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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 dates28,297Searchable applications
274Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 25,633 approved or refused records
2,290Refused applications
23,343 approved · 2,290 refused · 1,588 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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/1138/NID/06
Erection of a 274 sq.m. nursery and GP room extension
Parkhead Primary School, Harburn Road, EH55 8AH
Received 18 Oct 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1006/H/06
Erection of conservatory
8 Old Mill Grove, East Whitburn, Bathgate, EH47 0LW
Received 14 Sept 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1003/H/06
Two storey extension to house and extension to garage
15 Rivaldsgreen Crescent, Linlithgow, EH49 6BB
Received 14 Sept 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1045/NID/06
Relocate nurserey to basement and erection of a 13 sq.m. porch
Armadale Primary School, Academy Street, Armadale, EH48 3JD
Received 29 Sept 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1058/H/06
Extension to house
Burnbank Smithy, Blackhall Farm, Livingston
Received 29 Sept 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1033/H/06
Two storey extension to house
9 Hermand Gardens, West Calder, EH55 8BT
Received 25 Sept 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1075/H/06
Installation of a dormer window
14 Maclean Terrace, Blackridge, EH48 3SJ
Received 3 Oct 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0942/H/06
Installation of dormer windows
1 Kirkhill Park, Broxburn, EH52 6JH
Received 30 Aug 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1116/H/06
Extension to house
29 Aitken Orr Drive, Broxburn, EH52 5EY
Received 6 Oct 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0950/H/06
Extension to house
126 Charles Crescent, Bathgate, EH48 1JJ
Received 4 Sept 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0951/LBC/06
Listed building consent for conversion of former nursery school to form 6 houses
Former Nursery School, Academy Street, Armadale
Received 4 Sept 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0958/H/06
Extension to house
155 Waverley Crescent, Ladywell, Livingston, EH54 8JS
Received 4 Sept 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0957/H/06
Two storey extension to house
33 Tippet Knowes Road, Winchburgh, Broxburn, EH52 6UN
Received 4 Sept 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1086/H/06
Erection of a conservatory
4 Greenburn Road, Fauldhouse, Bathgate, EH47 9HJ
Received 6 Oct 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1122/H/06
Erection of an agricultural shed
3 Matthews Crofts, Blackridge, EH48 3TJ
Received 6 Oct 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1105/A/06
Erection of various illuminated fascia and free standing signs
Standhill, Bathgate
Received 6 Oct 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1115/FUL/06
Substitution of house type Plot 4
Willow Brae, Fauldhouse
Received 12 Oct 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1196/H/06
Two storey extension to house
158 Langton View, East Calder, EH53 0RD
Received 7 Nov 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1187/H/06
Two storey extension to house
25 Tern Brae, Ladywell, Livingston, EH54 6UQ
Received 30 Oct 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1009/H/06
Extension to house
44 Bervie Drive, Murieston, Livingston, EH54 9HA
Received 14 Sept 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1102/FUL/06
Installation of air conditioning units (in retrospect)
6 North Bridge Street, Bathgate, EH48 4PS
Received 27 Sept 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1039/P/06
Planning permission in principle for 0.26 ha residential development
Stonerigg Works, Upper Bathville, Armadale
Received 27 Sept 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1068/H/06
Erection of pitched roof over existing flat roof
24 Murieston Drive, Murieston, Livingston, EH54 9AU
Received 3 Oct 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0157/FUL/06
Erection of house and shop, smokehouse and sorting shed/machinery store totalling 177.75 sqm
Wester Dechmont Farm -, Dechmont
Received 16 Feb 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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