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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 dates17,556Searchable applications
268Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 15,447 approved or refused records
1,531Refused applications
13,916 approved · 1,531 refused · 1,104 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 May 2007 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0672/FUL/12
Permission to hold open air market for one period per calendar month for no more than 2 consecutive day at one time (grid ref 308420 672206)
Argyle Court Car Park, East Main Street, Broxburn, EH52 5AZ
Received 4 Oct 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0547/FUL/12
Installation of ATM machine (grid ref. 306227 665352)
2-3 Bankton Centre, Murieston, Livingston, EH54 9DA
Received 20 Jul 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0671/H/12
Two storey extension to house (grid ref. 299669 676219)
10 Deanburn Road, Linlithgow, EH49 6EY
Received 26 Sept 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0596/FUL/12
Erection of smoking shelter (grid ref. 297415 669106)
Twig Nightclub, 41 Livery Street, Bathgate
Received 22 Aug 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0670/TPO/12
Selective branch removal of 1 tree (grid ref 303861 670802)
Land North Of 9 Goodall Place, Dechmont, Broxburn, EH52 6PD
Received 25 Sept 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0609/H/12
Installation of windows and doors (Grid Ref. 296767 672363)
3 Rock Cottages, The Square, Torphichen, EH48 4LY
Received 6 Sept 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0539/FUL/12
Conversion of outbuilding to form linked residential accommodation (as amended) (grid ref. 308068 670229)
Heathercroft, Broxburn, EH52 5PF
Received 20 Jul 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0659/H/12
Erection of fencing and pergola (in retrospect) (grid ref. 295845 667660)
6 Whiteside Farm Lane, Bathgate, EH48 2UL
Received 10 Sept 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0652/TPO/12
Selective branch removal to 4 trees (grid ref 305027 664926)
18 Saltcoats Gardens, Bellsquarry, Livingston, EH54 9JD
Received 25 Sept 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0619/H/12
Extension to house, formation of driveway and ramped access to front of house and formation of decking to rear of house (grid ref. 298406 668521)
25 Marchwood Crescent Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1DA
Received 28 Aug 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0221/AGR/12
Prior notification for the erection of a 338sqm agricultural building (grid ref 303362 671614)
Craigbank Farm, Dechmont, EH52 6NB
Received 15 Mar 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0303/A/12
Erection of 2 illuminated freestanding billboards (grid ref 296668 666776)
B7066 East Of Boghead Roundabout, Bathgate, EH48 2HR
Received 2 May 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0302/A/12
Erection of 2 illuminated freestanding billboards (grid ref 295220 668295)
A801 (B708 Overbridge), Bathgate, EH48 2HY
Received 2 May 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0322/H/12
Erection of a car port (grid ref. 299396 676887)
Upper Westrig, 15 Mains Road, Linlithgow, EH49 7DW
Received 8 May 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0184/LBC/12
Listed building consent for conversion of barn to form extension to house (grid ref. 300514 675433)
Hilty, By Linlithgow, West Lothian, EH49 6PJ
Received 8 Mar 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0274/A/12
Erection of various illuminated and non illuminated signage (grid ref. 305667 666814)
Livingston Supercentre, Almondvale Road South, Livingston, EH54 6NB
Received 13 Apr 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0333/FUL/12
Erection of a house (grid ref 307303 667678)
12 Combfoot Cottages, Mid Calder, EH53 0AD
Received 14 May 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0258/H/12
Extension to house (grid ref. 292553 660338)
5 Thornton Place, Fauldhouse, EH47 9DE
Received 10 Apr 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0330/FUL/12
Erection of a canopy within car park as part of customer collection facility (grid ref 298704 667797)
Tesco Stores Ltd, 4 Blackburn Road, Bathgate, EH48 2ES
Received 8 May 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0261/FUL/12
Siting of a prefabricated biomass boiler housing unit (grid ref. 306514 671338)
Uphall Eco Business Park, Sector 6 Front Office Car Park, Loaninghill, Uphall, EH52 5NT
Received 10 Apr 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0200/TPO/12
Crown reduction, branch removal and crown cleaning to 4 trees (grid ref. 299301 668116)
Land To Rear Of 16 Hunter Grove, Bathgate, EH48 1NN
Received 15 Mar 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0214/LBC/12
Listed building consent for demolition of coal bunker and erection of a conservatory (grid ref 289075 667136)
Christchurch Hall, 60 Main Street, Blackridge, EH48 3RJ
Received 16 Mar 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0078/H/12
Extension to house and installation of dormer window (grid ref. 299229 677148)
22 Highfield Crescent, Linlithgow, EH49 7BG
Received 2 Feb 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0072/H/12
Extension to house and erection of pitched roof over existing flat roof and formation of raised decking (grid ref. 298779 676684)
Balquhidder, 46 Mains Road, Linlithgow, EH49 6QA
Received 31 Jan 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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