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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 dates29,749Searchable applications
270Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 27,023 approved or refused records
2,385Refused applications
24,638 approved · 2,385 refused · 1,642 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0127/FUL/01
Passive treatment scheme for abandoned minewater discharge including access tracks, erection of fencing and the formation of wetland reed beds
- Cuthill, Addiewell
Received 15 Feb 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0208/P/01
Outline planning permission for the formation of a livestock auction market and new access road
Powflats Farm -, Broxburn
Received 9 Jan 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0351/FUL/01
Erection of 19 houses with garages and associated roads and parking
Site 4B Adambrae Road, Adanbrae, Livingston
Received 25 Apr 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0585/H/02
Two storey extension to house
115 Preston Road, Linlithgow
Received 27 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0477/H/02
Erection of a 1.1m high boundary fence (in retrospect)
10 Bickerton Crofts, Hens Nest Road, East Whitburn
Received 29 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0464/A/02
Erection of various illuminated fascia and freestanding car dealership signs
- Blackburn Road, Bathgate
Received 23 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0923/NID/00
Change of use from residential to Resource Centre for Sensory Impaired and Disabled
St Johns Hospital Howden West Road Howden Livingston EH54 6PP
Received 29 Sept 2000 - DecidedLIVE/1122/FUL/00
Erection of a 2730 sqm warehouse development yard and car parking
- Deans Road, Deans Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 12 Dec 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0510/FUL/00
Substitution of house types on plots 26-43
- Balmuir Road, Bathgate
Received 24 May 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0744/H/00
Installation of a dormer and replacement windows and formation of a balcony
15 Mains Road, Linlithgow
Received 2 Aug 2000 - DecidedLIVE/1031/H/00
Erection of a conservatory
2 Sarazen Green, Knightsridge, Livingston
Received 2 Nov 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0022/P/01
Outline planning permission for the erection of new offices and a commercial/retail unit
Peel House, Ladywell East Road, Ladywell, Livingston
Received 4 Dec 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0872/H/00
Erection of a conservatory
45 Millburn Crescent, Armadale
Received 11 Sept 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0202/H/01
Extension to house
27 Cameron Knowe, Philpstoun
Received 6 Mar 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0265/NID/00
Installation of external insulated cladding with roughcast finish and overcladding of existing metal roof
- Meadowhead Gardens, Crescent, Loan & Terrace, Addiebrownhill, Addiewell
Received 16 Mar 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0487/H/97
Extension to house
1 Forkneuk Road, Uphall
Received 12 Jun 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0716/A/98
Erection of fascia signs, logo sign and pole sign
- Drovers Road, Broxburn
Received 2 Sept 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0599/LBC/98
Listed Building Consent to erect garage/store and form new vehicular access through wall
Plot 4 Murieston Mews, Murieston, Livingston
Received 23 Jul 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0601/FUL/98
Installation of a 25m telecommunications tower with 6 anntena, 4 microwave dishes and associated equipment cabin
Drumcross Farm -, Bathgate
Received 22 Jul 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0712/A/97
Erection of site signage, 4No. flag poles and fascia sign
- Oakbank Park Industrial Estate, Linhouse, Livingston
Received 15 Aug 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0656/FUL/98
Substitution of house type
Plot 21 Newlands (Birchwood Grange), Ritchie Camp, Kirknewton
Received 7 Aug 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0405/A/97
Erection of fascia & projecting signs
8 Hopetoun Street, Bathgate, EH12 9JN
Received 26 May 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0535/A/97
Installation of internally illuminated fascia sign
47-53 East Main Street, Broxburn
Received 3 Jul 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0969/FUL/97
Two storey extension and location of temporary unit
Warden's House, Oatridge Agricultural College, Ecclesmachan
Received 18 Dec 1997
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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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