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Planning application documents: what to read first
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 dates17,434Searchable applications
268Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 15,337 approved or refused records
1,517Refused applications
13,820 approved · 1,517 refused · 1,092 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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/0781/FUL/12
Application to allow for 24 hour receipt and processing of waste material (grid ref.309070 672657)
5 Drovers Road, Broxburn, EH52 5ND
Received 20 Jul 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0499/H/12
Erection of a garage in retrospect (Grid Ref. 289688 667215)
8 Hillside Place Blackridge Bathgate West Lothian EH48 3SN
Received 20 Jul 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0569/FUL/12
Variation of Condition 1 of planning permission 0087/FUL/09 to extend the expiry date of the permission (grid ref. 297324 668440)
Former Edgar Allen Works, Whitburn Road, Bathgate
Received 16 Aug 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0437/H/12
Extension to house (grid ref 301625 677370)
56 Carse Knowe, Linlithgow, EH49 7LG
Received 28 Jun 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0472/FUL/12
Formation of a skate park (grid ref. 308983 674714)
Craigton Public Park, Craigton Place, Winchburgh, EH52 6RW
Received 4 Jul 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0342/H/12
Erection of a conservatory (grid ref. 298827 662049)
23 Burnside Terrace, Addiewell, EH55 8NE
Received 9 May 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0465/H/12
Extension to House (Grid Ref 305839 665594)
32 Bankton Drive, Murieston, Livingston, EH54 9EH
Received 9 Jul 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0613/H/12
Conversion of outbuilding to form extension to house (grid ref. 307410 667475)
34 Main Street, Mid Calder, EH53 0AN
Received 31 Aug 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0548/H/12
Two storey extension to house (grid ref. 298566 676649)
183 Avontoun Park, Linlithgow Bridge, Linlithgow, EH49 6QH
Received 1 Aug 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0468/H/12
Installation of a dormer window (grid ref. 307422 672090)
Mayfield Cottage 153 West Main Street Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5LH
Received 3 Jul 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0618/A/12
Erection of an illuminated fascia sign (Grid Ref 294594 664972)
19 West Main Street, Whitburn, EH47 0QB
Received 11 Sept 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0614/H/12
Installation of dormer window (grid ref. 307428 667472)
34 Main Street, Mid Calder, EH53 0AN
Received 6 Sept 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0595/H/12
Erection of a porch (grid ref. 294182 664655)
98 White Street, Whitburn, EH47 0BQ
Received 22 Aug 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0508/H/12
Extension to house (grid ref. 293722 667681)
Ingleside, 16 Station Road, Bathville, Armadale, EH48 3LN
Received 13 Jul 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0422/H/12
Demolition of existing front porch and front extension, erection of new porch, extension to house, formation of pitch roof over existing flat roof extension, cladding to house, window/door alterations and raising of wallhead of barn with new barn roof (grid ref. 299264 672276)
Lower Craigmailen, Bathgate, EH48 4NP
Received 7 Jun 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0375/FUL/12
Installation of ATM and roller shutters (grid ref. 302802 664026)
The Murray 2 Polbeth Road Polbeth West Calder West Lothian EH55 8SR
Received 21 May 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0566/H/12
Extension to house (grid ref. 301870 677874)
45 Pilgrims Hill, Linlithgow, EH49 7LW
Received 6 Jul 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0778/FUL/11
Use of site for vehicle auctions, engineering works to form raised plateau and landscaping (grid ref 299381 662507)
Land At Station Road, Addiewell, EH55 8QA
Received 21 Nov 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0771/LBC/12
Listed building consent for renovation of fire damaged hotel including internal alterations and formation of external stair, extended conservatory, coffee lounge, smoking shelters and ancillary works (grid ref. 300481 677109)
Star And Garter Hotel, 1 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 1 Nov 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0574/FUL/13
Erection of a maintenance shed and offices, siting of 2 temporary office cabins and erection of a high level protective canopy (Grid Ref. 301998 668200)
3 Arrol Square, Deans, Livingston, EH54 8QZ
Received 20 Aug 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0494/H/12
Installation of a dormer window (grid ref. 297595 668543)
57 King Street, Bathgate, EH48 1AZ
Received 10 Jul 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0390/FUL/12
Sitting of a mobile snack bar (Grid Ref. 305437 670067)
Nettlehill Road, Houston Industrial Estate, Livingston, EH54 5DL
Received 7 Jun 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0406/H/12
Extension to house (grid ref. 298081 668636)
32 Academy Place, Bathgate, EH48 1AS
Received 12 Jun 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0259/FUL/12
Erection of a house (grid ref. 293828 660262)
Plot 9, Willow Park, Fauldhouse, West Lothian EH47 9HN
Received 29 Feb 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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