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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 dates18,190Searchable applications
275Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 16,031 approved or refused records
1,613Refused applications
14,418 approved · 1,613 refused · 1,142 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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/0094/FUL/12
Part change of use and alterations from storage and distribution (class 6) to form a class 6 unit and 3No. Class 4, 5 and 6 units with ancillary trade counters
1 Muir Road, Houston Industrial Estate, Livingston, EH54 5DR
Received 7 Feb 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0463/H/12
Installation of replacement windows (Grid Ref 300059 676592)
2 Burgess Hill, Linlithgow, EH49 6BX
Received 6 Jul 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0651/TPO/12
Crown lifting and crown cleaning of 1 tree (grid ref 300062 676601)
3 Burgess Hill, Linlithgow, EH49 6BX
Received 26 Sept 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0404/H/12
Extension to house and erection of raised decking(grid ref. 306554 671810)
4 Loaninghill Road, Uphall, EH52 5EA
Received 12 Jun 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0427/H/12
Two storey extension to house (grid ref. 301106 677057)
Sandy Lodge, 14 Edinburgh Road, Linlithgow, EH49 6AA
Received 21 Jun 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0398/FUL/12
Removal of tipped waste material (grid ref. 294084 672458)
Land North Of Former Logievale Inn, Westfield
Received 29 May 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0478/H/12
Erection of a detached sunroom (grid ref. 297798 669631)
Glenmavis House, Torphichen Road, Bathgate, EH48 4LA
Received 2 Jul 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0528/FUL/12
Erection of a house (grid ref. 291103 664497)
19 Greenrigg Cottages, East Main Street, Greenrigg, Harthill, ML7 5QP
Received 2 Jul 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0352/H/12
Erection of a conservatory (grid ref. 292851 668857)
21 Millburn Crescent, Armadale, EH48 3RB
Received 10 May 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0506/FUL/12
Use of existing access track and agricultural field for paintball facility comprising site compound, car park and gaming area (grid ref, 307400 676498)
Land At Craigton Farm, Hopetoun, Linlithgow
Received 6 Jul 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0488/H/12
Two storey extension and single storey extension to house (grid ref. 301608 677344)
46 Carse Knowe, Linlithgow, EH49 7LG
Received 6 Jul 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0471/FUL/12
Installation of replacement windows and doors (Grid Ref 305020 666358)
Unit 2, Almondvale Retail Park, Almondvale South, Almondvale, Livingston, EH54 6RQ
Received 6 Jul 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0409/CLU/12
Certificate of Lawfulness for extension to house
31 Harburn Road, West Calder, EH55 8AJ
Received 14 Jun 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0408/CLU/12
Certificate of Lawfulness for rear dining extension.
33 Harburn Road, West Calder, EH55 8AJ
Received 14 Jun 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0457/H/12
Erection of a conservatory (grid ref. 300381 661305)
1 West Mains Crofts West Calder West Lothian EH55 8LD
Received 25 Jun 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0286/FUL/12
Change of use from office building (Class 4) to satellite funeral office
Georgia House, Fairbairn Road, Howden, Livingston, EH54 6TS
Received 23 Apr 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0503/FUL/12
Redesign of house plots 14, 15, 32 and plots 19-23 and erection of 2 additional units (grid ref. 293283 664621)
Land Off Polkemmet Road, The Heartlands Development, West Lothian
Received 22 Jun 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0298/H/12
Erection of 3 antennae (in retrospect) (grid ref. 306304 667429)
26 Selm Park, Craigshill, Livingston, EH54 5NU
Received 1 May 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0516/AGR/12
Erection of a 462 sqm agricultural building (Grid Ref. 294702 660063)
West Handaxwood Farm, Fauldhouse, EH47 9AD
Received 20 Jul 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0076/H/12
Two storey extension to house (grid ref. 299645 676419)
59 Deanburn Park, Linlithgow, EH49 6HA
Received 2 Feb 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0334/FUL/12
Siting of a portacabin for use as a cafe (grid ref 294032 667061)
40 Station Road Bathville Armadale Bathgate West Lothian EH48 3GP
Received 1 May 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0391/FUL/12
Change of use from open space to form an access road and 8 car parking spaces, a footway, the erection of fencing and a gate.
Murrayfield Primary School, Catherine Terrace, Blackburn, EH47 7DX
Received 23 May 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0403/HZ/12
Hazardous substances consent for 98,000 tonnes of ethanol (Grid Ref 301365 667276)
Glen Turner Company Ltd, Starlaw Road, Bathgate, EH47 7BW
Received 4 Jun 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0379/H/12
Erection of a garage (grid ref. 306885 667270)
186 Braeside Park, Mid Calder, EH53 0TD
Received 4 Jun 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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