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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 dates17,362Searchable applications
269Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 15,270 approved or refused records
1,506Refused applications
13,764 approved · 1,506 refused · 1,088 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 May 2007 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0526/LBC/12
Listed building consent for the erection of a fascia sign (Grif Ref. 300295 677120)
57 High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7ED
Received 24 Jul 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0491/PAC/12
Erection of 60 houses, with associated roads, footpaths and landscaping (grid ref. 306014 664254)
Land To South Of Murieston Road, Livingston
Received 17 Jul 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0552/CLU/12
Certificate of Lawfulness for erection of a garage (Grid Ref 298391 665393)
19 West Main Street, Blackburn, EH47 7LU
Received 13 Aug 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0559/FUL/12
Siting of a caravan and storage containers and erection of a fence (in retrospect) (Grid Ref. 294997 661536)
Crossfield Farm, Fauldhouse Road, B7015, Longridge, EH47 9AA
Received 13 Aug 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0556/TCA/12
Various works to 4 trees (grid ref. 200144 676777)
The Bungalow, 16 Friars Brae, Linlithgow, EH49 6BQ
Received 13 Aug 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0501/H/12
Erection of a garage (grid ref. 304557 668900)
39 Sinclair Way, Knightsridge, Livingston, EH54 8HW
Received 6 Jul 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0635/EIA/12
EIA screening opinion for 3No. 110m (to tip) wind turbines (grid ref. 298794 658377)
Pates Hill Wind Farm, West Lothian
Received 20 Sept 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0561/A/12
Erection of 4 hoarding signs (grid ref. 294287 667194)
Asda, Armadale Station, Armadale
Received 7 Aug 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0544/LBC/12
Listed building consent for the repainting of shopfront (grid ref 299960 677084)
220 High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7ES
Received 7 Aug 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0540/EIA/12
EIA scoping opinion for 14 wind turbines, 3.4 mw (total 47.6 mw), 130 m high (to blade tip), access tracks and ancillary components (grid ref. 306698 659457)
Camilty Wind Farm, Harburn
Received 7 Aug 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0429/H/12
Extension to house (Grid Ref 302269 669143)
27 Pinewood Park, Deans, Livingston, EH54 8NN
Received 21 Jun 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0541/H/12
Installation of replacement windows (grid ref 300450 677011)
Creag An Tuirc, Station Road, Linlithgow, EH49 6BW
Received 1 Aug 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0644/FUL/12
Change of use from shop (Class 1) to tattoo studio (Class 2) (grid ref. 293828 668583)
7 East Main Street, Armadale, EH48 2NT
Received 6 Sept 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0565/EIA/12
EIA screening opinion for residential development (grid ref. 299540 665496)
Seafield Road, Blackburn
Received 21 Aug 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0551/FUL/12
Erection of 54 houses with associated landscaping, access and infrastructure (grid ref 306405 667285)
Land At New Calder Paper Mill, Mid Calder
Received 2 Aug 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0821/FUL/12
Conversion and extension to outbuilding to form a house, erection of a garage/shed and formation of new access (as amended) (grid ref. 300309 667502)
11 Milrig, Kirknewton, EH27 8DE
Received 31 Oct 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0645/A/12
Erection of a free standing illuminated totem pole sign (grid ref 302835 664014)
2 Polbeth Road, Polbeth, EH55 8SR
Received 14 Sept 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0602/H/12
Extension to house (grid ref 306260 667190)
Burnside Cottage, Mid Calder, Livingston, EH54 6DA
Received 4 Sept 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0592/H/12
Conversion of garage to form ancillary living accommodation (grid ref. 294933 662688)
South Almond, 7 Main Street, Longridge, EH47 8AE
Received 13 Aug 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0584/FUL/12
Formation of access ramp (Grid Ref. 300304 677117)
55 High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7ED
Received 22 Aug 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0535/FUL/12
Installation of replacement windows and doors (grid ref. 303282 666857)
Community Centre, 29 Bowyett, Torphichen, EH48 4LZ
Received 24 Jul 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0514/TPO/12
Removal of 3 trees (grid ref. 300320 676788)
15 Rockville Grove, Linlithgow, EH49 6BZ
Received 20 Jul 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0159/H/13
Two storey extension to house (grid ref. 293665 661352)
9 Eastwood Park, Fauldhouse, EH47 9HL
Received 5 Mar 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0658/P/12
Planning permission in principle for the erection of a house (grid ref. 299539 677576)
Roundel House, 4 Parkhead Road, Linlithgow, EH49 7BS
Received 10 Sept 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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