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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 dates30,337Searchable applications
270Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 27,600 approved or refused records
2,434Refused applications
25,166 approved · 2,434 refused · 1,651 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0765/P/00
Erection of two houses on plots 59 & 60
- Heatherwood Estate, Seafield
Received 11 Aug 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0890/FUL/99
Proposed re-roofing
- R C Church Of Sacred Heart & St Anthony, Wotherspoon Crescent, Armadale
Received 15 Nov 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0590/FUL/00
Vary condition No.10 of planning approval 100/00 requiring the erection of a footpath and footbridge
- McLean Terrace, Blackridge
Received 7 Jun 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0092/A/99
Erection of 2 wall mounted advertisement display units
114 West Main Street, Whitburn
Received 10 Feb 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0383/FUL/01
Erection of a bungalow
Plot 1 Willow Grove, Fauldhouse
Received 3 May 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0515/FUL/01
Proposed construction of a single storey toilet block, kitchen extension and extension to the rear of the building
90 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 6 Jun 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0552/FUL/00
Change of use from community centre to office and shop units with two flats above
2 Goschen Place, Broxburn
Received 29 May 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0548/NID/94
Formation of 8 car parking spaces
Open Ground Behind Car Park Rosemount Court, Bathgate
Received 27 Jul 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0223/P/94
Outline planning permission for a house
Site At Goodall Place, Dechmont
Received 30 Mar 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0223/H/97
Erection of a store
Gowanbank House , Avonbridge, FK1 2JY
Received 27 Mar 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0483/P/97
Change of use to landscape business, temporary caravan and new horticultural shed (full) new house (outline)
- South Birniehill, West Calder
Received 18 Jun 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0655/ARM/00
Extension to childrens nursery
- Bankton Square, Murieston, Livingston
Received 3 Jul 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0988/H/00
Extension to house
25 Redmill Cottages, East Whitburn
Received 24 Oct 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0503/H/00
Erection of a garage
5 Thomson Grove, Uphall
Received 22 May 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0801/FUL/00
Change of use from flat to guest house (Class 7)
29B Main Street, Mid Calder
Received 23 Aug 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0221/FUL/97
Installation of shop front
Phase 2 Almondvale Centre, Almondvale, Livingston
Received 27 Mar 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0221/FUL/95
Extension to house
27 Bonnytoun Terrace, Linlithgow
Received 29 Mar 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0141/FUL/94
Erection of garage
3 McLean Terrace, Blackridge, EH48 3SJ
Received 4 Mar 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0005/A/98
Flat wall mounted sign
Whitburn Filling Station, West Main Street, Whitburn
Received 5 Jan 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0726/A/98
Erection of a freestanding signboard & 3 flag poles
3A Adambrae, Livingston
Received 4 Sept 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0898/FUL/99
Substitution of house types on plots 55 & 56
Plots 55 & 56 Eliburn East 10, Livingston
Received 27 Oct 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0144/FUL/99
Extension to form offices
216 East Main Street, Broxburn
Received 26 Feb 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0450/FUL/97
Change of use of former byre to form workshop and showroom
- Hiltly, Linlithgow
Received 9 Jun 1997 - UnknownLIVE/0787/FUL/98
Proposed change of use to retail timber merchant with sales and workshop areas
Old Dairy, Drumshoreland Road, Pumpherston
Received 31 Aug 1998
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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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