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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 dates16,896Searchable applications
270Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 14,842 approved or refused records
1,453Refused applications
13,389 approved · 1,453 refused · 1,052 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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/0828/FUL/12
Change of use from bank (Class 2) to cafe (Class 3), installation of new shop front and internal/external alterations (grid ref: 300349 677144)
68 High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7AQ
Received 5 Dec 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0137/EIA/13
EIA Screening Request for the erection of a 42m high (to blade tip) wind turbine (grid ref. 297400 670635)
East Mains Of Ballencrieff Farm, Bathgate, EH48 4LD
Received 27 Feb 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0059/PAC/13
Proposal of application notice for residential development with associated greenspace and infrastructure (grid ref. 302210 677915)
Land At Burghmuir, Linlithgow
Received 28 Jan 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0854/FUL/12
Installation of new shop front, entrance doors and windows, installation of external plant and formation of yard and enclosure (as amended) (grid ref. 308474 667820)
242 Main Street, East Calder, EH53 0EJ
Received 15 Nov 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0833/FUL/12
Erection of a 150 sqm commercial unit to form a restaurant (class 3) (grid ref. 306249 665384)
Bankton Centre, Murieston, Livingston, EH54 9DA
Received 5 Dec 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0820/FUL/12
Erection of a house (grid ref. 296386 663287)
Plot 9, Easter Longridge Farm, Longridge, EH47 8AA
Received 20 Nov 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0848/H/12
Erection of a conservatory (grid ref. 299413 476930)
5 Mains Road, Linlithgow, EH49 7DW
Received 14 Dec 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0753/FUL/12
Demolition of existing community building and erection of a community centre including, changing facilities and additional classrooms with associated landscaping and car parking (grid ref. 299635 668661)
Boghall Primary School, 33 Elizabeth Drive, Boghall, Bathgate, EH48 1JB
Received 26 Oct 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0777/PO/12
Application for the discharge of planning obligations relating to planning permission 0343/FUL/11 (grid ref 297438 668880)
15A George Street Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1PH
Received 15 Nov 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0823/H/12
Erection of a conservatory (grid ref. 299185 676968)
6 Ashley Court, Linlithgow, EH49 7BD
Received 27 Nov 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0827/LBC/12
Listed Building Consent for external and internal works and installation of a new shop front (grid ref: 300349 677144)
68 High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7AQ
Received 5 Dec 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0711/PO/12
Application for Discharge of Planning Obligations relating to planning permission P434/84 (grid ref. 304360 677257)
Suo Sogno, Champfluerie, Bridgend, EH49 6NB
Received 26 Sept 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0030/H/13
Erection of a garage (grid ref. 298000 668382)
17 Sutherland Crescent, Bathgate, EH48 1ED
Received 8 Nov 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0049/FUL/13
Substitution of house types (grid ref: 310728 667110)
49 & 51 (Plots 41 & 42) Braekirk Gardens, Kirknewton, EH27 8BW
Received 16 Jan 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0836/FUL/12
Installation of 4 bicycle stands (in retrospect) (grid ref. 296754 672401)
The Square And Torphichen Community Centre, Bowyett, Torphichen
Received 15 Nov 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0055/H/13
Demolition of garage and erection of new garage (grid ref. 299361 676945)
Fairway, 1A Falkirk Road, Linlithgow, EH49 7BA
Received 23 Jan 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0766/FUL/12
Renewal of planning permission 0814/FUL/09 for a temporary portakabin to act as extension of existing nursery area (Grid Ref: 309372 672486)
6 Dunnet Way, Broxburn, EH52 5NN
Received 8 Nov 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0612/FUL/12
Siting of a mobile snack bar (grid ref. 306390 669697)
Muir Road, Houston Industrial Estate, Livingston, EH54
Received 30 Aug 2012 - Awaiting decisionLIVE/0772/PAC/12
Proposal of application notice for proposed development of a thermal treatment plant for waste, associated plant and buildings, storage facilities, landscaping and boundary treatment (grid ref. 293990 657730)
Levenseat, By Forth, ML11 8EP
Received 13 Nov 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0816/EIA/12
EIA Screening opinion for 2 no. 35m (to blade tip) wind turbines (grid ref: 297385 663175)
Midseat Farm, Blackburn, EH47 8AA
Received 28 Nov 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0858/PO/12
Application for the discharge of planning obligation relating to planning permission 0461/93 (grid ref 292635 669071)
Edlyn House, Woodend, Armadale, West Lothian, EH48 3AP
Received 7 Dec 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0376/H/13
Extension to house (grid ref. 294262 668663)
28 Barlaw Gardens, Armadale, EH48 2PZ
Received 22 May 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0791/TCA/12
Removal of 20 trees and crown reduction of 1 tree (grid ref 296848 672248)
Millhill, Westfield Road, Torphichen, EH48 4LR
Received 16 Nov 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0038/FUL/13
Change of use from public toilet to shop (Class 1) and alterations (grid ref 308162 612250)
Former Public Toilets, Buchan Lane, Broxburn
Received 9 Jan 2013
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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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