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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 dates29,636Searchable applications
270Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 26,913 approved or refused records
2,378Refused applications
24,535 approved · 2,378 refused · 1,640 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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/0266/A/02
Erection of signboards
- Lady Place, Eliburn, Livingston
Received 11 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0513/FUL/02
Change of use to public house and exterior alterations to form new fire exit and service access
Unit 1 Almondvale Avenue, McArthur Glen Designer Outlet, Livingston
Received 9 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0665/FUL/02
Alterations to existing store to form vehicle and machinery display
- Almond Valley Heritage Centre, Millfield, Livingston
Received 17 Jun 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0774/FUL/02
Formation of additional car parking and erection of a 1.5m high boundary fence
16 Blackburn Road, Bathgate
Received 12 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0751/FUL/01
Construction of roundabout on B792 along with 130m site access and internal roundabout, minor alterations to A706 slip roads and associated landscaping
- Easter Inch, Blackburn Road, Bathgate
Received 13 Aug 2001 - DecidedLIVE/1315/P/06
Outline planning permission for a 0.63ha office development
Starlaw Business Park, Livingston
Received 6 Dec 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1308/H/06
Extension to house
11 Young Street, West Calder, EH55 8EG
Received 6 Dec 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0792/H/06
Extension to house
20 Kirkfield View, Livingston Village, Livingston, EH54 7BP
Received 19 Jul 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0732/FUL/01
Erection of a 2088 sqm steel framed cattle building
Kipps Farm -, Linlithgow
Received 24 Jul 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0256/NID/01
Erection of offices and a commercial/retail unit
- Ladywell East Road, Livingston
Received 3 Apr 2001 - DecidedLIVE/1087/H/01
Erection of a conservatory
22 Inch Crescent, Bathgate
Received 30 Nov 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0809/H/01
Two storey extension to house
27 Langton Gardens, East Calder
Received 31 Aug 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0978/FUL/01
Extension to form new entrance
Health Centre Howden Road West, Livingston
Received 12 Oct 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0022/FUL/02
Conversion of former grain mill to form a house
- Strathmill Farm, Westfield
Received 3 Jan 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0624/FUL/01
Change of use from service yard to beer garden (in retrospect)
65-67 High Street (Four Marys Public House), Linlithgow
Received 9 Jul 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0982/FUL/01
New shop front and disabled access ramp
246 West Main Street, East Calder
Received 25 Oct 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0443/FUL/99
Demolition of existing buildings and construction of a ground floor retail unit with service yard to engine lane with 2 floors of office accommodation to George Street
20-24 George Street, Bathgate
Received 2 Jun 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0838/FUL/97
Erection of a house and garage
Plot 2 Parkley Craigs, Linlithgow
Received 31 Oct 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0329/FUL/98
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground
2 Kepscaith Road, Whitburn
Received 17 Mar 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0819/LBC/98
Retrospective Listed Building Consent for extension to house and erection of pitched roof over flat roof
Belsyde Lodge, Lanark Road, Linlithgow
Received 9 Oct 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0195/FUL/98
Erection of a house
- Easter Rigghead, Armadale
Received 11 Mar 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0031/FUL/98
Refurbishment of filling station including provisions of new car wash, air/water and vacuum facilities and new pumps
Polkemmet Filling Station . Baillie Street, Whitburn
Received 20 Jan 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0900/H/01
Extension to house
158 Springfield Road, Linlithgow
Received 28 Sept 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0749/FUL/00
Amendment to planning application 0202/00 to reduce the number of houses from 9 to 7
- Eastwood Park (PH 3), Fauldhouse
Received 13 Jul 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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