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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 dates15,646Searchable applications
279Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 13,662 approved or refused records
1,297Refused applications
12,365 approved · 1,297 refused · 979 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0409/FUL/14
Erection of extension to school to form 8 no. additional classrooms, learning support room, gp room, head teachers room, games hall and ancillary facilities with new playground and new grass pitch over existing blaise pitch at St Anthony's Park (grid ref. 293939 668357)
St Anthonys Roman Catholic Primary, South Street, Armadale, EH48 3EU
Received 3 Jun 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0304/H/14
Extension to house (Grid ref. 294802 665241)
14 Cleland Street, Whitburn, EH47 0HQ
Received 15 May 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0250/FUL/14
Installation of flood lighting to tennis courts (Grid ref. 298936 668235)
Kirkton Park, Edinburgh Road, Bathgate, EH48 1ET
Received 16 Apr 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0302/FUL/14
Erection of 49 houses with associated works (grid ref. 301713 677870)
Land 50M South Of The A803 Linlithgow West Lothian
Received 7 May 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0106/FUL/14
Application, in retrospect, to vary condition 1 (to allow increase in height of overburden mound) of planning permission 0428/FUL/12 (extraction of coal) (grid ref. 298336 660211)
Rusha Farm, Near Breich, EH55 8NS
Received 31 Jan 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0163/H/14
Extension to flat (grid ref. 298711 665426)
11 East Main Street, Blackburn, EH47 7QT
Received 5 Mar 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0186/MSC/14
Approval of matters specified in conditions of planning permission 1044/P/08 for the erection of 85 houses and associated parking, landscaping and footpaths (Grid ref. 293748 667319)
Land At Armadale Station, Armadale
Received 5 Mar 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0437/FUL/14
Change of use from office/workshops to form a house with ancillary accommodation, associated alterations and extension (grid ref. 293281 660472)
50 Bridge Street, Fauldhouse
Received 4 Jun 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0640/H/14
Erection of a conservatory (grid ref. 306895 667981)
28 Esk Drive, Craigshill, Livingston, EH54 5LE
Received 10 Sept 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0363/A/14
Installation of an illuminated ATM surround (grid ref. 293690 660791)
72 Sheephousehill, Fauldhouse, EH47 9EF
Received 29 May 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0259/FUL/14
Change of use from open space to private garden ground and erection of a 57 sqm 'cob' building (grid ref. 296445 672163)
4 Craigpark, Torphichen, EH48 4QJ
Received 31 Mar 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0671/FUL/15
Erection of a 1530 sqm office, workshop and storage building (grid ref. 308284 673898)
Bankhead, Niddry, Winchburgh, EH52 6PP
Received 10 Sept 2015 - Awaiting decisionLIVE/0662/PAC/15
Proposal of application notice for a residential development with associated access roads, open space and surface water treatment areas (grid ref. 302490 666992)
Land South Of Old Cousland Road, Livingston
Received 9 Sept 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0195/FUL/14
Change of use from domestic garage to dog grooming business (class 2) (grid ref. 307097 667903)
9 Almond Court, Craigshill, Livingston, EH54 5NZ
Received 17 Mar 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0256/FUL/14
Erection of a house with garage and ancilliary accommodation (Grid ref. 298752 661239)
Plot 5 - Land For Lowland Crofting Around Longford Farm Addiewell West Lothian
Received 9 Apr 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0253/FUL/14
Change of use from open space to garden ground, two storey extension to house and relocation of garage (grid ref. 301972 661215)
Hartwood Lodge, West Calder, EH55 8LE
Received 5 Mar 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0220/FUL/14
Erection of a 162 sqm animal shed and associated landscaping (grid ref. 300715 674629)
Beecraigs, Linlithgow, EH49 6PL
Received 13 Mar 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0172/H/14
Conversion of garage to form ancillary accommodation (Grid Ref.296559 666880)
27 Inchcross Drive, Bathgate, EH48 2HD
Received 11 Mar 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0251/FUL/14
Formation of external storage area (Class 6) with new vehicular access, installation of bogie testing rails and erection of 2.1m high boundary fencing (Grid ref. 293782 664983)
17 Murraysgate Industrial Estate, Whitburn, EH47 0LE
Received 16 Apr 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0248/EIA/14
EIA screening opinion for the erection of a 110m high (to blade tip) wind turbine (Grid ref. 297182 660785)
Former Woodmuir Colliery, Breich, West Calder, EH55
Received 9 Apr 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0143/H/14
Extension to house (Grid Ref.308054 671990)
23 Park Road, Broxburn, EH52 5RF
Received 25 Feb 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0132/LBC/14
Listed Building Consent for demolition of a barn (Grid Ref.305924 675754)
Hopetoun Home Farm, Hopetoun, Queensferry
Received 25 Feb 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0095/FUL/14
Sub-division, change of use and extension to shop (class 1) to form 1 no. hot food takeaway unit (sui generis) and 1 no. shop unit (class 1) on ground floor and 1 no. shop unit (class 1) and a 1-bedroom flat on first floor together with external flue on gable (grid ref. 294501 664952)
47-49 West Main Street, Whitburn, EH47 0QD
Received 27 Jan 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0295/H/14
Extension to house and erection of an entrance canopy (Grid ref.296564 672285)
Cottalside, B8047 - Craigpark To Manse Road, Torphichen, EH48 4LS
Received 12 May 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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