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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 dates29,805Searchable applications
270Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 27,079 approved or refused records
2,387Refused applications
24,692 approved · 2,387 refused · 1,642 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 31 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0080/FUL/95
Extension to house and erection of a garage
2 Hillside Place, Blackridge
Received 9 Feb 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0050/FUL/94
Erection of a concrete garage
9 Curran Crescent, Broxburn, EH52 5RY
Received 31 Jan 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0043/FUL/97
Alterations and change of use to form retail bankers and cafeteria (Class 3)
Unit 47 Almondvale Centre, Almondvale, Livingston
Received 27 Jan 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0968/FUL/00
Construction of a commercial vehicle dealership with vehicle parking and external wash bay
- Westerton Road, East Mains, Broxburn
Received 18 Oct 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0891/FUL/00
Erection of a temporary data centre
- Easter Inch, Bathgate
Received 18 Sept 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0762/P/99
Outline Planning Permission for a residential development
St Thomas RC Church Blackburn Rd, Addiewell
Received 29 Sept 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0337/H/01
Erection of a garage
23 Willow Park, Fauldhouse
Received 19 Apr 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0951/H/01
Extension to form attic room
8 Grange View, Linlithgow
Received 30 Aug 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0948/FUL/00
Variation of conditions 3 & 4 of planning permission 0353/98 to allow the use of premises to include the garaging and repair of private motor vehicles on a non commercial basis at any time
11A Humbie Holdings, Kirknewton
Received 10 Oct 2000 - DecidedLIVE/1086/H/00
Erection of a conservatory
1 Munro Way, Knightsridge, Livingston
Received 30 Nov 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0347/H/00
Erection of a conservatory
16 Cedarbank, Livingston
Received 10 Apr 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0439/H/00
Alterations and extension to house
11 Acredales Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6HY
Received 8 May 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0816/M/98
Extension of time period for reclaiming coal from bing
Woodend Washer -, Armadale
Received 1 Oct 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0870/H/99
Installation of replacement windows
13 Ecclesmachan Road, Uphall
Received 8 Nov 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0671/H/99
Removal of existing single garage and erection of a double garage
24 Goodall Crescent, Dechmont
Received 27 Aug 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0538/FUL/99
Change of use and alterations to existing outbuilding to form extension to existing offices
- Overton, Kirknewton
Received 8 Jul 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0760/FUL/96
Erection of ahouse and outbuildings, Plot 5
Plot 5 Woodbank Farm, Armadale
Received 27 Aug 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0811/FUL/94
Development of 7 terraced houses and 6 serviced house plots
Stonerigg Water Works Upper Bathville, Armadale
Received 27 Oct 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0808/FUL/94
Installation of a satellite dish
175 East Main Street, Armadale, EH48 2PA
Received 27 Oct 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0805/FUL/94
Erection of conservatory
9 Langton Gardens, East Calder
Received 26 Oct 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0891/FUL/94
Paint frontage of house
4 New Well Wynd, Linlithgow
Received 25 Nov 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0825/P/99
Outline Permission for Class 4 business units
Site V7, Gregory Road, Kirkton Campus, Livingston
Received 25 Oct 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0853/M/99
Application to supersede existing consent (0089/M/97) for disposal of waste to include an increase in site area, the quarrying and storage of rock for site engineering purposes and for removal from site, formation of leachate lagoon and screen bunding
- Auld Cathie Landfill Site, Glendevon, Winchburgh
Received 20 Oct 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0315/FUL/99
Erection of a loading bay
- East Main Street, Halls Factory, Broxburn
Received 26 Apr 1999
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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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