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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 dates15,947Searchable applications
279Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 13,944 approved or refused records
1,338Refused applications
12,606 approved · 1,338 refused · 997 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 31 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0565/H/13
Erection of a garage and formation of a porch (Grid Ref. 307406 667427)
50 Main Street, Mid Calder, EH53 0AN
Received 20 Aug 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0392/A/13
Erection of various illuminated and non-illuminated signage (grid ref. 298752 667904)
Tesco Stores Ltd, 4 Blackburn Road, Bathgate, EH48 2ES
Received 13 Jun 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0131/LBC/14
Listed building consent for the removal of lean-to roof and brick wall (grid ref. 305924 675754)
Threemiletown Farmhouse, Threemiletown
Received 14 Feb 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0695/FUL/13
Erection of a 17.3m high telecommunications mast with ancillary development (renewal of planning permission 0542/FUL/10) (Grid Ref 896835 666915)
Verve Garage, Standhill Road, Birniehill, Bathgate EH48 2UT
Received 25 Sept 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0619/FUL/13
Reconfiguration of drive thru lane and car park to provide a side-by-side order point, incorporating new island for signage and reconfigured kerb lines including associated works and installation of 2 no. customer order displays with canopies (grid ref. 297306 668436)
McDonalds, Whitburn Road, Bathgate, EH48 2RA
Received 28 Aug 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0645/H/13
Erection of a garage (Grid Ref.304944 665780)
12 Staunton Rise, Dedridge, Livingston, EH54 6PB
Received 17 Sept 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0644/H/13
Two storey extension to house and installation of a pitched roof over existing flat roof (Grid Ref.298261 669291)
20 Sunnyside Avenue, Bathgate, EH48 4DR
Received 17 Sept 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0737/H/13
Installation of dormer windows (grid ref. 300143 668146)
1 Morrisbank Cottage, Old Deans Road, Starlaw, Bathgate, EH48 1JU
Received 8 Oct 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0557/FUL/13
Change of use from sports pavillion (class 11) to youth drop-in centre (class 10) (grid ref. 297693 662455)
Sports Pavilion, Glenview Park, Glenview Road, Stoneyburn, EH47 8DE
Received 13 Aug 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0606/H/15
Erection of a conservatory (grid ref. 299188 676635)
7 Hamilton Place, Linlithgow, EH49 6DJ
Received 17 Aug 2015 - DecidedLIVE/0687/LBC/13
Amendment to Listed Building Consent 0849/LBC/10 to redesign and reduce the roof height (Grid Ref. 300058 676964)
2 Royal Terrace, Linlithgow, EH49 6HQ
Received 14 Oct 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0790/EIA/13
EIA screening opinion for a 79m high (to blade tip) wind turbine (grid ref. 295380 666276)
Torbanehill Farm, Near Bathgate, EH48 2HX
Received 3 Dec 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0660/FUL/13
Installation of lightweight metal tile roof and external wall render insulation system, refurbishment of balconies and new pvc fascias and rainwater goods (grid ref. 293726 668316)
14-18 St Helens Place, Armadale, EH48 3EX
Received 8 Oct 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0632/FUL/13
Erection of 16 flats with associated car parking, cycle storage and bin storage (grid ref. 304277 670025)
Land At Deer Park, Livingston
Received 4 Sept 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0607/FUL/13
Installation of covered timber trolley bays & timber post walls within the car park and partial overcladding to existing ATM (grid ref. 298768 667909)
Tesco Stores Ltd, 4 Blackburn Road, Bathgate, EH48 2ES
Received 13 Jun 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0613/FUL/13
Erection of a 688 sqm medical centre with associated car parking and landscaping (grid ref. 305831 665181)
Hamilton Square, Alderstone Road, Livingston, EH54 9JZ
Received 5 Sept 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0622/H/13
Extension to house (Grid Ref. 296703 668926)
63 Muir Road, Bathgate, EH48 2QH
Received 12 Sept 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0729/FUL/13
Variation of Condition 4 of planning permission 0365/FUL/09 to allow the acceptance of putrescible, asbestos and electrical and electronic equipment (weee) waste (Grid Ref.309035 672680)
5 Drovers Road, Broxburn, EH52 5ND
Received 24 Oct 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0589/TCA/13
Felling to ground level of 1 tree (grid ref. 307611 667671)
1A Almond House, Pumpherston Road, Mid Calder, EH53 0AX
Received 3 Sept 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0693/FUL/14
Erection of 10 flats with associated car parking and landscaping as amended from 12 flats (Grid Ref 306518 669199)
Seven Oaks, 24 Harrysmuir Road, Pumpherston, EH53 0NT
Received 29 Sept 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0676/CLU/13
Extension to house (grid ref. 305821 664902)
28 Rothes Drive, Murieston, Livingston, EH54 9HR
Received 8 Oct 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0587/H/13
Extension to house (Grid Ref. 299599 668193)
17 Starlaw Crescent, Bathgate, EH48 1LH
Received 30 Aug 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0595/H/13
Erection of garage and formation of driveway (grid ref. 296477 668929)
38/40 Race Road, Bathgate, EH48 2AP
Received 4 Sept 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0666/A/13
Erection of a free standing notice board (grid ref. 308679 667963)
Land At Main Street, East Calder
Received 8 Oct 2013
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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