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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 dates17,076Searchable applications
270Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 15,012 approved or refused records
1,476Refused applications
13,536 approved · 1,476 refused · 1,062 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0688/H/12
Installation of dormer windows and extension to house (grid ref 299349 677248)
Dubh Galla, 4 Jocks Hill Crescent, Linlithgow, EH49 7BJ
Received 10 Oct 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0675/FUL/12
Erection of a 5 m high boundary fence (grid ref. 299807 662701)
HMP Addiewell, 9 Station Road, Addiewell, EH55 8QA
Received 20 Sept 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0735/LBC/12
Extension to front and rear dormer windows (grid ref 299951 677057)
173B High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7EN
Received 26 Oct 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0746/FUL/12
Erection of a 2.4m high security fence (grid ref. 292302 660212)
Central Store, Main Street, Fauldhouse, EH47 9DJ
Received 26 Oct 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0757/FUL/12
Erection of a house (Grid Ref 300197 677007)
Avon Place, Linlithgow
Received 2 Nov 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0725/H/12
Extension to house and installation of a flue (grid ref. 306771 672053)
4 Freeland Avenue, Broxburn, EH52 6EG
Received 17 Oct 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0721/LBC/12
Listed building consent for restoration of existing farm steading (grid ref 304936 675797)
Gateside Farm, Bridgend, EH49 6NE
Received 18 Oct 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0790/EIA/12
EIA scoping opinion request for the erection of 3 turbines (each with a max height to tip of110m and max capacity of 2.5MW)
Pateshill, West Calder
Received 21 Nov 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0007/FUL/13
Installation of new shop front and disabled access (grid ref. 299842 677069)
264-266 High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7ER
Received 14 Dec 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0749/FUL/12
Renewal of planning permission 0033/FUL/08 for the erection of a house and garage (grid ref. 293548 669430)
Birkenshaw Farm, Armadale, EH48 3AS
Received 23 Oct 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0655/H/12
Erection of a 23m high (to blade tip) wind turbine (grid ref 296877 672747)
38 Bowyett, Torphichen, EH48 4LZ
Received 28 Sept 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0686/FUL/12
Formation of access road and dropping off facility (grid ref 293980 668292)
Land Between Bathville Business Estate And St Anthony's Primary, Armadale
Received 9 Oct 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0704/P/12
Planning permission in principle for a 6.5ha residential development with associated landscaping, roads and ancillary works (grid ref. 299511 665571)
Seafield Road, Blackburn
Received 11 Oct 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0822/H/12
Extension to house (grid ref. 289908 666725)
3 Station Road, Blackridge, EH48 3AH
Received 29 Nov 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0716/H/12
Extension to house and installation of a dormer window (grid ref. 300848 677399)
41 Baron's Hill Avenue, Linlithgow, EH49 7JU
Received 11 Oct 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0695/CLU/12
Installation of 6 no. roof mounted solar panels
18 Albyn Cottages, Greendykes Road, Broxburn, EH52 6PJ
Received 11 Oct 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0748/MSC/12
Approval of matters relating to planning permission 0115/P/08 for 63 houses and 107 flats (grid ref. 297365 668093)
Ani Edgar Allen Ltd Whitburn Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2RB
Received 22 Oct 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0536/FUL/12
Erection of a house, agricultural shed and a 18m high (to blade tip) wind turbine (grid ref. 295388 661589)
Land To South Of Burnhead, B7015, Longridge
Received 6 Jul 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0754/CLU/12
Garage Conversion and front porch extension
34 Joseph Cummings Gardens, Broxburn, EH52 5AN
Received 7 Nov 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0752/TPO/12
Crown cleaning of 4 trees (varied from crown reduction of 1 tree, crown thinning of 1 tree and crown cleaning of 1 tree) (grid ref 305706 664588)
2 Murieston Mews, Murieston, Livingston, EH54 9HS
Received 6 Nov 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0808/FUL/12
Change of use from domestic garage to car repairs/servicing (class 5) (in retrospect) (grid ref. 306929 668889)
1 Letham Holdings, Pumpherston Road, Mid Calder, EH53 0LX
Received 8 Nov 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0775/H/12
Installation of dormer windows (grid ref. 304514 665636)
19 Sundew Glade Adambrae Livingston West Lothian EH54 9JF
Received 7 Nov 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0724/H/12
Installation of dormer windows (grid ref. 300984 677381)
128 Baron's Hill Avenue, Linlithgow, EH49 7JG
Received 18 Oct 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0731/H/12
Erection of a summerhouse (in retrospect) (grid ref. 298286 667415)
1 Old Hall Knowe Court, Bathgate, EH48 2TU
Received 10 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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