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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 dates17,638Searchable applications
275Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 15,515 approved or refused records
1,539Refused applications
13,976 approved · 1,539 refused · 1,111 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 May 2007 to 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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/0346/FUL/12
Partial demolition of shop (class 1) and erection of a 295 sqm extension to create 2 shops (class 1) (grid ref. 294406 668650)
Former Armadale Motor Company, Bathgate Road, Armadale
Received 1 May 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0315/H/12
Erection of a garage (grid ref. 307026 671646)
6A Holmes Holdings, Holmes Road, Broxburn, EH52 5NY
Received 1 May 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0205/H/12
Erection of a 15 m high free-standing micro generation wind turbine (grid ref. 296641 662112)
Huntingdon, 10D Cannop Crescent, Stoneyburn, EH47 8EF
Received 15 Mar 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0288/H/12
Construction of an ancillary outbuilding (grid ref. 302738 669676)
8 Woodlands Park, Deans, Livingston, EH54 8AT
Received 16 Apr 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0265/LBC/12
Internal alterations and formation of amended door and window openings
The Courtyard, 7 Royal Terrace, Linlithgow, EH49 6HQ
Received 13 Apr 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0182/TCA/12
Crown reduction to 1 tree (grid ref 300066 676902)
3 Royal Terrace, Linlithgow, EH49 6HQ
Received 6 Mar 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0178/FUL/12
Demolition of garage/store building, extension to post office with 1 flat above and erection of 5 flats with associated works (grid ref. 293763 672307)
Post Office Main Street Westfield Bathgate West Lothian EH48 3BU
Received 15 Feb 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0277/H/12
First floor extension to house (grid ref. 300037 676157)
2 Acredales Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6HY
Received 11 Apr 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0282/H/12
Erection of a conservatory (grid ref. 297031 669396)
Millhaugh House, 78 Mill Road, Bathgate, EH48 4BJ
Received 4 Apr 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0190/H/12
Alterations to existing angled bay window to form a square bay window (Grid ref. 295171 664273)
25 Gleneagles Court, Whitburn, EH47 8PG
Received 8 Mar 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0176/FUL/12
Erection of 6 houses
Drovers Bank, Pardovan Farm Steadings, Philpstoun, EH49 7RZ
Received 7 Mar 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0264/H/12
Alterations and modifications to flat (grid ref. 299995 676935)
The Courtyard, 7 Royal Terrace, Linlithgow, EH49 6HQ
Received 13 Apr 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0239/FUL/12
Alterations and part change of use from clubhouse attic to form office space (class 4) and formation of car park (grid ref. 303926 675561)
Bridgend Golf Club, Willowdean, Bridgend, Linlithgow, EH49 6NW
Received 28 Mar 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0242/H/12
Extensions to house (grid ref 311723 667256)
6 Kaimes Gardens, Kirknewton, EH27 8AZ
Received 2 Apr 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0301/H/12
Erection of a garage with storeroom (grid ref. 304312 665426)
8 Hollyhock Glade, Adambrae, Livingston, EH54 9JQ
Received 19 Apr 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0296/LBC/12
Conservation area consent for the demolition of a house (Grid Ref: 307708 672117)
55 West Main Street, Broxburn, EH52 5LE
Received 26 Apr 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0228/H/12
Extension to house (grid ref. 296501 669060)
1 Hamilton Lane, Bathgate, EH48 2AR
Received 26 Mar 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0799/H/11
Extension to flat (grid. ref. 307941 672262)
127 Lychgate Lane Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5NQ
Received 24 Nov 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0233/H/12
Two storey extension (as Amended) (grid ref 302747 669581)
30A Woodlands Park, Deans, Livingston, EH54 8AT
Received 22 Mar 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0260/H/12
Erection of a porch (grid ref. 304291 675511)
19 Auldhill Road, Bridgend, EH49 6PA
Received 10 Apr 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0229/PO/11
Application for discharge of Planning Obligations relating to Planning Application 0741/02 (grid ref. 310133 667250)
8 Milrig Kirknewton West Lothian EH27 8DE
Received 7 Apr 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0157/FUL/12
Change of use from farmland to allotments and erection of 12 no. 3x2m greenhouses (grid ref. 310895 666714)
Overton Farm House, Kirknewton House, Kirknewton, EH27 8DD
Received 27 Feb 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0010/H/12
Conversion of garage to form habitable room (grid ref. 307267 667832)
75 Wallace Mill Gardens, Mid Calder, EH53 0BG
Received 28 Dec 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0011/FUL/12
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground and erection of a 1.8m high boundary fence (grid ref. 305380 667941)
74 Alberta Avenue, Howden, Livingston, EH54 6AP
Received 28 Dec 2011
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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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