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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 dates25,194Searchable applications
273Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 22,656 approved or refused records
2,107Refused applications
20,549 approved · 2,107 refused · 1,488 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Conservation areas10 mapped area records
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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/0398/FUL/08
Amendment to planning application 1202/FUL/06 and part change of use from public space to extend area for the hosting of a farmers market
The Vennel & The Cross, Linlithgow, EH49 7EX
Received 14 Apr 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0222/H/08
Installation of a dormer window
Balnaclash, Burnwynd, A71 - U28 To Burnwynd, EH27 8EA
Received 11 Mar 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0190/P/08
Outline planning permission for the erection of a house
19 Birniehill Crescent, Bathgate, EH48 2RS
Received 26 Feb 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0212/H/08
Extension to house
35 Tern Brae, Ladywell, Livingston, EH54 6UP
Received 5 Mar 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0294/H/08
Erection of a conservatory
3 Birkdale Park, Armadale, EH48 2NF
Received 27 Mar 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0087/FUL/08
Erection of house with integral garage and erection of seperate garage
Plot No. 1, 92 East Main Street, Winchburgh
Received 25 Jan 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0352/FUL/08
Installation of fire exit doors
Halfords, Unit 9, Almondvale Retail Park, Livingston, EH54 6QX
Received 7 Apr 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0815/FUL/07
Erection of 2 houses
Newpark, Newpark Road, Bellsquarry, Livingston
Received 7 Aug 2007 - DecidedLIVE/0170/H/08
Two storey extension to house
1 Wallace Mill Gardens, Mid Calder, EH53 0BE
Received 20 Feb 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0111/H/08
Extension to house
109 Ambrose Rise, Dedridge, Livingston, EH54 6JU
Received 7 Feb 2008 - DecidedLIVE/1005/LBC/08
Listed building consent for the installation of a communal satellite system
74 - 138 St. Magdalenes, Linlithgow, EH49 6AQ
Received 15 Apr 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0142/H/08
Erection of a conservatory
101 Glenmore, Whitburn, EH47 8NP
Received 13 Feb 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0116/FUL/08
Installation of a new shop front
17 Main Street, Deans, Livingston
Received 4 Feb 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0106/H/08
Two storey extension to house
89 Maryfield Park, Mid Calder, EH53 0SE
Received 4 Feb 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0501/A/08
Erection of various temporary site development signage
Eliburn Park, Off Appleton Parkway, Livingston
Received 15 May 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0818/H/08
Extension to house
124B South Street, Armadale, EH48 3JU
Received 22 Aug 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0794/A/08
Erection of an illuminated signboard
26 Hopetoun Street, Bathgate, EH48 4EU
Received 4 Aug 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0723/FUL/08
Installation of a new shop front
Unit 302, The Elements, Almondvale South, Livingston
Received 21 Jul 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0796/FUL/08
Part change of use from Assemby and Leisure (Class 11) to Dental Surgery (Class 2) and installation of windows and doors
Masonic Hall, 49 South Street, Armadale
Received 14 Aug 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0132/FUL/08
Erection of a 288sqm maintenance shed with associated parking and landscaping
Elmbank, Wilkieston, Kirknewton
Received 7 Feb 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0547/FUL/08
Siting of mobile catering unit
Oakbank Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 27 May 2008 - DecidedLIVE/1151/FUL/08
Erection of a 2.4m high palisade boundary fence
Grange Road, Houston Industrial Estate, Livingston, EH54 5DE
Received 9 Dec 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0645/H/08
Extension to house
9 Palmer Rise, Dedridge, Livingston, EH54 6NP
Received 27 Jun 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0512/H/08
Extension to house
8 Murieston Court, Murieston, Livingston, EH54 9BT
Received 20 May 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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