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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24,833 approved · 2,397 refused · 1,644 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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/1149/NID/01
Part re-roofing
Carmondean Library, Carmondean Centre Road, Carmondean, Livingston
Received 11 Dec 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0865/FUL/01
Erection of a 210sqm temporary refridgerated pallet store
- Braehead Road, Linlithgow
Received 6 Sept 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0613/FUL/01
Alterations to existing cask storage building to form new office space and extend cooperage
- Muirhall Warehouses, West Calder
Received 4 Jul 2001 - DecidedLIVE/1114/A/01
Erection of a signboard
- Doomsdale/Recreation Ground, Linlithgow Bridge
Received 6 Dec 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0669/A/01
Erection of illuminated fascia and projecting signs
- East Main Street, Argyle Court, Broxburn
Received 27 Jul 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0328/A/98
Erection of 2 signboards
- Bankton Centre, Murieston, Livingston
Received 22 Apr 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0637/A/97
Erection of a free standing double sided signboard
Site D1 31 Caputhall Road, Deans Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 7 Aug 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0435/FUL/99
Erection of a house with outbuldings and temporary residential caravan
Croft 4 Hens Nest Road, East Whitburn
Received 31 May 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0624/NID/99
Formation of a synthetic sports pitch with associated equipment, fencing, gates & landscaping and the erection of floodlighting columns
Linlithgow Academy Braehead Road, Linlithgow
Received 7 Jul 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0179/LBC/99
Listed Building Consent & Planning Permission for recladding roof to rear with red clay pantiles
Cafe Leo 50 High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7AE
Received 10 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0373/FUL/99
Extension to an existing office/workshop
12 Fairbairn Road, Kirkton North, Livingston
Received 14 May 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0267/A/98
Erection of an illuminated fascia sign
22 South Bridge Street, Bathgate
Received 3 Apr 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0812/FUL/99
Erection of a house and stable block
Plot 1 Riverside Lea, Blackburn House Farm, Seafield
Received 15 Oct 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0526/H/99
Extension to house
51 Burghmuir Court, Linlithgow
Received 5 Jul 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0168/FUL/99
Extension to temporary permission for a 3 year period
- Avonmill Industrial Estate, Linlithgow Bridge
Received 5 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0219/H/99
Extension to house and erection of a garage
25 Deanburn Park, Linlithgow
Received 23 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0540/P/03
Outline planning permission for a 2.4ha residential development
- Torphichen Road, Glenmavis Garage, Bathgate
Received 16 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0730/H/02
Extension to house and relocation of garden wall
3 Avalon Gardens, Linlithgow Bridge
Received 4 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0753/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
20 Barlaw Gardens, Armadale
Received 2 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0244/FUL/99
Erection of a 454sqm office
- Mill Road Industrial Estate, Linlithgow
Received 31 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0860/P/98
Outline planning permission for 16 houses and full planning permission for the construction of access road and plot formation
- East Main Street, Blackburn
Received 20 Oct 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0012/H/98
Formation of french doors
7 Craigs Court, Torphichen
Received 12 Jan 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0745/H/97
Erection of a garage
8 Meadowbank Road, Kirknewton
Received 7 Sept 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0489/FUL/97
Extensions to existing chill store and garage, new vehicle wash facility and reclaim room and upgrade of existing parking area
- Redmill Depot, Redmill, East Whitburn
Received 20 Jun 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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