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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13,976 approved · 1,539 refused · 1,111 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0637/H/12
Extension to house (grid ref. 299661 676876)
14 Preston Court, Linlithgow, EH49 6EN
Received 10 May 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0692/FUL/12
Erection of a 5 sqm disabled toilet (grid ref. 299461 676745)
Linlithgow Rose Football Club, Braehead Road, Linlithgow, EH49 6HF
Received 8 Oct 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0093/A/12
Erection of various illuminated signage (grid ref 306235 669875)
1 Muir Road, Houston Industrial Estate, Livingston, EH54 5DR
Received 7 Feb 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0151/FUL/12
Amendment to planning permission 0920/FUL/07 including raising ridge height, changes to rear elevation and relocation of houses within plots (grid ref. 307012 668777)
Erskine Place, Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston, EH53 0LU
Received 27 Feb 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0207/FUL/12
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground and erection of a 1.8 m high boundary fence (in retrospect) (grid ref. 304288 668502)
42 Fulmar Brae, Ladywell, Livingston, EH54 6UY
Received 23 Feb 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0155/LBC/12
Listed building consent for a fascia sign and window graphics (grid ref. 300324 677149)
78 High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7AQ
Received 27 Feb 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0053/CLU/12
Certificate of lawfulness for the siting of a snack bar (grid ref. 303974 664499)
Young Square, Brucefield Industrial Park, Livingston
Received 20 Jan 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0004/LBC/12
Listed building consent for the erection of a fascia sign (grid ref. 299952 677082)
222A High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7ES
Received 12 Dec 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0238/LBC/12
Listed building consent for conversion of former offices into 1 house and 4 flats (grid ref 305218 667664)
Howden House, Howden Park, Livingston, EH54 6AE
Received 29 Mar 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0339/H/12
Extension to garage (in retrospect) (grid ref. 293839 667917)
120 Mayfield Drive Armadale West Lothian EH48 2JG
Received 16 May 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0337/TPO/12
Felling of 1 tree
Land To Rear Of 4 Saltcoats Gardens, Bellsquarry, Livingston, EH49 7LX
Received 15 May 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0320/H/12
Installation of replacement windows (grid ref. 300450 677011)
Creag An Tuirc, Station Road, Linlithgow, EH49 6BW
Received 9 May 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0809/FUL/11
Erection of a 35m (to blade tip) wind turbine (grid ref 310266 663086)
Ainville Farm, By Kirknewton, EH27 8DH
Received 28 Nov 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0251/CLU/12
Erection of a garage
173 West Main Street, Whitburn, EH47 0QL
Received 4 Apr 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0148/FUL/12
Installation of an ATM machine (grid ref. 293801 668500)
1 Ochilview Square, Armadale, EH48 3EP
Received 23 Feb 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0511/A/12
Erection of a fascia sign (Grid Ref 300295 677120)
57 High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7ED
Received 23 Jul 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0697/CLU/11
Certificate of lawfulness of proposed development for the erection of 63 houses and 137 flats (grid ref 297263 668315)
Land At Edgar Allen Works, Whitburn Road, Bathgate, EH48 2RB
Received 14 Oct 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0079/H/12
Amendment to planning permission 0812/H/08 for alterations to gable wall and roof (grid ref. 311725 667320)
32 Hillhouse Wynd, Kirknewton, EH27 8BU
Received 2 Feb 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0293/H/12
Erection of a conservatory (grid ref. 300313 676981)
1 Crossford, Station Road, Linlithgow, EH49 6BW
Received 13 Apr 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0146/FUL/12
Erection of an air handling unit (grid ref. 301658 667376)
Unit E, Starlaw Road, Starlaw Business Park, Livingston
Received 22 Feb 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0824/FUL/11
Sub-division of house to form new house (Grid Ref. 293997 660885)
81A Sheephousehill, Fauldhouse, EH47 9EG
Received 13 Dec 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0597/H/12
Extension to house (grid ref. 299773 676384)
52 Deanburn Park, Linlithgow, EH49 6HA
Received 21 Aug 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0307/CLU/12
Extension to house
25 Jones Green, Knightsridge, Livingston, EH54 8QB
Received 3 May 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0300/TPO/12
Felling of 1 tree, crown reduction to 1 tree, crown lifting to 1 tree, selective branch removal to 5 trees and crown cleaning to 2 trees (grid ref. 300323 676842)
11 Rockville Grove Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6BZ
Received 2 May 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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