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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 dates17,170Searchable applications
270Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 15,098 approved or refused records
1,483Refused applications
13,615 approved · 1,483 refused · 1,070 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0727/TCA/12
Felling of 1 tree (grid ref 299474 67692)
7 Ashley Hall Gardens, Linlithgow, EH49 7DN
Received 24 Oct 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0001/H/12
Erection of a conservatory (grid ref. 294921 662230)
24 Northfield Meadows, Longridge, EH47 8SA
Received 20 Dec 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0701/H/12
Erection of iron railings and gate and formation of driveway (grid ref. 297031 672209)
Craig House Slackend Torphichen Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4LW
Received 11 Oct 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0764/FUL/12
Erection of a 615 sqm extension to form dining hall, multi-use assembly hall and link corridor (grid ref. 297818 669237)
Balbardie Primary School, 16 Torphichen Street, Bathgate, EH48 4HL
Received 31 Oct 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0697/DEM/12
Demolition of rear extension
62 South Bridge Street, Bathgate, EH48 1TL
Received 12 Oct 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0719/A/12
Erection of a freestanding monolith sign (grid ref 296799 668028)
Land Off Whitburn Road, Bathgate EH48 2RF
Received 19 Oct 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0586/LBC/12
Listed building consent for external alterations (grid ref. 305216 667665)
Howden House, Howden, Livingston, EH54 6AE
Received 29 Jun 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0793/ACT/12
Prior approval to replace deck and install new parapets and wingwalls at OB070/029 (grid ref. 306114 676872)
Overbridge, B8046 Road, Philpstoun
Received 16 Nov 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0058/EIA/13
EIA screening request for a residential development with associated open space and community facilities (grid ref. 300997 676577)
Land At Clarendon Farm, Linlithgow, EH49 6QR
Received 21 Jan 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0812/H/12
Conversion of garage to form habitable room (grid ref. 307266 667855)
18 Wallace Mill Gardens, Mid Calder, EH53 0BD
Received 15 Nov 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0553/H/12
Installation of a dormer window and formation of a balcony (as amended) (grid ref 302841 677066)
West Park Farm, Kingsfield, Linlithgow, EH49 6QY
Received 9 Aug 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0785/H/12
Formation of bay window (grid ref. 298129 665994)
38 Yule Terrace, Blackburn, EH47 7HW
Received 13 Nov 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0824/FUL/12
Change of use from storage and distribution (class 6) to form 2 music rehearsal and recording studios (grid ref. 296520 667816)
Block 4, Unit 3, Whiteside Industrial Estate, Bathgate
Received 12 Nov 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0723/LBC/12
Listed building consent for internal alterations (grid ref 399356 666585)
Ormiston House, Kirknewton, EH27 8DQ
Received 18 Oct 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0710/H/12
Extension to house (grid ref. 304808 665640)
16 Templar Rise Dedridge Livingston West Lothian EH54 6PJ
Received 28 Sept 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0707/H/12
Two storey extension and extension to house (grid ref. 298878 676218)
7 Kettilstoun Crescent, Linlithgow, EH49 6PR
Received 9 Oct 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0280/FUL/12
Change of use of woodland to form extension to zoo including bear enclosure (in retrospect), change of use of existing house to administration/ancillary staff accommodation building, erection of an education building and erection of a house and garage (grid ref. 302506 664575)
Five Sisters Zoo, Gavieside, West Calder, EH55 8PT
Received 26 Jan 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0156/H/13
Two storey extension and extension to house (grid ref. 307069 666761)
42 Maryfield Park, Mid Calder, EH53 0SB
Received 5 Mar 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0755/H/12
Formation of raised decking and access ramp, installation of gates and internal alterations and retrospective external alterations (grid ref 303813 666884)
7 Main Street, Livingston Village, Livingston, EH54 7AF
Received 5 Nov 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0782/A/12
Erection of a fascia sign and window transfers (grid ref 300138 677108)
103 High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7EQ
Received 13 Nov 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0700/H/12
Erection of a pitched roof over existing flat roof (grid ref 293144 669073)
53 Honeyman Court, Armadale, EH48 3RF
Received 15 Oct 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0071/FUL/13
Change of use from public space to private garden ground (grid ref. 293448 668535)
114 West Main Street Armadale Bathgate West Lothian EH48 3JB
Received 21 Jan 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0841/MSC/11
Approval of matters specified in conditions in planning permission 0668/P/02 for the erection of 180 houses with associated works (grid ref. 296890 667075)
Standhill Farm, Bathgate
Received 14 Dec 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0737/H/12
Installation of dormer windows (grid ref. 309262 677764)
18 Main Street, Newton, EH52 6QF
Received 8 Oct 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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