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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 dates17,933Searchable applications
275Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 15,793 approved or refused records
1,580Refused applications
14,213 approved · 1,580 refused · 1,127 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0289/LBC/12
Listed building consent for the erection of a porch and log store (in retrospect) (grid ref. 308756 661057)
Old Schoolhouse, Causewayend, Kirknewton, EH27 8DH
Received 13 Apr 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0419/A/12
Erection of illuminated fascia signs (grid ref. 299024 667670)
Unit 5, Inchwood Business Park, Bathgate, EH48 2EH
Received 29 Mar 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0532/P/11
Planning permission in principle for the erection of 3 houses (grid ref 292781 660171)
Land At Cemetery Road, Fauldhouse
Received 5 Aug 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0331/H/12
Extension to house, raising of roof to form first floor accommodation and formation of pitched roof over dormer (Grid Ref. 300086 676607)
2 Friars Loan, Linlithgow, EH49 6BE
Received 14 May 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0098/FUL/12
Erection of a house and garage (grid ref. 299036 664763)
5 Blackburn Hall Holdings, Blackburn, EH47 7AB
Received 16 Jan 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0150/FUL/12
Erection of a house (grid ref. 298431 677540)
Avon Mill House, 12 Avonmill Road, Linlithgow Bridge, Linlithgow, EH49 7QX
Received 23 Feb 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0377/FUL/12
Variation to condition 1 of planning approval 0763/ful/10 and condition 1 of approval 0574/ful/11 to extend opening hours of shop from 06.30 to 22.00 hours, 7 days a week. (Grid Ref 296090 665160)
The Gothenburg Convenience Store, Main Street, East Whitburn
Received 6 Jun 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0407/FUL/12
Erection of an indoor training hall with associated changing facilities and car parking (grid ref. 299117 676826)
Linlithgow Rugby Club, Mains Road, Linlithgow, EH49 6DB
Received 31 May 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0537/H/12
Extension to house (grid ref. 311675 667158)
1 Meadowbank Road Kirknewton West Lothian EH27 8BH
Received 10 Jul 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0101/FUL/12
Erection of a house (grid ref. 304431 670840)
10A Craiglaw, Dechmont
Received 2 Feb 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0450/H/12
Extensions to house (grid ref. 298084 669229)
10 The Green, Bathgate, EH48 4DB
Received 21 Jun 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0239/P/09
Outline planning permission for the erection of a machinery store and house
Leafy Lodge Bridgecastle Road By Bathgate
Received 3 Apr 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0287/MSC/12
Application for approval of matters relating to planning permission 1012/P/05 for enabling infrastructure works including earth works, formation of vehicle access points, foot/cycle paths, SUDS facilities, utility connections and landscape works (Grid ref: 675031 307974)
Development Block K, Land To West Of Winchburgh On North And South Sides Of B9080.
Received 23 Apr 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0373/FUL/12
Erection of a 158sqm office extension (Grid Ref. 309273 672690)
Russell House, Dunnet Way, Broxburn, EH52 5BU
Received 31 May 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0275/H/12
Extension to house (grid ref. 303501 667861)
144 Oldwood Place, Eliburn, Livingston, EH54 6UX
Received 13 Apr 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0268/FUL/12
Erection of a house (grid ref. 307477 667893)
1 Wallace Mill Gardens, Mid Calder, EH53 0BE
Received 10 Apr 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0360/FUL/12
Change of use from shop (class 1) to betting office (class 2) and opening hours, formation of additional entrance on rear elevation with associated disabled access ramp and installation of 2 air conditioning condenser units on rear elevation and 2 satellite dishes on roof (grid ref. 298513 665800)
1 The Mill Centre, Bathgate Road, Blackburn, EH47 7LG
Received 21 May 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0447/FUL/12
Install new glazed entrance doors and vision panels to existing rear exit doors.
18A West Main Street, Broxburn, EH52 5RH
Received 21 Jun 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0415/TCA/12
Removal of 1 tree (Grid Ref 305670 671610)
55A West Main Street, Uphall, EH52 5DR
Received 19 Jun 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0384/H/12
Extension to house and installation of a window (grid ref. 300512 677046)
7 Back Station Road, Linlithgow, EH49 6AF
Received 31 May 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0364/MSC/12
Approval of matters for the erection of 76 residential units with associated works (grid ref. 307887 675100)
Block K (Millers), Land At Winchburgh
Received 30 May 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0354/H/12
First floor extension to house (grid ref. 303473 666940)
11 Burnfield, Livingston, EH54 7AS
Received 21 May 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0401/CLU/12
Certificate for lawfulness for single storey rear extension.
54 Avalon Gardens, Linlithgow Bridge, Linlithgow, EH49 7QE
Received 14 Jun 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0363/TPO/12
Felling of 1 tree and crown lifting/selective branch removal to 3 trees (grid ref. 304987 664796)
Land To Rear Of 5 Saltcoats Gardens, Bellsquarry, Livingston, EH54 8UR
Received 21 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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