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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.
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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 dates30,129Searchable applications
270Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 27,399 approved or refused records
2,413Refused applications
24,986 approved · 2,413 refused · 1,645 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Sept 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/1070/P/02
Outline planning permission for a 3.25ha residential, recreational and leisure development
- Hens Nest Road, East Whitburn
Received 21 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0882/FUL/02
Part change of use of ground floor from office (Class 4) to licensed bar and restaurant
1 Deer Park Road, Knightsridge, Livingston
Received 14 Aug 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1006/FUL/02
Erection of a house
Plot 4 Muirhouse Dykes, Loganlea
Received 19 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0952/FUL/02
Erection of 3 houses with garages
West Harwood Farm -, West Calder
Received 3 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0425/H/02
Two storey extension to house
25 Wateryett, Linlithgow
Received 15 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0878/FUL/97
Substitution of house type
Plot 13 Newlands (Birchwood Grange), Ritchie Camp, Kirknewton
Received 14 Nov 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0121/H/98
Erection of 6ft high garden fence (in retrospect)
16 Starlaw Avenue, Bathgate
Received 20 Feb 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0310/FUL/01
Extension to public house/restaurant
'The Steading', Glasgow Road, Bathgate
Received 4 Apr 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0158/H/99
Extension to house and erection of a double garage
North Lodge, Craigbinning, Dechmont
Received 2 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0216/LBC/99
Planning permission and listed building consent for the removal of a window replacement with a door
61 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 25 Jan 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0650/H/98
Installation of replacement windows and doors
36A Main Street, Kirknewton
Received 4 Aug 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0027/FUL/98
Change of use from shop to cafe/sandwich bar
Unit 2 Argyle Court, East Main Street, Broxburn
Received 16 Jan 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0706/FUL/03
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground and erection of a boundary fence
3 Spey Drive, Craigshill, Livingston
Received 20 Jun 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0594/FUL/03
Erection of security fence and gates to form service yard compound
24D Whitburn Road, Bathgate Retail Park, Bathgate, EH48 1HH
Received 27 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0623/FUL/03
Installation of an access ramp
39 Main Street, Fauldhouse, EH47 9HY
Received 2 Jun 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0640/H/03
Erection of a conservatory
10 Bickerton Crofts, East Whitburn
Received 2 Jun 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0836/FUL/98
Change of use and extension of garage to form a house
Ayr Road Cottage -, Levenseat, Fauldhouse
Received 15 Oct 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0349/FUL/06
Erection of a house with garage and erection of a 216sqm storage shed
Land To West Of Northfield House, B7015, Fauldhouse
Received 5 Apr 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0168/H/01
Erection of a conservatory
SWN-Y-Nant Hermand, West Calder
Received 28 Feb 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0163/H/01
Extension to house
9 James Street, Armadale
Received 28 Feb 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0120/H/01
Formation of timber garden deck with steps to garden
25 Millgate, Winchburgh
Received 13 Feb 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0121/H/01
Extension to house
14 Crofthead Road, Stoneyburn
Received 13 Feb 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0757/H/03
Erection of a conservatory
17 Lanark Avenue, Deans, Livingston
Received 24 Jun 2003 - DecidedLIVE/1211/H/02
Extension to house
27 Kettilstoun Grove, Linlithgow
Received 27 Nov 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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