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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
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of West Lothian. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official West Lothian website
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates16,962Searchable applications
270Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 14,905 approved or refused records
1,463Refused applications
13,442 approved · 1,463 refused · 1,055 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Conservation areas10 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasBoundary dataset not connected
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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/0006/FUL/13
Extension to car showroom, office and workshop and valet building, formation of additional car parking and alterations to fencing (grid ref. 298606 667163)
Inch Engineering (Bathgate) Ltd, Blackburn Road, Bathgate, EH48 2EQ
Received 18 Dec 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0054/FUL/13
Repainting of building frontage (grid ref. 300260 677169)
Hole In The Wall, 108-110 High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7AQ
Received 21 Jan 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0805/H/12
Extension to house (grid ref: 303534 669317).
79 Jones Green, Knightsridge, Livingston, EH54 8QD
Received 27 Nov 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0687/LBC/12
Listed building consent for replacement of five garage doors (grid ref 300165 677011)
Police Station, Court Square, High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7EQ
Received 8 Oct 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0035/FUL/13
Demolition of agricultural sheds, conversion of steading to form 3 houses and erection of 29 houses with associated access roads, parking and landscaping (grid ref. 307833 674943)
Glendevon Steadings, Winchburgh
Received 4 Jan 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0034/FUL/13
Installation of air quality monitoring cabinet (grid ref. 300419 677120)
High Street, Linlithgow
Received 15 Jan 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0706/FUL/12
Erection of a 34.2m high (to blade tip) wind turbine (grid ref. 297452,671136)
Bishopbrae Farm, Bathgate, EH48 4LN
Received 28 Sept 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0815/EIA/12
EIA screening opinion for a 35m (to blade tip) wind turbine (grid ref: 298565 669138).
Limefield Farm House, Limefield Road, Bathgate, EH48 1JZ
Received 28 Nov 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0776/H/12
Extension to house (grid ref 295444 664503)
98 Glenalmond, Whitburn, EH47 8NS
Received 12 Nov 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0763/FUL/12
Change of use from open space to private garden ground (grid ref. 297013 672252)
4 Craigs Court, Torphichen, EH48 4NU
Received 5 Nov 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0656/H/12
Two storey extension to house (grid ref 299308 676994)
Croftside, Falkirk Road, Linlithgow, EH49 7BA
Received 28 Sept 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0043/H/13
Extension to house (grid ref. 305158 664419)
3 Bervie Drive, Murieston, Livingston, EH54 9HA
Received 8 Jan 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0042/H/13
Extension to house (grid ref. 293579 664480)
11 Hunter Grove, Whitburn, EH47 0NW
Received 21 Dec 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0714/H/12
Installation of dormer windows (grid ref. 290515 667357)
33 Craig Street, Blackridge, EH48 3TE
Received 9 Oct 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0789/LBC/12
Listed building consent for the erection of a 124sqm extension to nursery (grid ref 293500 668422)
Armadale Primary School, Academy Street, Armadale, EH48 3JD
Received 16 Nov 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0718/A/12
Erection of illuminated fascia signs (grid ref 302086 669770)
6 Nairn Road, Deans Industrial Estate, Livingston, EH54 8AY
Received 18 Oct 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0181/H/13
Installation of replacement window (grid ref. 300926 677078)
6 St Magdalenes, Linlithgow, EH49 6AQ
Received 19 Feb 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0856/FUL/12
First floor extension to pharmacy building (grid ref. 305957 671736)
23 West Main Street, Uphall, EH52 5DN
Received 7 Dec 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0844/P/12
Planning permission in principle for the erection of a care home for the elderly (grid ref. 293799 668661)
7A North Street, Armadale, EH48 3QB
Received 23 Nov 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0580/LBC/12
Listed building consent for the demolition of outbuildings (Grid Ref. 300527 677059)
Linlithgow Railway Station, Linlithgow
Received 22 Aug 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0834/ACT/12
Prior approval to erect a replacement footbridge (OB070/040) (grid ref: 299984 676975)
Overbridge 070/040, Lion Well Footbridge, Linlithgow
Received 7 Dec 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0837/H/12
Extension to house and installation of dormer windows (grid ref: 309254 677712)
2 Duddingston Crescent, Newton, EH52 6QG
Received 13 Dec 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0841/H/12
Erection of ancillary residential accommodation (grid ref: 299610 677568)
Hillcroft, 5 Parkhead Road, Linlithgow, EH49 7BS
Received 13 Dec 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0797/H/12
Two storey extension to house (grid ref. 298942 677076)
23 Lennox Gardens, Linlithgow Bridge, Linlithgow, EH49 7PZ
Received 5 Nov 2012
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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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