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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
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 dates27,249Searchable applications
267Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 24,633 approved or refused records
2,221Refused applications
22,412 approved · 2,221 refused · 1,554 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Aug 1996 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 29 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0442/H/07
Erection of a conservatory
1 Whitedalehead Road, Whitburn, EH47 8JS
Received 10 May 2007 - DecidedLIVE/0462/LBC/07
Listed building consent for the restoration and refurbishment of community centre/hall, erection of a 50sqm cafe/garden room and formation of a garden terrace
Burgh Halls, The Cross, Linlithgow, EH49 7EY
Received 10 May 2007 - DecidedLIVE/0441/H/07
Extension to house
60 Hawthorn Bank, Seafield, EH47 7EB
Received 10 May 2007 - DecidedLIVE/0451/A/07
Erection of a fascia sign
Inland Revenue, Almondvale South, Almondvale, Livingston, EH54 6NL
Received 10 May 2007 - DecidedLIVE/0339/H/07
Erection of a garage and alterations to roof
The Bungalow, Blackridge Farm, Blackridge
Received 3 Apr 2007 - DecidedLIVE/0109/H/07
Extension to house
9 Drumshoreland Road, Pumpherston, EH53 0LF
Received 25 Jan 2007 - DecidedLIVE/0474/FUL/07
Erection of a 300sqm farm shop
Whitequarries Industrial Estate, Winchburgh
Received 24 Apr 2007 - DecidedLIVE/0237/H/07
Extension to house
32 Columbia Avenue, Howden, Livingston, EH54 6PR
Received 13 Mar 2007 - DecidedLIVE/0124/FUL/07
Change of use to include storage or distribution (Class 6)
6 Macintosh Road, Kirkton Campus, Livingston
Received 29 Jan 2007 - DecidedLIVE/0379/LBC/07
Listed Building consent for internal alterations to form additional retail space
213 High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7EN
Received 16 Apr 2007 - DecidedLIVE/0368/H/07
Installation of a dormer
14 Abercorn Place, Winchburgh, EH52 6RL
Received 11 Apr 2007 - DecidedLIVE/0243/H/07
Installation of a chimney
55 Priory Road, Linlithgow, EH49 6BP
Received 26 Feb 2007 - DecidedLIVE/0242/H/07
Installation of dormers
97 Pumpherston Road, Uphall Station, EH54 5PH
Received 27 Feb 2007 - DecidedLIVE/0241/H/07
Extension to house
2 Rothes Drive, Murieston, Livingston, EH54 9HR
Received 13 Mar 2007 - DecidedLIVE/0187/FUL/07
Erection of 2 houses and garages
Coxydene Farm, East Calder
Received 23 Feb 2007 - DecidedLIVE/0323/A/07
Erection of an illuminated projecting sign
28A Glasgow Road, Bathgate, EH48 2AG
Received 29 Mar 2007 - DecidedLIVE/0262/FUL/07
Change of use from vehicle depot to vehicle depot and waste transfer station for commercial and industrial inert waste, and works to re-surface the yard(as amended).
4 Greendykes Industrial Estate, Broxburn, EH52 6PG
Received 13 Mar 2007 - DecidedLIVE/0240/H/07
Erection of a garage
2 Balbardie Crescent, Bathgate, EH48 4AJ
Received 13 Mar 2007 - DecidedLIVE/0027/FUL/07
Change of use from yard area to beer garden (in retrospect)
Torphichen Arms, 36 Bank Street, Mid Calder, EH53 0AR
Received 12 Dec 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0364/FUL/07
Erection of a house with garage
Plot 3, Harthill Road, Fauldhouse
Received 11 Apr 2007 - DecidedLIVE/0398/H/07
Demolition of porch and extension to house
4 The Green, Bathgate, EH48 4DB
Received 23 Apr 2007 - DecidedLIVE/0457/H/07
Extension to house
3 Burnside Terrace, Addiewell, EH55 8NE
Received 23 Apr 2007 - DecidedLIVE/0360/H/07
Erection of a 1.8mtr high boundary fence
15 Mill Road, Bathgate, EH48 4JJ
Received 3 Apr 2007 - DecidedLIVE/0020/FUL/07
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground (in retrospect)
Coalheughead Cottage, Harburn By West Calder
Received 11 Jan 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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