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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 dates14,506Searchable applications
282Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 12,586 approved or refused records
1,201Refused applications
11,385 approved · 1,201 refused · 919 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0865/TCA/14
Removal of 1 entire tree (grid ref. 299190 677263)
Longcroft House, Longcroft Gardens, Linlithgow, EH49 7QG
Received 10 Dec 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0829/H/14
Extension to house (grid ref. 305431 664961)
26 Dunvegan Gardens, Bellsquarry, Livingston, EH54 9ER
Received 13 Nov 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0360/FUL/14
Erection of a 48.5m high (to blade tip) wind turbine (grid ref. 291509 667380)
Sibbald Park, Shona's Way, Blackridge, EH48 3BN
Received 19 May 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0784/H/14
Extension to house, first floor extension to garage and formation of balcony (grid ref. 300268 666045)
3 Byreside, Seafield, EH47 7BF
Received 16 Oct 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0745/H/14
Extension to house, erection of a 2 storey double garage, installation of a flue and erection of a 1.8 m high boundary fence (grid ref. 296649 672405)
10 Priors Grange, Torphichen, EH48 4QN
Received 16 Oct 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0812/P/14
Planning permission in principle for the erection of 6 houses (grid ref. 309295 667800)
Raw Holdings, East Calder, EH53 0HZ
Received 16 Oct 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0811/FUL/14
Erection of 49 houses (as amended from 53) with associated roads, footpaths and landscaping (grid ref. 306378 667280)
Land At Old Paper Mill Site, Calder Park Road, Mid Calder
Received 10 Nov 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0476/MSC/14
Approval of matters specified in conditions relating to planning permission 1012/P/05 for enabling infrastructure works including earth works, formation of vehicle access points, foot/cycle paths, SUDS facilities, utility connections and landscape works (grid ref. 308339 675259)
(Town Centre Blocks Q1 & Q3), Land At Winchburgh
Received 9 Jul 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0876/P/14
Planning permission in principle for 0.36ha residential development (grid ref. 301453 663515)
Site Y2A & Y2B, Mossend, West Calder, EH55 8PV
Received 27 Nov 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0786/H/14
Extension to house (grid ref. 301941 677737)
69 Burghmuir Court, Linlithgow, EH49 7LL
Received 29 Oct 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0748/TCA/14
Felling to ground level of 1 tree (grid ref. 299556 677224)
Millfield, 19 St Ninian's Road, Linlithgow, EH49 7BN
Received 24 Oct 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0747/TCA/14
Felling to ground level of 1 tree (grid ref. 296690 672306)
5 Low Brae, Torphichen, EH48 4LU
Received 24 Oct 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0734/H/14
Raising of roof to form first floor accommodation (grid ref. 300239 676974)
Teind Barn, 17 Strawberry Bank, Linlithgow, EH49 6BJ
Received 16 Oct 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0886/H/14
Formation of ancillary accommodation over existing garage (grid ref. 302968 669651)
18 Woodlands Park, Deans, Livingston, EH54 8AT
Received 16 Dec 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0657/FUL/16
Erection of a 200sqm maturation warehouse (Grid Ref: 300900, 667222)
Glen Turner Distillery, Starlaw Road, Bathgate, EH47 7BW
Received 7 Oct 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0791/H/14
Two storey extension to house (Grid Ref 302866 669682)
15 Woodlands Park, Deans, Livingston, EH54 8AT
Received 6 Nov 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0741/H/14
Installation of a solar panel (grid ref. 307435 672346)
2 Kirkhill House, Broxburn, EH52 6GA
Received 22 Oct 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0592/FUL/14
Change of use from care home (class 8) to house (class 9) (grid ref. 307939 672222)
32 West Main Street, Broxburn, EH52 5RJ
Received 15 Aug 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0674/H/14
Erection of a garage (grid ref. 297911 668530)
Kersel, 8 Gordon Avenue, Bathgate, EH48 1BE
Received 4 Sept 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0702/FUL/14
Erection of a house (grid ref. 298481 677351)
Land Adjacent To 57 Mill Road, Linlithgow Bridge
Received 30 Sept 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0820/TCA/14
Removal of 6 trees (grid ref. 306109 671571)
1 Westhall Gardens, Uphall, EH52 5DL
Received 20 Nov 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0814/FUL/14
Erection of a 149 sqm commercial unit (class 1 or class 3) (grid ref. 304892 666482)
Unit A, Almondvale Retail Park, Livingston
Received 12 Nov 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0561/FUL/14
Two storey extensions to holiday cottages (grid ref. 298739 675408)
Plot 1 & 3, Williamscraig Holiday Cottages, A706 - Garage House To Woodcockdale, Linlithgow, EH49 6QF
Received 3 Jun 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0775/H/14
Erection of a fence and installation of CCTV camera (in retrospect) (grid ref. 295864 667660)
10 Whiteside Farm Lane, Bathgate, EH48 2UL
Received 5 Nov 2014
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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