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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.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for West Lothian. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates15,522Searchable applications
279Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 13,545 approved or refused records
1,277Refused applications
12,268 approved · 1,277 refused · 973 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Apr 2009 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0167/FUL/14
Change of use from former tool hire centre (class 1) to car servicing garage (class 5) (Grid Ref. 297577 668925)
2-4 Hopetoun Lane Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1PP
Received 5 Mar 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0123/PO/14
Application for the modification of planning obligation relating to planning permission 0668/P/02 consisting of amending clause 6.1 to change timing of conveying the affordable housing land to before no more than 99 housing units are occupied (Grid Ref.296827 667173)
Standhill Farm, Standhill Farm Access Road, Bathgate, EH48 3AD
Received 17 Feb 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0113/FUL/14
Change of use from tree belt/open space to industrial yard and erection of a 250sqm industrial building. (Grid Ref 310645 668273)
Camps Villa, U33 - Camps To B7015, Kirknewton, EH27 8DN
Received 13 Feb 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0263/A/14
Erection of a fascia sign (grid ref. 294076 664881)
Whitburn Filling Station, 222 West Main Street, Whitburn, EH47 0QP
Received 5 Mar 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0090/FUL/14
Change of use from store to form children's indoor play area (class 11) (grid ref. 292848 660401)
125 Main Street, Fauldhouse
Received 31 Jan 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0230/H/14
Installation of dormer windows and canopy and erection of a garage (grid ref. 293798 667506)
Thorndean Cottage, 43 Station Road, Bathville, Armadale, EH48 3LQ
Received 18 Mar 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0228/H/14
Installation of 2 dormer windows (grid ref. 296732 669212)
15 Easton Road, Bathgate, EH48 2AX
Received 13 Mar 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0092/TCA/14
Removal of 3 entire trees (Grid Ref. 299571 677519)
12 St Ninian's Avenue, Linlithgow, EH49 7BP
Received 6 Feb 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0091/H/14
Two storey extension to house (Grid Ref. 299000 677035)
22 Lennox Gardens, Linlithgow Bridge, Linlithgow, EH49 7QA
Received 6 Feb 2014 - Awaiting decisionLIVE/0364/PAC/14
Proposal of application notice for a Retail (Class 1) development with associated car parking and landscaping (Grid ref. 304704 666380)
Land At Almondvale Business Park, Livingston
Received 3 Jun 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0287/FUL/14
Change of use from a holiday flat to a house (in retrospect) (Grid ref. 307289 671528)
13C Holmes Holdings, Broxburn, EH52 5NS
Received 1 May 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0213/P/14
Renewal of planning consent 0144/P/08 as amended by 0816/FUL/10: Planning permission in principle for the erection of 4 houses (Grid Ref - 304992, 664605)
Land At Blamoral Gardens Balmoral Gardens Bellsquarry Livingston West Lothian
Received 31 Mar 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0212/H/14
Proposed porch extension to front elevation (Grid Ref - 293567, 664452)
29 Burnhouse Drive, Whitburn, EH47 0NX
Received 31 Mar 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0286/FUL/14
Erection of a 112sqm building extension for use as changing facilities (Grid ref. 305659 671755)
Uphall Community Centre, Strathbrock Place, Uphall, EH52 6BN
Received 1 May 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0138/FUL/14
Erection of 3 no. 118m high (to blade tip) wind turbines with associated infrastructure (grid ref.288877 669339)
Drumduff Blackridge
Received 25 Feb 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0144/CLU/14
Certificate of Lawfulness for replacement of conservatory roof (grid ref.305018 664860)
22 Saltcoats Gardens, Bellsquarry, Livingston, EH54 9JD
Received 25 Feb 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0047/MSC/14
Approval of matters specified in conditions of planning permission 0638/P/12 for the erection of a house (grid ref. 308776 665967)
Selms, Lawhead, Nr Kirknewton EH27 8DQ
Received 17 Dec 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0179/FUL/14
Siting of a mobile snack bar (Grid ref.293015 668421)
West End Garage, The Beeches, Armadale, EH48 3LT
Received 13 Mar 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0069/FUL/14
Extension to car showroom, office and workshop and valet building, formation of additional car parking and alterations to fencing (grid ref. 298606 667163)
Blackburn Road, Bathgate, EH48 2EQ
Received 31 Jan 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0147/LBC/14
Listed building consent for the conversion of stable block to form a house (grid ref. 300658 676745)
Clarendon House, 30 Manse Road, Linlithgow, EH49 6AR
Received 25 Feb 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0185/LBC/14
Listed Building Consent for alterations to building (Grid ref.308871 678985)
Hopetoun House, U3 - A904 To East Lodge, Newton, EH30 9SL
Received 13 Mar 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0224/H/14
Extension to house (grid ref. 307852 671744)
37 Queen's Road, Broxburn, EH52 5QZ
Received 13 Mar 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0162/H/14
Erection of a garage (grid ref. 299055 663206)
34 Cuthill Brae, Addiewell, West Calder, EH55 8QE
Received 5 Mar 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0161/H/14
2 storey extension to house (grid ref. 303736 667963)
144 Foxknowe Place, Eliburn, Livingston, EH54 6TZ
Received 5 Mar 2014
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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