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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 dates17,289Searchable applications
269Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 15,207 approved or refused records
1,495Refused applications
13,712 approved · 1,495 refused · 1,079 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Dec 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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/0581/LBC/12
Listed building consent for extension to workshop building and repositioning of wood chipper (grid ref. 309003 678889)
Hopetoun House, South Queensferry
Received 22 Aug 2012 - UnknownLIVE/0582/LBC/12
Listed building consent for partial demolition of 2 buildings (grid ref 307978 672256)
Old Broxburn Primary School Site, West Main Street, Broxburn
Received 27 Aug 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0554/H/12
Extension to house (grid ref 308373 674997)
52 Tippet Knowes Park, Winchburgh, EH52 6UP
Received 8 Aug 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0585/LBC/12
Listed building consent for formation of access ramp (grid ref 300304 677117)
55 High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7ED
Received 22 Aug 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0562/FUL/12
Erection of an external staircase (grid ref. 293722 668331)
13-19 St Helen's Place, Armadale, EH48 3EX
Received 20 Jul 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0563/FUL/12
Change of house type on Plots 59, 61, & 65 (grid ref 293754 667174)
Plots 59, 61 & 65 Armadale Station, Armadale
Received 16 Aug 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0316/H/12
Erection of a double garage and formation of entrance canopy (grid ref. 299862 676969)
1A Union Road, Linlithgow, EH49 7DY
Received 2 May 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0641/FUL/12
Underpinning of walls (grid ref 300358 677144)
64 High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7AQ
Received 12 Sept 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0557/TCA/12
Felling of 3 trees and lopping of 1 tree (Grid Ref. 307353 672131)
106 West Main Street, Broxburn, EH52 5LQ
Received 7 Aug 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0555/H/12
Variation of planning permission 0666/H/10 to install dormer window and alter windows (grid ref 304446 667072)
8 Riverside Court, Livingston Village, Livingston, EH54 7BY
Received 7 Aug 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0543/A/12
Erection of a fascia sign and projecting sign (grid ref 299960 677084)
220 High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7ES
Received 7 Aug 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0502/H/12
Extension to house (grid ref. 307755 674487)
2 Old Glendevon Farm Cottages, Winchburgh, EH52 6PX
Received 21 Jun 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0028/FUL/13
Renewal of planning permission 0880/FUL/09 to allow the operation of outdoor retail market on Wednesdays, Fridays & Saturdays (grid ref. 297262 668622)
Bathgate Market Site, Whitburn Road, Bathgate, EH48 1HE
Received 20 Dec 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0181/FUL/12
Erection of a house (grid ref. 308137 667239)
28 Hoghill Court, East Calder, EH53 0QA
Received 6 Mar 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0530/FUL/12
Change of use from open space to private garden ground and erection of a 1.8m high boundary fence (as amended) (grid ref. 305505 665269)
24/25 Birrell Gardens, Livingston, EH54 9LF
Received 16 Jul 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0567/CLU/12
Siting of a snack van (in retrospect) (Grid Ref. 302133 669559).
2B Royston Road, Deans Industrial Estate, Livingston, EH54 8AH
Received 16 Aug 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0448/FUL/12
Change use from general industrial (Class 5) to soft play centre (Class 11) (Grid Ref. 296277 667202)
Units 3 & 4, Standhill Industrial Estate, Whitburn Road, Bathgate, EH48 2HR
Received 27 Jun 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0344/FUL/12
Erection of a 99sqm extension to form ground floor office space and basement storage space and overcladding of existing office building (grid ref. 298773 665385)
48-54 East Main Street, Blackburn, EH47 7QS
Received 14 May 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0604/H/12
Extension to house (grid ref. 300032 677017)
9 Union Road, Linlithgow, EH49 7DY
Received 26 Jul 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0560/FUL/12
Erection of a house (grid ref. 296508 669553)
Ballencrieff Mill, Bathgate
Received 9 Aug 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0660/FUL/12
Change of use from general industrial (class 5) to shop (class 1 retail) (grid ref 308191 672694)
1B Greendykes Industrial Estate, Broxburn, EH52 6PG
Received 25 Sept 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0730/FUL/12
Restoration of existing farm steading for agricultural use (grid ref. 304936 675797)
Gateside Farm, Bridgend, EH49 6NE
Received 18 Oct 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0533/FUL/12
Alterations to building and installation of velux windows
Almond Valley Heritage Trust, Almond Valley Heritage Centre, Millfield, Livingston, EH54 7AR
Received 31 Jul 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0532/FUL/12
Siting of a mobile snack bar (grid ref. 305814 669878)
Nettlehill Road, Houston Industrial Estate, Livingston, EH54 5DL
Received 6 Jul 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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