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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 dates29,908Searchable applications
270Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 27,179 approved or refused records
2,394Refused applications
24,785 approved · 2,394 refused · 1,644 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Dec 1993 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0251/FUL/99
Siting of a mobile home for agricultural worker
Williamscraig Farm -, Linlithgow
Received 15 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0071/H/99
Extension to house, installation of a dormer and erection of a garage
32 Kirk Road, Bathgate
Received 5 Feb 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0202/FUL/99
Substitution of house types on plots 46-50 and 57-73 resulting in a reduction of 2 houses
- Loaninghill Road, Loaninghill, Uphall
Received 8 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0761/P/98
Outline Planning Permission for the development of former tree nursery site to provide 5 serviced house plots and convert potting shed to stables with livery area
Swineabbey -, East Whitburn
Received 16 Sept 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0944/H/98
Formation of a bay window
36 Drummond Place, Blackridge
Received 25 Nov 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0828/FUL/98
Erection of a 25m high telecommunications mast and associated equipment
- Eagle Brae/Falcon Brae, Ladywell, Livingston
Received 12 Oct 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0568/H/98
Demolition of existing extensions and erection of a new extension to house
2 Atholl Cottage, Westfield
Received 13 Jul 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0323/H/98
Erection of garage
117 Ravenswood Rise, Dedridge, Livingston
Received 20 Apr 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0576/FUL/94
Erection of a house and garage
Shuttlehall, Hermand, West Calder
Received 4 Aug 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0732/FUL/96
Change of use to open air retail market on Sundays and car boot sale on Fridays
Almondvale Stadium Almondvale Stadium Road, Livingston
Received 20 Aug 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0373/FUL/95
Erection of a fence and floodlights and change of use to operate as a secondhand motor vehicle dealer
- Avontoun, Brookfield Industrial Estate, Linlithgow, EH49 6QD
Received 30 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0474/FUL/95
Dormer extension
1 Brown Street, Armadale
Received 4 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0470/FUL/94
Extension to house
Jemern Friarsbrae, Linlithgow
Received 27 Jun 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0264/FUL/96
Erection of a house
5 Westermains, Armadale
Received 11 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0201/FUL/95
Erection of a stable block, portacabin and formation of an open riding area
1 Humbie Holdings Kirknewton West Lothian EH27 8DS
Received 21 Mar 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0388/FUL/00
Erection of 78 flats
- Ladywell West R2, Ladywell, Livingston
Received 18 Apr 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0685/FUL/99
Change of use from Class 2 to form a hot food take-away
8 West Main Street, Uphall
Received 3 Sept 1999 - DecidedLIVE/1072/H/02
Extension to house
58 Redcraig Road, East Calder
Received 18 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1047/H/02
Erection of a 1.8m high timber fence
16 Wellview Lane, Livingston
Received 9 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1053/H/02
Alterations to driveway (in retrospect)
Craigmailen Friarsbrae, Linlithgow
Received 7 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0862/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
'Rose-End', Pardovan, Philpstoun
Received 14 Aug 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1082/H/02
Erection of a garage
1 Maddersfield Mews, Linlithgow
Received 21 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0576/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
15 Belfield Avenue, East Calder
Received 23 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0502/H/02
Erection of a garage
45 Harthill Road, Blackridge
Received 30 Apr 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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