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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 dates29,569Searchable applications
270Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 26,847 approved or refused records
2,371Refused applications
24,476 approved · 2,371 refused · 1,639 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Apr 1994 to 23 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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/0599/FUL/99
Conversion of farm outbuildings to 2 houses
Williams Craig Farm -, Linlithgow
Received 3 Aug 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0254/P/99
Outline planning permission for the erection of a house
Kepscaith Farm -, Longridge
Received 8 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0887/P/98
Outline planning permission for the erection of 7 houses
- Edinburgh Road, Linlithgow
Received 3 Nov 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0902/FUL/98
Change of land use plan on Lowland Crofting project including relocation on croft
- Stoneheap Farm, Stoneyburn
Received 2 Nov 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0646/FUL/98
Erection of a house and garage, change of use to form new nursery operations and erection of an agricultural building
Northfield, Fauldhouse Road, Longridge
Received 5 Aug 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0645/FUL/98
Part change of use to form hot food take-away
125 Main Street, Fauldhouse
Received 4 Aug 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0050/H/98
Installation of replacement windows
26 Greenside, Torphichen
Received 26 Jan 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0401/H/99
Replacement windows and door
57 Pumpherston Road, Mid Calder
Received 24 May 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0494/FUL/95
Change of use of public open space to private garden ground and erection of 1.8m high fence
50 Loch Trool Way, Whitburn, EH47 Orl
Received 11 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0135/FUL/96
Change of use from public amenity open space to garden ground
27 Langton Gardens, East Calder
Received 28 Feb 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0150/FUL/97
Erection of a house
Plot 3 Elizabeth Gardens, Stoneyburn
Received 4 Mar 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0145/FUL/97
Importation of top soil
Puppet Tree Cottage , West Calder, EH55 8LD
Received 3 Mar 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0628/LBC/02
Listed building consent for installation of replacement doors and formation of roof top patio area with railings, decking and glazed screen
61 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 10 Jun 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1046/LBC/00
Installation of 3 No. CCTV cameras
Newyearfield Farm -, Ladywell, Livingston
Received 14 Nov 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0298/H/00
Extension to house and erection of a garage
46 Bankton Park West Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9BP
Received 27 Mar 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0706/H/02
Installation of dormer windows
53 Goschen Place, Broxburn
Received 27 Jun 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0375/H/02
Erection of a 1.8m high boundary wall
6 Friars Way, Linlithgow
Received 26 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0136/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
4 James Street, Armadale
Received 7 Feb 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0420/H/02
Erection of a garage
13A Howieson Green, Uphall
Received 15 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0878/H/00
Installation of replacement windows and doors
20 Ashley Hall Gardens, Linlithgow, EH49 7DN
Received 13 Sept 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0407/H/00
Extension to house
137 Overton Crescent, East Calder
Received 25 Apr 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0384/H/00
Extension to house
16 Woodhead Grove, Armadale
Received 17 Apr 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0362/A/00
Erection of 2 No. Signboards
Hilty -, Linlithgow
Received 12 Apr 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0610/P/00
Outline Planning Permission for the erection of 24 flats
- Edinburgh Road, Bathgate
Received 23 Jun 2000
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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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