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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 dates18,343Searchable applications
275Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 16,174 approved or refused records
1,626Refused applications
14,548 approved · 1,626 refused · 1,149 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Oct 2006 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0461/M/12
Application under Section 42 for the variation of condition 3 of M/015/1990 to allow up to 200 vehicles a day (20 tonnes loads) to leave the site for a period of 1 year (grid ref 309805 674696)
Niddry Castle Bing, Winchburgh
Received 6 Jul 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0204/FUL/12
Siting of temporary portakabin and erection of a smoking shelter (grid ref. 307030 665648)
Oakbank Park Road, Mid Calder EH53 0TG
Received 9 Mar 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0335/FUL/12
Erection of 2 log cabins (grid ref. 298084 671092)
The Vu, Ballencrieff Toll Reservoir, Bathgate, EH48 4LD
Received 1 May 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0383/FUL/12
Erection of a 247sqm extension to machine shop (grid ref. 310520 678343)
Headrig Road, South Queensferry, EH30 9SH
Received 31 May 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0386/FUL/12
Installation of a cash machine (grid ref. 306802 666385)
Lizzie Brice Service Station, Lizzie Brices Roundabout, Dedridge, Livingston, EH54 6LN
Received 31 May 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0492/H/12
Erection of a garage/workshop and car port (grid ref. 301538 669570)
Royston Lodge, Royston Mains, Bathgate EH48 1JX
Received 7 Jun 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0380/H/12
Formation of driveway (Grid Ref. 293598 668537)
73 West Main Street, Armadale, EH48 3PZ
Received 7 Jun 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0381/PO/12
Application for the modification of planning obligation relating to planning application 1199/M/07 (grid ref. 298252 66010)
Land At Rusha Farm, Near Breich
Received 31 May 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0410/H/12
Extension to house (Grid Ref 305941 665483)/
91 East Bankton Place, Murieston, Livingston, EH54 9DD
Received 13 Jun 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0393/H/12
Extensions to house and installation of velux windows (grid ref. 299292 676993)
Whitecroft, Falkirk Road, Linlithgow, West Lothian
Received 11 Jun 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0418/FUL/12
Erection of a 47m high (to blade tip) wind turbine and associated access track, crane pad and meter housing (Grid Ref 295497 663240)
Wester Blacklaws, Longridge, Bathgate, EH47 8AA
Received 18 Jun 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0423/FUL/12
Sitting of a mobile snack bar (grid ref. 298421 666954)
Inchmuir Road, Bathgate, EH48 2EP
Received 18 Jun 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0412/TPO/12
Felling of 13 trees (grid ref. 306029 665646)
Bankton Lane, Murieston, Livingston
Received 18 Jun 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0435/H/12
First floor extension and rear extension to house (grid ref 296334 668592)
48 Hardhill Road, Bathgate, EH48 2BW
Received 27 Jun 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0469/FUL/12
Erection of 2 houses (Grid Ref 304215 670921)
Plot 1 Badger Wood, Dechmont, Broxburn, EH52 6NZ
Received 4 Jul 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0490/H/12
Variation of Condition 1 of planning permission 0540/H/07 to extend the period of time to begin the development (grid ref. 293798 667506)
Thorndean Cottage, 43 Station Road, Bathville, Armadale, EH48 3LQ
Received 29 Jun 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0397/H/12
Two storey extension to house (grid ref. 299350 677249
4 Jocks Hill Crescent, Linlithgow, EH49 7BJ
Received 1 Jun 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0365/H/12
Two storey extension to house and formation of off street parking (Grid Ref. 299216 668570)
22 Ash Grove, Boghall, Bathgate, EH48 1LS
Received 29 May 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0546/H/12
Erection of a conservatory (grid ref. 304933 665808)
113 Staunton Rise, Dedridge, Livingston, EH54 6PD
Received 6 Jul 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0367/FUL/12
Erection of a 180sqm storage building (Grid Ref. 297373 669544)
Xcite Bathgate, Balbardie Park, Torphichen Road, Bathgate, West Lothian, EH48 4LA
Received 23 May 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0359/H/12
Application for stone cleaning (Grid ref: 300448 677112)
5 High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7AB
Received 29 May 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0385/AGR/12
Prior notification for the erection of an agricultural building (grid ref. 304936 675772)
Gateside Farm, B9080 - Collater House To Bridgend Farm, Bridgend, EH49 6NE
Received 21 May 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0389/A/12
Erection of a fascia sign (grid ref. 294451 664945)
61 West Main Street, Whitburn, EH47 0QD
Received 6 Jun 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0245/CLU/12
Certificate of Lawfulness for existing child minding business (grid ref. 303488 667442)
32 Barn Place, Eliburn, Livingston, EH54 7EN
Received 27 Mar 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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