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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24,476 approved · 2,371 refused · 1,639 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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/0083/A/00
Erection of fascia signage
111- 113 High Street (Footballers & Cricketers), Linlithgow
Received 31 Jan 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0099/H/00
Extension to house to form a garage
30 Northfield Meadows, Longridge
Received 24 Jan 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0295/FUL/03
Change of use from shop (class 1) to financial, professional and other services (class 2)
Unit 19, Almondvale Shopping Centre, Almondvale, Livingston
Received 21 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0370/FUL/03
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground and erection of a boundary fence and garage and formation of a driveway
10 West Glen Avenue, Deans, Livingston
Received 3 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0868/FUL/02
Erection of 677.25 sqm of industrial/commercial units (Classes 4 & 6)
- Dixon Terrace, Whitburn
Received 15 Aug 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0692/FUL/02
Erection of a house and outbuilding
PLOT2 South East Longridge, Longridge
Received 24 Jun 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0260/FUL/02
Erection of entrance gates (in retrospect)
The Pend Bank Street, Mid Calder
Received 14 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0911/FUL/02
Change of use from reclaimed bing to form vehicle storage and auction site, erection of a 144sqm office building and upgrading of junction with A705
- Land At Whitrigg, East Whitburn
Received 21 Aug 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0099/H/02
Erection of a garage
65 Riddochhill Road, Blackburn
Received 25 Jan 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0268/ARM/02
Erection of house
Standhill Farm -, Blackridge
Received 14 Feb 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0410/FUL/03
Erection of a 17.5 sqm pump house and water storage tank
1 Neilson Square, Deans Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 11 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0434/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
7 Kaims Grove, Kirkton, Livingston
Received 18 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0587/NID/00
Erection of a nursery school, including play area and childrens garden and associated landscaping and car parking
Inveralmond Community High School Willowbank, Ladywell, Livingston
Received 9 Jun 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0288/FUL/96
Installation of 2000L L.P.G. tank
Niddry Mains Farm , Winchburgh, EH52 6QW
Received 12 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0259/FUL/02
Conversion of public house into 5 flats
- Main Street, Addiewell
Received 13 Feb 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0473/FUL/97
Erection of a house with garage
Plot 6 Murieston South 1D, Murieston, Livingston
Received 18 Jun 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0137/A/98
Erection of fascia and free standing illuminated signs
Motorway Cars -, Standhill, Bathgate
Received 15 Jan 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0373/FUL/97
Installation of 2 satellite receiving dishes
Lauder House Almondvale Way, Livingston, EH54 6BX
Received 22 May 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0157/FUL/98
Construction of vehicle wash bay
- Old Rows, Seafield
Received 5 Mar 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0622/FUL/01
Change of use from disused quarry to 50m low velocity rifle range
- Craigton Quarry, Hopetoun Estate, South Queensferry
Received 6 Jul 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0467/H/03
Installation of a mansard roof extension
5 Redhouse Cottages, Threemiletown
Received 28 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0553/FUL/01
Erection of a 408 square metre extension to workshop and 265 square metre storage shed
Whitburn Road -, Bathgate
Received 22 Jun 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0637/P/01
Outline planning permission for the erection of 20 houses
- Inchcross, Bathgate
Received 16 Jul 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0083/FUL/03
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground and erection of a 1.8m high boundary fence (in retrospect)
90 & 92 Overton Crescent, East Calder
Received 19 Dec 2002
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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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