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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 dates25,119Searchable applications
273Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 22,582 approved or refused records
2,105Refused applications
20,477 approved · 2,105 refused · 1,488 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Aug 1997 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 27 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0255/FUL/08
Installation of a new shopfront
Unit 19, Almondvale Centre, Livingston, EH54 6NB
Received 17 Mar 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0707/FUL/08
Change of use to allow vehicle sales
T L S Vehicle Rental, Drovers Road, Broxburn, EH52 5ND
Received 7 Jul 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0102/P/08
Outline planning permission for the erection of a house
West Main Street, Blackburn
Received 14 Jan 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0141/H/08
Two storey extension to house
55 Farrier Court, Blackburn, EH47 7QN
Received 13 Feb 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0419/FUL/08
Installation of a satellite dish
3 Main Street, Mid Calder, EH53 0AW
Received 2 Apr 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0166/H/08
Demolition of garage and erection of new garage
5 Pinewood Park, Deans, Livingston, EH54 8NN
Received 19 Feb 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0174/LBC/08
Listed building consent for the conversion of building to form 6 houses
Former Nursery, Academy Street, Armadale
Received 22 Feb 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0130/FUL/08
Renewal of planning permission 0047/FUL/03 for erection of a house
26 Fountainhead Road, Bathgate, EH48 4DG
Received 6 Feb 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0182/H/08
Erection of a conservatory
23 Tippet Knowes Court, Winchburgh, EH52 6UW
Received 21 Feb 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0339/P/08
Outline planning permission for the demolition of a house and erection of a new house
100 Langton Road, East Calder, EH53 0BP
Received 31 Mar 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0336/M/08
Variation of conditions of planning permission 0986/M/03 to allow for restoration works to be completed no later than 31 March 2009
Former Woodend Colliery, Armadale
Received 31 Mar 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0336/FUL/07
Erection of an 11.7m high ground based telecommunications monopole with associated equipment cabinet
Land Adjacent To Alderstone Road, Ladywell, Livingston, EH54 6RS
Received 28 Mar 2007 - DecidedLIVE/0384/FUL/08
Erection of a 1165sqm plant/vehicle workshop and offices with associated yard and infrastructure works
Site At Inchmuir Road, Whitehill Industrial Estate, Bathgate
Received 15 Apr 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0196/H/08
Extension to house
7 Woodbank Crofts, Westfield, By Bathgate
Received 27 Feb 2008 - DecidedLIVE/1170/FUL/07
Erection of two houses
101 Eldrick Avenue, Fauldhouse, EH47 9BE
Received 4 Dec 2007 - DecidedLIVE/0167/H/08
Extension to house
81 Langside Gardens, Polbeth, EH55 8QR
Received 19 Feb 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0362/FUL/08
Erection of a 360 sqm steel framed industrial storage unit
43 Inchmuir Road, Bathgate, EH48 2EP
Received 8 Apr 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0086/H/08
Extension to house
Rashiedene, Cairns Farm, Kirknewton, EH27 8DL
Received 30 Jan 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0539/H/08
Erection of a car port (in retrospect)
7 Pardovan Crescent, Philpstoun, EH49 6RG
Received 29 May 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0549/ARM/08
Erection of 4 flats with associated car parking and landscaping
33 Station Road, Uphall, EH52 5DX
Received 29 May 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0582/FUL/08
Erection of 5 houses
Ross Court, Addiewell
Received 6 Jun 2008 - DecidedLIVE/1013/FUL/02
Erection of a house
(Site Adjacent To) Ballencrieff Mains, Bathgate
Received 27 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0437/FUL/08
Siting of a 40sqm portacabin for chill store and food preparation
The Park Bistro, Park Farm, Linlithgow, EH49 6QY
Received 15 Apr 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0331/H/08
Extension to house
11 Hartwood Road, West Calder, EH55 8DG
Received 3 Apr 2008
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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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