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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 dates29,027Searchable applications
274Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 26,321 approved or refused records
2,337Refused applications
23,984 approved · 2,337 refused · 1,623 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Nov 1994 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 30 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0032/FUL/00
Change of use of 40' x 40' building to storage purposes
Avontoun Works -, Linlithgow
Received 7 Dec 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0322/FUL/06
Change of use from agricultural land to storage yard
Mulholland Contracts Ltd, Polbeth Industrial Estate, Polbeth,EH55 8TJ
Received 3 Apr 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0647/FUL/06
Conversion and extension of garage to form ancillary residential accommodation and erection of a conservatory
13A U31 - Humbie Smallholdings To C29, Kirknewton, EH27 8DS
Received 14 Jun 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0743/P/06
Outline planning permission for a 0.1ha residential development
170-176 South Street, Armadale
Received 6 Jul 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0510/H/97
Erection of a garage
2 Woodlands Cottages, Lower Bathville, Armadale
Received 25 Jun 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0758/FUL/06
Erection of a 2.4 m high weld mesh fence
Westerwood House, Royston Road, Deans Industrial Estate, Livingston, EH54 8AH
Received 3 Jul 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0954/FUL/99
The installation of a temporary portakabin
1 East Main Street, Broxburn
Received 7 Dec 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0873/H/99
Two storey extension to house
5 Wallace Mill Gardens, Mid Calder
Received 10 Nov 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0989/FUL/99
Change of use to form a hot food take-away and grocers
111 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston
Received 10 Nov 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0928/H/99
Formation of pitched roof over existing flat roof
6 Parkwood Gardens, Broxburn
Received 29 Sept 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0676/FUL/99
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground
49 Elm Grove, Blackburn
Received 18 Aug 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0642/FUL/99
Erection of 30 houses and ancillary works
- Murieston South 6B, Murieston, Livingston
Received 18 Aug 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0625/H/99
Extension to house
18 Firbank Grove, East Calder, EH53 0DY
Received 10 Aug 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0628/H/99
Erection of a garage with roof terrace and entrance porch
21 Gleneagles Court, Whitburn
Received 10 Aug 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0639/FUL/06
Erection of 20 houses with associated garaging, landscaping and roads
Binny Park, Ecclesmachan
Received 13 Jun 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0782/FUL/06
Erection of a house
Park View, Fauldhouse
Received 4 Jul 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1025/FUL/98
Erection of a containerised refrigeration plant
81-95 East Main Street, Broxburn
Received 8 Dec 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0560/FUL/06
Erection of a house and garage
Chickering Cottage, Near Longridge
Received 25 May 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0886/H/06
Extension to house and erection of a conservatory
6 Bonnytoun Avenue, Linlithgow, EH49 7JS
Received 16 Aug 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0756/FUL/06
Installation of sustainable urban drainage systems
Land Adjacent To J4M8 Distribition Park, Pottishaw, Bathgate
Received 13 Jul 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0553/P/06
Outline permission for erection of a house
3 Manse Place, Boghall, Bathgate, EH48 1NJ
Received 11 May 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1051/H/06
Installation of rooflights and alteration to flat
6 Canal Terrace, Linlithgow, EH49 6BN
Received 27 Sept 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1037/H/06
Two storey extension to house and demolition of conservatory
61 Deanburn Park, Linlithgow, EH49 6HA
Received 27 Sept 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0980/P/06
Outline planning permission for the erection of a house
Roundel House, 4 Parkhead Road, Linlithgow, EH49 7BS
Received 11 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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