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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 dates28,091Searchable applications
274Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 25,436 approved or refused records
2,279Refused applications
23,157 approved · 2,279 refused · 1,581 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Nov 1995 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0066/P/07
Outline planning permission for the erection of a house
East Wing, Skivo Farm, Murieston, Livingston
Received 5 Jan 2007 - DecidedLIVE/0195/FUL/07
Erection of a 90sqm stores/deliveries building and formation of window on existing office building
6B Dunnet Way, Broxburn, EH52 5NN
Received 26 Feb 2007 - DecidedLIVE/1212/FUL/06
Installation of an ATM
61 West Main Street, Whitburn, EH47 0QD
Received 8 Nov 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0061/FUL/07
Change of use from post office (Class 1) to licenced cafe bar (Class 3)
Post Office, Auldhill Road, Bridgend, EH49 6PB
Received 29 Jan 2007 - DecidedLIVE/0979/H/06
Extension to house
13 Clova Drive, Murieston, Livingston, EH54 9HD
Received 11 Sept 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0988/H/06
Two storey extension to house
33 Roosevelt Road, Kirknewton, EH27 8AD
Received 11 Sept 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0956/FUL/06
Formation of a 265sqm extension to site compound and installation of plant
Haldane Square, Brucefield Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 30 Aug 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0927/FUL/06
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground
51 Marches Drive, Armadale, EH48 2PH
Received 11 Aug 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0742/P/06
Outline planning permission for the erection of a house
Avon Mill House, 12 Avonmill Road, Linlithgow Bridge, EH49 7QX
Received 6 Jul 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1057/H/06
Extension to house
2 Brucefield Drive, Whitburn, Bathgate, EH47 8NQ
Received 28 Sept 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0930/FUL/06
Erection of stables, hay and tack store
5 Stoneheap Crofts, Cannop Crescent, Stoneyburn, Bathgate, EH47 8BX
Received 9 Aug 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1149/H/06
Extension to house
37 Main Street, Newton
Received 23 Oct 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1142/FUL/06
Erection of a 15 m high ground based flagpole telecommunications mast with associated equipment cabins and ancillary development
Linlithgow Golf Club, Golf Course Road, Linlithgow
Received 23 Oct 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1000/FUL/06
Erection of house with double garage
Plot 21, Woodmuir Road, Breich
Received 11 Sept 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1080/H/06
Demolition of garage and erection of house extension
38 Ochiltree Crescent, Mid Calder, EH53 0RT
Received 10 Oct 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1130/H/06
Erection of a conservatory
139 Houstoun Gardens, Uphall, Broxburn, EH52 5PX
Received 16 Oct 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1042/P/06
Outline planning permission for erection of a house
Site Adjacent 57 Race Road, Bathgate
Received 28 Sept 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0106/FUL/07
Erection of 14 houses and 16 flats with associated access road, parking and landscaping
Site At Beatlie School, Craigshill, Livingston
Received 22 Jan 2007 - DecidedLIVE/1017/H/06
Extension to house and erection of a garage
The Stables, Broadmeadow, West Calder, EH55 8RT
Received 20 Sept 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1077/AGR/06
Prior notification for the erection of a 216sqm agricultural shed
4 Parkhead Holdings, By Linlithgow
Received 19 Sept 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1204/H/06
Erection of conservatory
Maryville, 190 Glasgow Road, Bathgate, EH48 2QR
Received 20 Sept 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0883/NID/06
Extension to school to provide additional classroom
Livingston Village Primary School, Kirk Lane, Livingston Village
Received 15 Aug 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0917/H/06
Extension to house
2 Moray Drive, Linlithgow, EH49 6DT
Received 28 Aug 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0827/FUL/06
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground
13 Polbeth Gardens, Polbeth, EH55 8TT
Received 24 Jul 2006
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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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