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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 dates29,959Searchable applications
270Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 27,230 approved or refused records
2,397Refused applications
24,833 approved · 2,397 refused · 1,644 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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/0142/FUL/02
Alterations and extension to garden centre to form coffee lounge
- Beechwood Nurseries, Uphall
Received 6 Feb 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0373/H/02
Erection of a double garage
11 Station Road, Blackridge
Received 3 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0693/H/02
Two storey extension to house
69 Sheriff's Park, Linlithgow
Received 26 Jun 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0339/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
14 Glencoe, Whitburn
Received 18 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0492/H/02
Erection of a 1 1/2 storey extension to house
56 Westgate, Mid Calder
Received 30 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0403/FUL/02
Erection of a house and temporary siting of a residential caravan
- Station Road, Plot 3, Winchburgh
Received 10 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0179/FUL/02
Erection of a conservatory to rear of property
73 Lenzie Avenue Deans Livingston West Lothian EH54 8NR
Received 13 Feb 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0344/FUL/01
Refurbishment of industrial unit comprising re-cladding of warehouse, over-cladding of offices and extension to car park
Units C1, C2, C3 & C4 Firth Road, Houstoun Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 24 Apr 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0692/H/99
Erection of a garage
58 Leving Place, Eliburn, Livingston
Received 6 Sept 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0132/FUL/00
Sub-divide, alter and change of use from lounge bar to licensed bookmakers
Happy Valley Hotel Bathgate Road, Blackburn
Received 14 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0243/FUL/00
Amended application for the formation of a synthetic football pitch with metal boundary fence and floodlights, 300 seat spectator stand and team changing rooms extension to existing pavillion
Craigswood Sports Centre -, Livingston
Received 10 Mar 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0233/P/00
Outline Planning Permission for the formation of 4 house plots
- Redhouse Road, Seafield
Received 7 Mar 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0330/LBC/00
Advertisement Consent & Listed Building Consent for replacement fascia sign
9 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 3 Apr 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0378/FUL/00
Erection of a house with garage
Plot 9 Birch Grove, Fauldhouse
Received 17 Apr 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0172/FUL/00
Demolition of storage sheds and erection of storage building
5A Houston Mains, Dechmont
Received 21 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0718/FUL/99
Erection of pitched roofs to 3 No. houses
7, 8 & 9 Eden Drive, Craigshill, Livingston
Received 6 Sept 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0159/FUL/00
Installation of LPG compound, fencing, CCTV camera, floodlights and dispenser
Stockbridge Service Station Falkirk Road, Linlithgow
Received 18 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0411/H/99
Erection of a garage
42A Main Street, Longridge
Received 19 May 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0121/FUL/03
Change of use from residential accomodation to offices (Class 4)
St Johns Hospital Howden West Road Howden Livingston EH54 6PP
Received 30 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0573/FUL/99
Erection of a house and garage
Plot 3 Birch Grove, Croftfoot Farm, Fauldhouse
Received 23 Jul 1999 - DecidedLIVE/1036/FUL/05
Erection of a house
- Mosshall Farm, Blackburn
Received 23 Sept 2005 - DecidedLIVE/0904/FUL/01
Erection of 27 houses and associated works
- Inchcross, Bathgate
Received 4 Oct 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0324/H/02
Two storey extension to house
70 Wester Bankton, Murieston, Livingston
Received 25 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0474/FUL/02
Erection of a 2000 sqm extension to warehouse and enlarge car park area
1 Neilson Square, Deans Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 24 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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