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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 dates14,256Searchable applications
282Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 12,364 approved or refused records
1,187Refused applications
11,177 approved · 1,187 refused · 894 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0145/H/15
Extensions to house (grid ref. 293010 668799)
22 Glenside Gardens, Armadale, EH48 3RA
Received 26 Feb 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0061/FUL/15
Change of use from childrens' soft play area (Class 11) to general industrial (Class 5) (grid ref. 306147 669240)
Land At Grange Road, Houston Industrial Estate, Livingston, EH54 5DE
Received 27 Jan 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0381/FUL/15
Replace grass pitch with 3G artificial grass pitch with fencing and floodlighting (grid ref. 293170 660922)
Fauldhouse Community Education Centre, Lanrigg Road, Fauldhouse, EH47 9JD
Received 26 Feb 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0252/LBC/15
Listed Building Consent for internal and external alterations to building (grid ref. 301930 663212)
Library Building, 13 Limefield Road, West Calder, EH55 8BQ
Received 10 Apr 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0874/FUL/14
Erection of 3 houses (grid ref. 306042 671753)
8 East Main Street Uphall Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5DA
Received 29 Oct 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0112/H/15
Two storey extension to house (grid ref. 293056 667313)
Netherhouse Cottage, C1 - Southrigg Farm To Netherhouses, EH48 3AW
Received 27 Jan 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0152/FUL/15
Application under Section 42 for the removal of conditions 1 and 2 of planning permission 0604/FUL/13 to allow for trade to the public and formation of a garden centre (grid ref. 304962 670906)
Houstoun Mains Holdings, Uphall
Received 26 Feb 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0283/EIA/15
EIA Scoping Request for a residential development (grid ref. 303105 670828)
Former Bangour Hospital, Dechmont
Received 27 Apr 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0066/H/15
Extension to house and erection of a double garage (grid ref. 308409 658694)
Shepherd's Keep Colzium, U35 - Causewayend To Private Road, Kirknewton, EH27 8DH
Received 27 Jan 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0090/FUL/15
Change of use from shop (class 1) to bureau de change (class 2) (grid ref. 305346 666666)
Unit 314B, The Centre, Livingston
Received 27 Jan 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0113/H/15
Two storey extension to house and formation of pitched roof over existing flat roof (grid ref. 293890 664504)
61 Gateside Road, Whitburn, EH47 0NH
Received 27 Jan 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0017/LBC/15
Listed building consent for alterations to building (grid ref. 303328 666815)
Almond Valley Heritage Centre, Livingston
Received 22 Dec 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0835/LBC/14
Listed Building Consent for the installation of replacement windows (grid ref. 302807 663326)
1 Hermand House, B7008 - Shuttlehall To Parkhead Crescent, West Calder, EH55 8QZ
Received 20 Nov 2014 - UnknownLIVE/0103/PAC/14
Proposal of application notice for a mixed use development including residential, retail, restaurant, business, community facility (Grid Ref. 308894 672107)
Land Formely Known As Vion Factory Site 50M To The South Of East Main Street Broxburn West Lothian
Received 13 Feb 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0074/FUL/15
Erection of a house (Grid ref - 298477 677345)
Avonmill, 57 Mill Road, Linlithgow Bridge, Linlithgow, EH49 7QJ
Received 27 Jan 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0079/H/15
Two storey extension and extension to house (Grid ref - 298908 676261)
2 Kettilstoun Crescent, Linlithgow, EH49 6PR
Received 27 Jan 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0072/H/15
Erection of a porch (grid ref. 299145 677124)
16 Highfield Crescent, Linlithgow, EH49 7BG
Received 27 Jan 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0077/H/15
Extension to house (Grid ref - 306738 665898)
9 Bankton Court, Murieston, Livingston, EH54 9DL
Received 27 Jan 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0857/FUL/14
Formation of visitor car park (grid ref. 305032 678602)
The Binns, A904 - B9109 To B8046, Linlithgow, EH49 7NA
Received 4 Dec 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0277/A/15
Siting of a free standing non-illuminated notice board (grid ref. 306724 669364)
3 Drumshoreland Road, Pumpherston, EH53 0LF
Received 1 Apr 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0785/FUL/14
Part change of use from house to home improvement business (in retrospect) (grid ref. 297886 667145)
49 Mosside Terrace, Bathgate, EH48 2UJ
Received 29 Oct 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0761/FUL/14
Extension to front of building (grid ref. 299595 676752)
18 Preston Road, Linlithgow, EH49 6HE
Received 23 Oct 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0799/FUL/14
Extensions and alterations to nursing home to provide additional bedrooms and ancillary accommodation (grid ref. 294857 668724)
49 Bathgate Road, Armadale, EH48 2PD
Received 23 Oct 2014 - RegisteredLIVE/0003/HHN/15
Application for high hedge notice (grid ref. 303813 669481)
Deer Park Golf And Country Club Golf Course Road Knightsridge Livingston West Lothian
Received 18 Dec 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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