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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 dates28,418Searchable applications
274Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 25,744 approved or refused records
2,291Refused applications
23,453 approved · 2,291 refused · 1,598 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/1211/H/06
Erection of a garage
67 Ravenswood Rise, Dedridge, Livingston, EH54 6PF
Received 8 Nov 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1207/H/06
Two storey extension to house
21 Harrysmuir Gardens, Pumpherston, EH53 0PJ
Received 8 Nov 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1136/H/07
Erection of pitched roof over flat roof
46 Avontoun Park, Linlithgow Bridge, Linlithgow, EH49 6QG
Received 3 Dec 2007 - DecidedLIVE/1061/H/06
Extension to house, installation of a dormer and erection of a garage
23 Redmill Cottages, Redmill, East Whitburn, EH47 0JR
Received 2 Oct 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0960/H/06
Renewal of planning permission for the erection of a garage
3 Glen Road, Armadale, EH48 3NH
Received 7 Sept 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0962/FUL/06
Installation of air conditioning units (in retrospect)
18A Preston Road, Linlithgow, EH49 6HE
Received 7 Sept 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1267/H/06
Two storey extension to house
47 Westgate, Mid Calder, EH53 0SY
Received 28 Nov 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1118/P/06
Outline planning permission for the demolition of a shop and erection of a house
5 Birniehill Avenue, Bathgate, EH48 2RR
Received 2 Oct 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0885/H/06
Alteration to roof glazing from previous consent 0855/2003
11 Main Street, Dechmont
Received 21 Aug 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0877/A/06
Display of freestanding advertisement
2 Michaelson Square, Kirkton Campus, Livingston, EH54 7DP
Received 9 Aug 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0863/H/06
Erection of a garage
53 South Park, Bathville, Armadale, Bathgate, EH48 3LF
Received 7 Aug 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0961/H/06
Two storey extension to house
Mains House, Mains Road, Linlithgow, EH49 6QA
Received 7 Sept 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0043/FUL/07
Formation of a new access and hard standing for equine centre
Oatridge College, Ecclesmachan
Received 16 Jan 2007 - DecidedLIVE/0362/FUL/07
Formation of additional roundabout leg
Whitburn Road, Bathgate
Received 30 Mar 2007 - DecidedLIVE/0202/FUL/07
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground and erection of a conservatory
25 Howley Avenue, Howden, Livingston, EH54 6AS
Received 27 Feb 2007 - DecidedLIVE/0200/A/07
Erection of a signboard
Annet House 141-143 High Street Linlithgow EH49 7EJ
Received 8 Feb 2007 - DecidedLIVE/0125/H/07
Extension to house
28 East Bankton Place, Murieston, Livingston, EH54 9DB
Received 14 Feb 2007 - DecidedLIVE/0130/H/07
Demolition of garage and erection of a two storey extension to house
69 Jones Green, Knightsridge, Livingston, EH54 8QD
Received 9 Feb 2007 - DecidedLIVE/0157/H/07
Extension to house and erection of a garage
74 Hawthorn Bank, Seafield, EH47 7EB
Received 21 Feb 2007 - DecidedLIVE/0236/H/07
Erection of a conservatory
10 Baron's Hill Avenue, Linlithgow, EH49 7JU
Received 1 Mar 2007 - DecidedLIVE/0167/FUL/07
Erection of two houses
Plots 1 & 2 Whitburn Road, Bathgate
Received 20 Feb 2007 - DecidedLIVE/0144/H/07
Two storey extension to house
25 Clarendon Crescent, Linlithgow, EH49 6AW
Received 14 Feb 2007 - DecidedLIVE/0143/H/07
Erection of a conservatory
Green Cottage, 6 The Loan, Torphichen, EH48 4NF
Received 14 Feb 2007 - DecidedLIVE/0171/H/07
Erection of a garage and store
Dunsyre, Loaninghill, Uphall, EH52 5DG
Received 26 Feb 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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