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Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
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West Lothian planning applications
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of West Lothian. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official West Lothian website
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates22,357Searchable applications
273Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 19,935 approved or refused records
1,969Refused applications
17,966 approved · 1,969 refused · 1,380 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Dec 1997 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 26 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0080/FUL/09
Erection of a 70m high wind monitoring mast
Harburnhead Hill, West Calder
Received 12 Feb 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0121/H/09
Erection of a porch
23 Polkemmet Road, Whitburn, EH47 0NZ
Received 5 Mar 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0242/FUL/09
Formation of cemetery extension with associated works
Fauldhouse Cemetery, Cemetery Road, Fauldhouse
Received 6 Apr 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0241/FUL/09
Alterations and Erection of a 35sqm extension to shop
1B Brown Street, Bathville, Armadale, EH48 3LB
Received 8 Apr 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0499/P/09
Planning permission in principle for a 3.85ha residential development
Buchanan House Kirkton North Road Livingston Village Livingston West Lothian EH54 6AF
Received 1 Jul 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0197/H/09
Extension to house, formation of pitched roofs over flat roofs and erection of a garage with ancillary accommodation
15 Main Street, Blackridge
Received 30 Mar 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0134/H/09
Extension to house
22 Calder Road, Bellsquarry
Received 11 Mar 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0115/H/09
Extension to house
72 Sedgebank, Ladywell, Livingston, West Lothian, EH54 6HD
Received 4 Mar 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0184/H/09
Extension to house
10 Moriston Drive Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9HT
Received 20 Mar 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0208/H/09
Extension to house
51 Meadowbank, Ladywell, Livingston, EH54 6EL
Received 2 Apr 2009 - DecidedLIVE/1168/FUL/08
Erection of a dwelling house.
Plot 2, 92 Main Street, Winchburgh
Received 10 Dec 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0126/FUL/09
Formation of parking area
Reveston Lane, Whitburn
Received 4 Mar 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0316/FUL/09
Erection of a 6062sqm care home (class 8) with associated access road, parking and landscaping
Bonsyde Road, Linlithgow, EH49 7NX
Received 5 May 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0180/H/09
Two storey extension to house
25 Ballencrieff Mill, Bathgate, EH48 4LL
Received 23 Mar 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0280/H/09
Extension to house
68 Burngrange Park, West Calder, EH55 8HF
Received 6 Apr 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0230/FUL/09
Part change of use from agricultural shed to industrial shed and increase in roof height
Preston Farm, Linlithgow EH49 6QW
Received 1 Apr 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0205/H/09
Erection of a conservatory and internal alterations
Westfield House, Harburn, West Lothian EH55 8RB
Received 25 Mar 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0193/AGR/09
Erection of a 129sqm agricultural building
Standhill Farm, Blackridge EH48 3AJ
Received 25 Mar 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0186/H/09
Erection of a conservatory
64 Loch Trool Way, Whitburn, EH47 0RL
Received 25 Mar 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0249/H/09
Relocation of garage in the garden ground
1 Fivestanks Court, Broxburn, EH52 6BH
Received 16 Apr 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0240/AGR/09
Erection of a 1296sqm agricultural building with associated access
The Park Farm, Linlithgow
Received 6 Apr 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0113/H/09
Installation of a flue (in retrospect)
56 Kettilstoun Mains, Linlithgow, EH49 6SL
Received 2 Mar 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0198/FUL/09
Change of use from shop (class 1) to financial services (class 2)
57A Almondvale Centre, Almondvale South, Almondvale, Livingston, EH54 6NB
Received 19 Mar 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0157/FUL/09
Erection of a 14.2sqm storage locker
The Manse Road Basin, Manse Road, Linlithgow EH49 6AJ
Received 13 Mar 2009
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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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