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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 dates15,833Searchable applications
279Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 13,836 approved or refused records
1,326Refused applications
12,510 approved · 1,326 refused · 991 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0087/A/14
Erection of a free standing sign (Grid Ref. 309202 675723)
Land Adjacent To B8020, Winchburgh (Sign 2)
Received 28 Jan 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0234/H/14
Flat roof double garage in rear garden (Grid Ref. 294906 665224)
15 Shanks Road, Whitburn, EH47 0HN
Received 28 Mar 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0079/FUL/14
Application to vary conditions 2, 3 and 4 of planning consent no: 0155/2005 (Importation and storage of soils) to allow for "soil enhancers" to be incorporated into these conditions (grid ref. 292302 663407)
Land At Polkemmet, Whitburn
Received 27 Jan 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0524/H/14
Two storey extension and extension to house (grid ref. 306332 665753)
61 Easter Bankton, Murieston, Livingston, EH54 9BE
Received 30 Jul 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0225/FUL/14
Formation of access road (grid ref. 310069 667468)
Windyknowe, 13 Milrig, Kirknewton, EH27 8DE
Received 19 Mar 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0795/FUL/13
Conversion of office building and alterations to form 6 flats (grid ref. 306550 668219)
43-48 Adelaide Street, Craigshill, Livingston, EH54 5HQ
Received 3 Dec 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0785/LBC/13
Listed building consent for repainting of shop front and erection of a fascia sign and display of window vinyls (in retrospect) (Grid Ref 300024 677075)
145 High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7EJ
Received 20 Nov 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0086/A/14
Erection of a free standing sign (grid ref. 309893 675225)
(Sign 3), Land At Winchburgh
Received 28 Jan 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0057/H/14
Extension to house and formation of an access ramp (grid Ref.298722 676981)
119 Belsyde Court, Linlithgow Bridge, Linlithgow, EH49 7RW
Received 22 Jan 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0134/FUL/14
Change of use from agricultural land to garden ground, formation of pond, enlargement of pond and erection of haystore (in retrospect) (grid ref. 311817 667151)
Hill House, Kirknewton
Received 27 Jan 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0210/A/14
Erection of an interpretive panel (Grid Ref - 299408, 677051)
St Ninians Craigmaillen Church, Linlithgow
Received 31 Mar 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0222/PO/15
Application for the discharge of the planning obligations relating to planning application 0170/99 (grid ref. 295188 661505)
Ridgeview Nursey, B7015 - Sheephousehill To A706, EH47 9AB
Received 12 Mar 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0066/FUL/14
Substitution of house types on Plots 41 & 41A (Grid Ref. 294186 660835)
Plots 41 & 41A Breichwater Place, Sheephousehill, Fauldhouse, EH47 9LU
Received 27 Jan 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0784/A/13
Erection of a fascia sign and display of window vinyls (in retrospect) (grid ref. 300024 677075)
145 High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7EJ
Received 21 Nov 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0783/FUL/13
Repainting of shop front (in retrospect) (Grid Ref 300024 677075)
145 High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7EJ
Received 21 Nov 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0749/H/13
Extension to house (grid ref. 311368 663665)
The Miller's House, 1 Leithhead, A70 - U32 To Heatherlands, West Calder, EH27 8DJ
Received 13 Nov 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0791/H/13
Two storey extension to house (grid ref. 301635 677412)
10 Carse Knowe, Linlithgow, EH49 7LG
Received 28 Nov 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0088/A/14
Erection of a freestanding sign (grid ref. 307711 675258)
Land Adjacent To B9080, Winchburgh (Sign 1)
Received 28 Jan 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0707/FUL/13
Erection of a house with garage (as amendment to planning permission 0179/FUL/08) (grid ref. 306412 671691)
Green Pastures, Middleton Road, Uphall, EH52 5DG
Received 27 Sept 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0085/EIA/14
EIA screening opinion for the erection of a 66m high (to blade tip) wind turbine (grid ref. 295942 661337)
Holehouseburn, Stoneyburn
Received 31 Jan 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0045/A/14
Erection of 2 illuminated fascia signs (Grid Ref. 305149 666762)
Lennox House, Almondvale Boulevard, Almondvale, Livingston, EH54 6QP
Received 20 Jan 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0076/H/14
Extension to house (grid ref. 304190 664164)
Beechwood House, C24 - Brucefield Park West To Westfield, West Calder, EH55 8RA
Received 27 Jan 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0061/H/14
Extension to house (Grid Ref.294705 668176)
21 Hardhill Place, Bathville, Armadale, EH48 2LG
Received 27 Jan 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0830/FUL/13
Change of use from light industrial unit to cookery school (class 10) (grid ref. 304317 664916)
Unit 6, Block 2, Brewster Square, Brucefield Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 13 Nov 2013
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Start with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Scotland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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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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