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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.
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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24,535 approved · 2,378 refused · 1,640 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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/0009/FUL/01
Amendment to layout
Plot 22 Eastwood Park, Fauldhouse
Received 27 Dec 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0376/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
31 Overton Crescent, East Calder
Received 4 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0378/A/02
Erection of fascia and free standing signs
4 Fairways Business Park, Deer Park Avenue, Livingston
Received 4 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0367/H/02
Extension to house
10 Kettilstoun Mains, Linlithgow
Received 2 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0740/FUL/03
To use the site for the repair, alteration, maintenance, hire and sale of portable accommodation & containers and siting of modular office units & 4 containers for storage
- Clarke Square, Deans Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 23 Jun 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0489/FUL/03
Outline planning permission for the re-furbishment and extension of disused cottage to form house
- Broomieknowes, Linlithgow
Received 1 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0423/H/03
Extension to house
1 Beechwood Park, Livingston
Received 22 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/1101/A/02
Erection of a free standing sign
- Easter Inch, The Pyramids Business Park, Bathgate
Received 18 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0935/FUL/02
Erection of a 450sqm factory/warehouse unit with associated portacabin offices and toilet facilities
Bishopgate, West Main Street, Broxburn
Received 29 Aug 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0304/NID/99
Erection of three new classrooms, and nursery entrance
Bankton Primary School, Kennilworth Rise, Dedridge, Livingston
Received 22 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0439/LBC/99
Planning permission and Listed Building Consent for alterations to house
The Farmhouse Hartwood Mains, West Calder
Received 17 May 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0875/LBC/95
Listed building consent and planning permission for alterations to allow part change of use of shop to part of a house
238 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 28 Dec 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0007/FUL/96
Erection of 2 cat runs
Croft 13 West Harwood, West Calder
Received 4 Jan 1996 - UnknownLIVE/0939/NID/94
Proposed upgrading of civil amenity site used for collection of refuse and recycling material
Council Depot East Main Street, Blackburn
Received 14 Dec 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0635/FUL/00
Installation of additonal windows and changes to external cladding
1 Adam Square, Brucefield Industrial Park, Livingston
Received 28 Jun 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0625/H/00
Extension to house
52 Ambrose Rise, Dedridge, Livingston
Received 28 Jun 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0483/FUL/00
Erection of a platform shelter and plant store
- The Almond Valley Heritage Centre, Millfield, Livingston
Received 19 May 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0387/A/00
Erection of fascia and projecting signs
3 Main Street, Mid Calder
Received 19 Apr 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0656/H/03
Installation of a dormer
10 Craigrigg Cottages, Westfield
Received 9 Jun 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0646/H/03
Formation of off street parking
5 Dunn Place, Winchburgh
Received 5 Jun 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0300/H/02
Two storey extension to house
2 West Muir Road, West Calder
Received 19 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0920/H/01
Erection of a conservatory
14 Deanburn Road, Linlithgow
Received 8 Oct 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0958/H/01
Two storey extension to house
22 Bonnytoun Avenue, Linlithgow
Received 17 Oct 2001 - DecidedLIVE/1095/H/01
Extension to house
129 Avontoun Park, Linlithgow Bridge
Received 28 Nov 2001
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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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