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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 dates14,672Searchable applications
282Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 12,745 approved or refused records
1,213Refused applications
11,532 approved · 1,213 refused · 925 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0658/TPO/14
Removal of 1 entire tree (grid ref. 298778 676821)
Treetops, Mains Road, Linlithgow, EH49 6QA
Received 11 Sept 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0645/EIA/14
EIA Screening Opinion for a 37m high (to blade tip) wind turbine (grid ref. 303674 666696)
Ethicon, Simpson Parkway, Kirkton Campus, Livingston, EH54 7AT
Received 10 Sept 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0399/FUL/14
Change of use to form band practice/live music room (in retrospect) (grid ref. 297533 668707)
7B Union Road, Bathgate, EH48 1NS
Received 5 Dec 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0555/FUL/14
Application under Section 42 to vary condition 1 of planning permission 0493/P/02 to extend the period for submission of reserved matters/validity of the permission (grid ref. 203060 663334)
Heartlands, Whitburn
Received 6 Aug 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0562/ACT/14
Prior approval for replacement deck and install parapets (grid ref. 305497 677085)
Overbridge 070/030, Philpstoun Station, Old Philpstoun
Received 14 Jul 2014 - Awaiting decisionLIVE/0556/PAC/14
Proposal of application notice for a residential development with associated roads and landscaping (grid ref. 306867 669781)
Drumshoreland Road, Pumpherston
Received 13 Aug 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0559/H/14
Raising of roof to form first floor accommodation (grid ref. 300251 676108)
47 Beechwood, Linlithgow, EH49 6SE
Received 14 Aug 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0575/FUL/14
Installation of windows and alterations to building (grid ref. 305878 669017)
17 Firth Road, Houstoun Industrial Estate, Livingston, EH54 5DJ
Received 14 Aug 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0554/FUL/14
Siting of a mobile snack bar (grid ref. 302952 666690)
Fleming Road, Kirkton Campus, Livingston, EH54 7BN
Received 4 Aug 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0539/A/14
Erection of a fascia sign (in retrospect) (grid ref. 297160 668866)
2 Glasgow Road, Bathgate, EH48 2AA
Received 4 Aug 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0453/LBC/14
Listed Building Consent for internal and external alterations (grid ref. 300251 677169)
114 High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7AQ
Received 3 Jul 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0656/FUL/14
Installation of a 12m high SMART metering telecommunications streetpole with ground based equipment cabinets (grid ref. 295432 664152)
Land At Blaeberryhill Road, Whitburn, EH47 8PE
Received 12 Sept 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0609/H/14
Installation of replacement windows & repainting of house (grid ref. 296653 672293)
1 Low Brae, Torphichen, EH48 4LU
Received 28 Aug 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0563/TCA/14
Removal of 4 trees (grid ref. 307554 667674)
8 School Lane, Mid Calder, EH53 0AT
Received 15 Aug 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0669/FUL/14
Erection of 2 houses and siting of 2 temporary residential caravans (grid ref. 207881 662595)
Land At 63 Main Street, Stoneyburn
Received 15 Aug 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0670/FUL/14
Application under Section 42 for the variation of Condition 3 of planning permission 0519/FUL/12 to allow for an EWT direct wind turbine to be constructed in place of the approved Eneron E33 turbine (grid ref. 309568 665924)
Ormiston Farm, Kirknewton
Received 15 Aug 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0553/FUL/14
Application under Section 42 to vary conditions 56-69 of planning permission 0493/P/02 relating to open space play provision and public art (grid ref. 293060 663334)
Heartlands, Whitburn
Received 6 Aug 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0598/FUL/14
Erection of education building with associated animal enclosures, childrens play house and 2 no. animal enclosures (grid ref. 302365 664340)
Five Sisters Zoo Park, Gavieside, Polbeth, EH55 8PT
Received 4 Jul 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0544/LBC/14
Listed Building Consent for installation of velux windows (grid ref. 300444 677105)
11 High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7AB
Received 6 Aug 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0661/FUL/14
Siting of a mobile snack van (grid ref. 301469 668298)
Caputhall Road, Deans, Livingston
Received 4 Sept 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0568/TCA/14
Felling to ground level of 3 trees and crown lifting of 1 tree (grid ref. 305878 672042)
3 Fernlea, Uphall, EH52 6DF
Received 19 Aug 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0593/FUL/14
Erection of a 130 sqm workshop building (grid ref. 309034 675019)
50 Main Street, Winchburgh, EH52 6RT
Received 30 Jul 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0514/FUL/14
Demolition of house and erection of new house (grid ref. 297205 675319)
Hareloup House, A706 - Woodcockdale To Carriber Mill, EH49 6QE
Received 10 Jul 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0628/FUL/14
Installation of new door and formation of access ramp (grid ref. 304660 668468)
33 Plover Brae, Ladywell, Livingston, EH54 6UF
Received 4 Sept 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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