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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 dates28,203Searchable applications
274Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 25,542 approved or refused records
2,283Refused applications
23,259 approved · 2,283 refused · 1,585 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Sept 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
Article 4 direction areasBoundary dataset not connected
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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/1342/FUL/06
Erection of a house with garage
Land Adjacent 5 Burnvale, Broxburn
Received 20 Dec 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0935/H/06
Formation of a driveway
53 Marjoribanks Street, Bathgate, EH48 1AL
Received 28 Aug 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0982/H/06
Two storey extension to house
11 Kilne Place, Eliburn, Livingston, EH54 6SG
Received 12 Sept 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1202/FUL/06
Part change of use from public space to host a farmers market
The Vennel, Linlithgow
Received 16 Oct 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0857/FUL/06
Installation of 1 no. 300 mm dish antenna to existing telecommunications monopole
Clarendon Mews, Linlithgow
Received 9 Aug 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0882/FUL/06
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground
2 Gelder Drive, Murieston, Livingston, EH54 9HX
Received 15 Aug 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0893/H/06
Extension to house
236 Norman Rise, Dedridge, Livingston, EH54 6NW
Received 15 Aug 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0847/H/06
Extension to house
92 Glenalmond, Whitburn, Bathgate, EH47 8NS
Received 10 Aug 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0871/FUL/06
Erection of a 200 sq.m. driving test centre with motorcycle manoevring area and associated car parking
Yard 2, Ponds Industrial Estate, Bathgate
Received 4 Aug 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1167/H/06
Extension to house
10 Union Road, Bathgate
Received 25 Oct 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1168/H/06
Erection of a conservatory
1 Bloom Court, Livingston, EH54 7AQ
Received 25 Oct 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1081/H/06
Demolition of conservatory and erection of a new conservatory and garage
10 Middlewood Park, Deans, Livingston, EH54 8AZ
Received 10 Oct 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1076/H/06
Relocation and alteration to garage and alterations to garden ground
Hames Best, St. Michaels Wynd, Linlithgow
Received 3 Oct 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0008/H/07
Alteration to garden level to form a driveway
3 East End, West Calder, EH55 8AB
Received 20 Dec 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1059/H/06
Extension to house and erection of chimney
69 Avalon Gardens, Linlithgow Bridge, EH49 7PL
Received 29 Sept 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1035/LBC/06
Listed building consent for erection of offices and events room
Walled Garden, Ormiston, Kirknewton, EH27 8DQ
Received 22 Sept 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0943/H/06
Erection of a conservatory
29 Langside Gardens, Polbeth, West Calder, EH55 8QP
Received 30 Aug 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0806/FUL/06
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground and erection of a 1.8m high boundary fence (in retrospect).
31 Ogilvie Way, Knightsridge, Livingston, EH54 8HL
Received 25 Jul 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1129/H/06
Extension to house
61 Honeyman Court, Armadale, EH48 3RF
Received 16 Oct 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1016/H/06
Extension to house
94 Ennis Park, Polbeth, West Calder, EH55 8TP
Received 20 Sept 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1161/H/06
Erection of a boundary fence
72 Laing Gardens, Broxburn, EH52 6XT
Received 10 Aug 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1020/FUL/06
Erection of house with garage
12B Ross Court, Loganlea, Addiewell, EH55 8HE
Received 19 Sept 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1019/FUL/06
Extension to form linked access between adjacent office and installation of windows to first floor building 1
Appleton Parkway, Livingston, EH54
Received 20 Sept 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1005/H/06
Extension to house
4 Hardhill Drive, Bathgate, EH48 2BP
Received 18 Sept 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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