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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 dates30,029Searchable applications
270Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 27,299 approved or refused records
2,403Refused applications
24,896 approved · 2,403 refused · 1,645 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
Article 4 direction areasBoundary dataset not connected
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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/0196/FUL/96
Erection of a house
Plot 4 Edinburgh Road, Bathgate
Received 20 Mar 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0159/FUL/94
Erection of a house
Plot 2 Muirhall Mains, West Calder
Received 11 Mar 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0695/H/99
Extension to house
Woodend House -, Woodend, Newton
Received 7 Sept 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0314/FUL/00
Change of use from amusement arcade to public house
90 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 30 Mar 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0638/H/99
Erection of a garage
26 Elmwood Park, Deans, Livingston
Received 16 Aug 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0395/H/99
Erection of a conservatory
24 Kaim Crescent, Bathgate
Received 18 May 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0225/FUL/99
Erection of a new vehicle repair workshop & MOT testing centre including demolition of existing premises
Unit 1 Foulshiels Road, Stoneyburn
Received 26 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0267/H/99
Extension to house
3 Bankton Drive, Murieston, Livingston
Received 12 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0777/P/98
Outline permission for the erection of a house
1 Quarry Road, Fauldhouse
Received 23 Sept 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0076/H/98
Extension to house to incorporate stairlift
79 Riddochhill Crescent, Blackburn
Received 5 Feb 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0079/H/98
Erection of a garage
3 Northfield Meadows, Longridge
Received 5 Feb 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0975/A/97
3 illuminated fascia signs and 1 freestanding sign
1 Drummond Square, Brucefield Industrial Park, Livingston
Received 23 Dec 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0773/H/97
Erection of a double garage
1A Kilpunt Gardens, Broxburn
Received 30 Sept 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0788/FUL/97
Erection of a house
Croft 1, Blackfaulds Farm, Avonbridge, FK1 2JZ
Received 26 Sept 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0761/FUL/97
Part change of use to form food preparation unit
13 Brewster Square, Brucefield Industrial Park, Bellsquarry
Received 25 Sept 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0665/FUL/97
Substitute house type and erection of a garage
Plot 14 (No.27) Northfield Meadows, Longridge
Received 20 Aug 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0344/FUL/06
Erection of 5 office buildings (class 4) (total gross floor area 3500sqm) with associated works
Starlaw Road, Starlaw Business Park, Livingston
Received 27 Mar 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0741/H/01
Alterations and first floor extension to flat
10A East Main Street, Uphall
Received 10 Aug 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0724/P/01
Outline planning permission for the erection of a house
The Byrony -, Belstane, Kirknewton
Received 9 Aug 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0454/H/01
Erection of a boundary fence
10 Fulmar Brae, Ladywell, Livingston
Received 17 May 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0468/H/01
Extension to house
18 Meadowpark Road, Bathgate
Received 24 Apr 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0328/H/01
Extension to house
57 Springfield Road, Linlithgow
Received 17 Apr 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0361/H/01
Extension to house and erection of a garage and car port
4 Hall Road, Broxburn
Received 17 Apr 2001 - DecidedLIVE/1185/A/02
Erection of illuminated free standing signboard and monolith sign
- Blackburn Road, Bathgate
Received 8 Oct 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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