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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 dates18,643Searchable applications
275Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 16,454 approved or refused records
1,655Refused applications
14,799 approved · 1,655 refused · 1,167 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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/0169/FUL/12
Erection of a biomass heating plant with associated infrastructure (grid ref 308998 678891)
Hopetoun Home Farm, Hopetoun Estate, Queensferry
Received 5 Mar 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0002/H/12
Formation of balcony (grid ref. 299656 677570)
Laburnum, 8 Parkhead Road, Linlithgow, EH49
Received 20 Dec 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0362/H/12
First floor extension to house (grid ref. 306095 661228)
Camilty Lodge South, Harburn, West Calder, EH55 8RH
Received 21 May 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0220/FUL/12
Extend double maturation warehouse to form 5 compartment maturation warehouse (grid ref. 301020 667299)
Glen Turner Distillery, Starlaw Road, Bathgate, EH47 7BW
Received 6 Mar 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0256/PO/12
Application for the modification of planning obligations relating to planning application 0869/04 to remove Clause 2 (Grid ref. 305885 675783)
Threemiletown Steadings, Threemiletown
Received 30 Mar 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0231/LBC/12
Listed building consent for the replacement of window with french doors (grid ref 311225 668450)
South Lodge, Bonnington House (A), Kirknewton, West Lothian, EH27 8BB
Received 26 Mar 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0129/H/12
Two storey extension to house (grid ref. 299080 668091)
9 Inch Crescent, Bathgate, EH48 1EU
Received 15 Feb 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0054/A/12
Erection of various illuminated and non-illuminated signage (Grid Ref 296767 666927).
Kia Verve, Standhill, Bathgate EH48 2HT
Received 23 Jan 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0068/H/12
Erection of a shed (grid ref. 304679 668032)
81 Gowanbank, Ladywell, Livingston, EH54 6EW
Received 26 Jan 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0090/FUL/12
Erection of a 86.5m high 'to blade tip' wind turbine (grid ref 665924 309568)
Ormiston Farm, Kirknewton
Received 6 Feb 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0828/H/11
Erection of a 1.8m high boundary fence (in retrospect) (grid ref.304699 669204)
26 Ogilvie Way, Knightsridge, Livingston, EH54 8HL
Received 15 Dec 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0082/FUL/12
Erection of a house (grid ref. 297881 669225)
26 Fountainhead Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4DG
Received 2 Feb 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0100/ACT/11
Prior approval to replace deck and install new parapets (OB 070/030) (grid ref. 305501 677090)
Overbridge, Philpstoun Station, Philpstoun
Received 21 Feb 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0198/CLU/12
Certificate of lawfulness for extension to house
96 Foxknowe Place, Eliburn, Livingston, EH54 6TY
Received 8 Mar 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0187/H/12
Conversion of barn to form extension to house (grid ref. 300514 675433)
Hilty, By Linlithgow, West Lothian, EH49 6PJ
Received 8 Mar 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0132/CLU/12
Certificate of Lawfulness for extension to house (grid ref. 294890 665156)
22 Drysdale Avenue, Whitburn, EH47 0HW
Received 17 Feb 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0811/H/11
Erection of a 1.8 m high boundary fence and entrance gate (grid ref. 296653 664125)
Eldan House 2 Bickerton Crofts, Hens Nest Road, East Whitburn, EH47 8RX
Received 6 Dec 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0179/FUL/12
Partial demolition of shop (class 1) and erection of a 317 sqm extension to create 2 shops (class 1) (grid ref. 294406 668650)
Former Armadale Motor Co., Bathgate Road, Armadale
Received 15 Dec 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0844/PO/11
Application for the modification of the planning obligation to allow additional 11 units in the first phase (grid ref. 293793 667314)
Land At Armadale Station, Armadale
Received 22 Dec 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0236/CLU/12
Certificate of Lawfulness for extension to house (grid ref. 296785 668422)
34 Meadowpark Crescent, Bathgate, EH48 2SX
Received 22 Mar 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0194/TCA/12
Crown reduction to 1 tree (grid ref. 300049 676878)
Friarsdale, Friarsbrae, Linlithgow, EH49 6BH
Received 15 Mar 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0203/H/12
Extension to house (grid ref 309007 666839)
134 Langton View, East Calder, EH53 0RD
Received 15 Mar 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0096/FUL/12
Erection of a 75m high (to blade tip) wind turbine with associated infrastructure including access tracks, an on-site control building and electricity infrastructure, construction compound, laydown area and cranepads (grid ref. 298051 659364)
Pates Hill Water Treatment Works, West Calder
Received 8 Feb 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0095/P/12
Planning permission in principle for mixed use development including housing, community park and dance studio, retail store, residential care home, hotel and conference centre, new access to M9 and associated infrastructure (grid ref. 678056 302177)
Land At Burghmuir, Linlithgow
Received 8 Feb 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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