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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 dates16,523Searchable applications
270Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 14,490 approved or refused records
1,405Refused applications
13,085 approved · 1,405 refused · 1,033 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Apr 2008 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0548/CLU/13
Extension to house (Grid. Ref. 305227 664569)
39 Bervie Drive, Murieston, Livingston, EH54 9HA
Received 13 Aug 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0213/FUL/13
Alterations and upgrading of existing vehicular field access (grid ref. 302033 661268)
Hartwood, West Calder
Received 11 Mar 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0262/H/13
Extension to house (grid ref. 298369 668169)
29 Lindsay Gardens, Bathgate, EH48 1DT
Received 15 Apr 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0086/P/13
Planning permission in principle for the erection of a health and fitness centre and a creche with associated access roads, car parking and landscaping (renewal of planning permission 0536/P/09) (grid ref. 293147 664851)
Cowhill, Whitburn
Received 31 Jan 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0324/LBC/13
Listed building consent for alterations to building (grid ref.300193 677102)
County Buildings, High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7EZ
Received 16 May 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0462/H/13
Installation of 3 dormer windows (grid ref. 301554 664915)
12 Oakbank Cottages, West Calder, EH55 8PR
Received 20 Jun 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0281/H/13
Ground and first floor extensions to house and increase ridge height of roof (grid ref. 293306 660510)
Greenfield Cottage, 35 Bridge Street, Fauldhouse, EH47 9AU
Received 1 May 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0165/FUL/13
Erection of a 61sqm building for the storage of vehicles (as amended) (grid ref. 299557 676762)
Ashley Cottage, 63 Braehead Road, Linlithgow, EH49 6HF
Received 12 Mar 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0367/LBC/13
Listed building consent for installation of replacement windows and new velux window and formation of pitched roof over dormer windows ( grid ref. 299951 677056)
173B High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7EN
Received 6 Jun 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0361/FUL/13
Application under Section 42 for the variation of Condition 4 of planning permission 0443/FUL/10 to increase hours of working from Monday to Saturday from 8 am to 6 pm and 9 am to 4 pm on Sunday (grid ref. 309488 673144)
15 Youngs Road, East Mains Industrial Estate, Broxburn, EH52 5LY
Received 21 May 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0287/H/13
Conversion of garage to form habitable room and formation of decking (grid ref. 300783 677052)
46 St Magdalenes, Linlithgow, EH49 6AQ
Received 4 Apr 2013 - Awaiting decisionLIVE/0286/PAC/13
Proposal of application notice for the erection of 80 houses (grid ref. 305670 666538)
Lammermuir House, Owen Square, Livingston
Received 3 May 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0259/EIA/13
EIA screening opinion for a 79m high (to blade tip) wind turbine (grid ref 97623 60513)
Longford Farm, West Calder
Received 24 Apr 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0277/H/13
Erection of a double garage (grid ref. 306820 671999)
67 Goschen Place Uphall Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5JJ
Received 23 Apr 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0180/FUL/13
Siting of a mobile snack van (grid ref. 296323 667288)
Land At Whitburn Road, Bathgate
Received 5 Mar 2013 - Awaiting decisionLIVE/0829/PAC/12
Proposal of application notice for the erection of 6 no. 132m high (to blade tip) wind turbines (grid ref: 305688 659202)
Land At Camilty, Harburn, Kirknewton, EH27 8DH
Received 3 Dec 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0300/H/13
Installation of replacement windows (grid ref. 306317 671940)
85 East Main Street, Uphall, EH52 5JA
Received 13 May 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0280/H/13
Two storey extension to house (grid ref. 303117 677883)
Castlehill Cottage, Kingsfield Farm, Linlithgow, EH49 7LS
Received 26 Apr 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0248/LBC/13
Listed Building Consent for the erection of various non illuminated signage (grid ref. 299527 677059)
West Port Hotel, 18-20 West Port, Linlithgow, EH49 7AZ
Received 15 Apr 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0338/FUL/13
Installation of an external crane ( grid ref. 302045 669844 )
6 Nairn Road, Deans Industrial Estate, Livingston, EH54 8AY
Received 22 May 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0340/FUL/13
Installation of a DSLAM telecoms cabinet (grid ref. 308164 672152)
West Burnside, Broxburn, EH52 5RG
Received 22 May 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0638/H/13
Two storey extension to house (Grid Ref. 306178 671943)
15 Glebe Avenue, Uphall, EH52 6DU
Received 24 Sept 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0275/FUL/13
Change of use from class 1 (shop) to cafe (class 3) (Grid ref. 303913 670784)
59 Main Street, Dechmont, Broxburn, EH52 6LG
Received 15 Apr 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0299/TCA/13
Crown reduction of 1 tree (grid ref. 305928 671670)
The Stables, 33B West Main Street, Uphall, EH52 5DN
Received 13 May 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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