7BU
Received 27 Nov 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0849/FUL/14
Erection of a statue (grid ref. 300152 677282)
Linlithgow Palace, Kirkgate, Linlithgow, EH49 7AL
Received 27 Nov 2014 - Awaiting decisionLIVE/0006/PAC/15
Proposal of Application Notice for a residential development with ancillary works and access (grid ref. 308882 672087)
Land Formely Known As Vion Factory Site 50M To The South Of East Main Street Broxburn West Lothian
Received 8 Jan 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0904/CLU/14
Erection of triple garage and car port (grid ref. 295854 668431)
4 Sibbalds Brae, Bathgate, EH48 2DU
Received 22 Dec 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0776/H/14
Two storey extension and extension to house (grid ref. 301516 677366)
45 Bells Burn Avenue, Linlithgow, EH49 7LD
Received 5 Nov 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0815/FUL/14
Erection of 2 holiday log cabins (grid ref. 300675 660551)
Land At 4 West Harwood Crofts, West Calder, EH55 8LT
Received 12 Nov 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0604/FUL/14
Installation of a dormer and velux windows (grid ref. 298779 675369)
Chestnut Cottage, 5 A706 - Garage House To Woodcockdale, Linlithgow, EH49 6QF
Received 28 Aug 2014
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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