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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.
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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 dates25,836Searchable applications
273Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 23,273 approved or refused records
2,142Refused applications
21,131 approved · 2,142 refused · 1,511 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/1128/FUL/07
Erection of rear extension to shop
26 Polbeth Road, Polbeth, EH55 8SR
Received 19 Nov 2007 - DecidedLIVE/0010/FUL/08
Variation of conditions 32 to 35 (inclusive) of planning permission 0248/2003 to allow alternative restoration plan.
Lands Of Former Polkemmet Colliery
Received 21 Dec 2007 - DecidedLIVE/1147/FUL/07
Erection of a 536 sqm industrial building with associated car parking
Burnhouse Industrial Estate, Whitburn
Received 26 Nov 2007 - DecidedLIVE/1002/H/07
Two storey extension to house and erection of a conservatory
3 Netherwood Park, Deans, Livingston, EH54 8RN
Received 22 Oct 2007 - DecidedLIVE/1048/H/07
Two storey extension to house
Carthouse, 1 Holmes Farm Lane, Broxburn, EH52 5LA
Received 2 Nov 2007 - DecidedLIVE/0555/H/03
Formation of a dormer
36 Drummond Place, Blackridge
Received 16 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/1098/H/07
Demolition of conservatory and extension to house
4 Young Street, West Calder, EH55 8EG
Received 19 Nov 2007 - DecidedLIVE/0025/H/08
Two storey extension to house
39 Overton Crescent, East Calder, EH53 0RY
Received 14 Jan 2008 - DecidedLIVE/1167/FUL/07
Installation of a new shop front and automatic door
9 East Main Street, Uphall, EH52 5DZ
Received 11 Dec 2007 - DecidedLIVE/1124/H/07
Two storey extension to house
27 Eastwood Park, Fauldhouse, EH47 9HL
Received 27 Nov 2007 - DecidedLIVE/1171/H/07
First floor extension to house
1 Kaims Grove, Livingston, EH54 7DU
Received 12 Dec 2007 - DecidedLIVE/1031/FUL/07
Conversion and alteration of former chip shop to form house
6-8 Victoria Road, Fauldhouse, EH47 9LF
Received 18 Sept 2007 - DecidedLIVE/0361/FUL/08
Erection of a 360 sqm storage building
Inchmuir Road, Whitehill Industrial Estate, Bathgate
Received 4 Apr 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0009/FUL/08
Part change of use from pedestrian precinct to hold farmer's market on, one day per month
George Street, Bathgate, EH48 1PD
Received 20 Dec 2007 - DecidedLIVE/1080/FUL/07
Erection of a house with double garage
Plot 10. Blinkbonny Gardens, Breich
Received 9 Nov 2007 - DecidedLIVE/1201/H/07
Extension to house
12 McIntosh Court, Broxburn, EH52 6XQ
Received 7 Dec 2007 - DecidedLIVE/0503/H/08
Erection of a double garage
16 Redmill Cottages, Redmill, East Whitburn, EH47 0JR
Received 14 May 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0065/FUL/08
Installation of gates
St Michaels Parish Church, Kirkgate, Linlithgow, EH49 7AL
Received 22 Jan 2008 - DecidedLIVE/1168/A/07
Erection of an illuminated fascia sign
9 East Main Street, Uphall, EH52 5DZ
Received 6 Dec 2007 - DecidedLIVE/1016/H/07
Installation of a dormer window
9 Napier Avenue, Bathgate, EH48 1DF
Received 25 Oct 2007 - DecidedLIVE/0024/H/08
Extension to house
127 Lychgate Lane, Broxburn, EH52 5NQ
Received 10 Dec 2007 - DecidedLIVE/1127/FUL/07
Formation of disabled access ramp
Todd Square, Houston Industrial Estate, Livingston EH54 5EF
Received 21 Nov 2007 - DecidedLIVE/1126/FUL/07
Conversion of garage to form two self catering units
13 Holmes Holdings, Holmes Road, Broxburn, EH52 5NS
Received 22 Nov 2007 - DecidedLIVE/1155/LBC/07
Listed building consent for the installation of various signage
47 High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7ED
Received 27 Nov 2007
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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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