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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 dates15,223Searchable applications
279Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 13,262 approved or refused records
1,254Refused applications
12,008 approved · 1,254 refused · 960 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0652/FUL/14
Change of use from domestic garage to dog grooming parlour (class 2) (grid ref. 300471 676370)
3 Oatlands Park, Linlithgow, EH49 6AS
Received 21 Aug 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0498/A/14
Siting of a mobile trailer sign (in retrospect) (grid ref. 312646 668432)
Field 3, Orchard Field Farm, Kirknewton, EH27 8DX
Received 14 Jul 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0077/PO/14
Application for the discharge of planning obligations relating to planning application 0213/FUL/02 (grid ref. 307270 671447)
13C Holmes Holdings, Broxburn, EH52 5NS
Received 22 Jan 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0730/H/14
Erection of a garage and extension to house (grid ref. 306868 667067)
44 Westgate, Mid Calder, EH53 0SP
Received 8 Oct 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0511/H/14
Formation of pitched roof over existing flat roof and extension to house (grid ref. 306498 665179)
25 Murieston Gardens, Murieston, Livingston, EH54 9BA
Received 18 Jul 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0434/A/14
Erection of various illuminated and non illuminated signage (in retrospect) (grid ref. 297493 668772)
1 Bloomfield Place, Bathgate, EH48 1PB
Received 26 Jun 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0671/TPO/14
Felling to ground level of 1 tree (grid ref. 311352 665147)
22 Newlands, Kirknewton, EH27 8LR
Received 23 Sept 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0315/FUL/14
Change of use from shop (class 1) to hot food takeway and installation of a flue (grid ref. 292824 660405)
125 Main Street, Fauldhouse, EH47 9BJ
Received 12 May 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0495/H/14
Extension to house (grid ref. 302383 664037)
78 Ennis Park, Polbeth, EH55 8TP
Received 30 Jun 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0244/H/14
Extension to garage (grid ref. 300807 666344)
52 Heatherwood, Seafield, EH47 7BX
Received 3 Apr 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0497/FUL/14
Construction of a new distributor road (grid ref. 306765 669565)
Land At Drumshoreland Bing, Pumpherston, EH53 0LN
Received 14 Jul 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0407/FUL/14
Erection of an 80m high temporary wind monitoring mast (retain mast granted under planning permission 0052/FUL/13 on site for a further period) (grid ref. 289609 669454)
Drumduff, Blackridge
Received 10 Jun 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0436/FUL/14
Erection of 2 industrial units totalling 615 sqm to be used as garage/workshop (grid ref. 310453 668269)
Land At Camps Industrial Estate, East Calder, EH27 8DE
Received 16 Jun 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0494/FUL/14
Change of use from residential to childrens nursery and erection of a 670 sqm extension to form childrens nursery (grid ref. 294557 665341)
Almondbank, Armadale Road, Whitburn, EH47 0EX
Received 3 Jul 2014 - Awaiting decisionLIVE/0493/PAC/14
Change of use of redundant poultry farm to industrial development (grid ref. 310280 668226)
Raw Camps Farm, Camps Road Industrial Estate, East Calder, EH27 8DF
Received 16 Jul 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0316/FUL/14
Change of use from office (class 2) to a flat (Grid ref. 300260 677170)
Hole In The Wall, 108-110 High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7AQ
Received 15 May 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0317/H/14
Erection of a garage (Grid Ref. 294838 665349)
36 Ellen Street, Whitburn, EH47 0HJ
Received 15 May 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0455/FUL/14
Erection of dog boarding kennels and isolation kennel with associated car parking (grid ref. 288960 667355)
2 Matthews Crofts, Woodhill Road, Blackridge, EH48 3TJ
Received 17 Jun 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0383/FUL/14
Formation of yard area (in retrospect) for classes 4, 5 & 6 uses (grid ref. 293506 665971)
Balgornie Farm, Bathgate, EH48 3BA
Received 15 May 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0540/CLU/14
Extension to house (grid ref. 294743 665190)
30 Aitken Drive, Whitburn, EH47 0HD
Received 5 Aug 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0435/FUL/14
Erection of a 2221 sqm warehouse (grid ref. 309363 672763)
12 Dunnet Way, Broxburn, EH52 5NN
Received 17 Jun 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0491/FUL/14
Installation of ATM to shop front (grid ref. 294481 664977)
54 West Main Street, Whitburn, EH47 0QX
Received 10 Jul 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0512/FUL/14
Change of Use from Class 1 Shop to Class 2 Financial, Professional and Other Services; and new shop front (Grid Ref 297355 668907)
62 North Bridge Street, Bathgate, EH48 4PP
Received 18 Jul 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0381/H/14
First floor extension to house (grid ref. 306701 666840)
58 Ochiltree Crescent, Mid Calder, EH53 0RT
Received 10 Jun 2014
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Planning procedures in Scotland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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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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