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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 dates18,472Searchable applications
275Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 16,295 approved or refused records
1,638Refused applications
14,657 approved · 1,638 refused · 1,155 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0816/H/11
Extension to house (Grid Ref. 306608 667662)
30 Pentland Park Craigshill Livingston West Lothian EH54 5NR
Received 13 Dec 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0032/FUL/12
Amendment of house types on plots 18-21, 29, 30, 50-53 and 61-64 and amendment to double garages on plots 18, 29 and 53 (grid ref. 293678 667172)
Land To The West Of Station Road, Armadale, EH48 3LJ
Received 14 Dec 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0123/AGR/12
Prior notification for the erection of a 462sqm agricultural building (grid ref. 304900 670918)
No.8 Houston Mains Holdings, Uphall, EH52 6PA
Received 13 Feb 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0122/A/12
Erection of a fascia sign (grid ref. 300116 677131)
28 The Vennel, Linlithgow, EH49 7EX
Received 16 Feb 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0037/FUL/12
Siting of a portacabin for use as a cafe (class 3) (grid ref. 294032 667061)
40 Station Road Bathville Armadale Bathgate West Lothian EH48 3GP
Received 9 Jan 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0838/H/11
Extension to house (grid ref. 311247 667156)
49 Roosevelt Road, Kirknewton, EH27 8AD
Received 20 Dec 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0805/H/11
Extension to house and formation of pitched roof over existing flat roof (grid ref. 305629 671527)
12 Millbank Place, Uphall, EH52 5DU
Received 2 Dec 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0074/FUL/12
Erection of a telecommunications cabinet (grid ref. 307147 666882)
Land At Spottiswoode Gardens, Mid Calder, EH53 0JY
Received 30 Jan 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0812/FUL/10
Use of land as road construction depot and erection of a shed with ancillary office accommodation (grid ref 311883 667655)
11 Humbie Holdings, Kirknewton, EH27 8DS
Received 3 Nov 2010 - DecidedLIVE/0183/H/12
Extension to house (grid ref 307079 671432)
11 Holmes Holdings, Holmes Road, Broxburn, EH52 5NS
Received 7 Mar 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0156/FUL/12
Sub division of unit and alterations to form 2 (class 4) units (grid ref. 304255 666235)
1 Bain Square, Kirkton Campus, Livingston, EH54 7DQ
Received 22 Feb 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0291/H/12
Extension to house (as amended) (grid ref. 305664 664831)
77 Murieston Valley, Murieston, Livingston, EH54 9HJ
Received 19 Apr 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0025/H/12
First floor extension and extension to house (grid ref. 304073 669864)
1 Vardon Green, Knightsridge, Livingston, EH54 8SU
Received 9 Jan 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0026/FUL/12
Erection of a 47m high ' to blade tip' wind turbine (grid ref. 301300 664010)
Five Sisters Business Park, West Calder, EH55 8PN
Received 9 Jan 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0273/FUL/12
Application to widen width of gateway and install new gates (grid ref. 308134 678964)
Hopetoun Estate, Abercorn, Newton, West Lothian
Received 16 Apr 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0269/FUL/12
Part change of use from agricultural land to include a facility for parking a HGV with restricted use (grid ref. 29492 661514)
Land At Northfield House, Longridge, EH47 9AA
Received 16 Apr 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0113/H/12
Two storey extension to house (grid ref. 299361 677248)
3 Jocks Hill Crescent, Linlithgow, EH49 7BJ
Received 16 Feb 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0668/PO/11
Application for discharge of planning obligations relating to planning application (0372/P/95) to remove occupancy restriction on the house (grid ref 291427 672027)
Linncroft, Hillhead, By Avonbridge
Received 6 Oct 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0338/FUL/12
Erection of a 220 sqm building to store hot water boilers (grid ref. 305588 670295)
Nettlehill Road, Houston Industrial Estate, Livingston, EH54 5DL
Received 15 May 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0833/FUL/11
Construction of three shop units totalling 257sqm (grid ref. 306173 665338)
The Bankton Centre, Murieston East Road, Livingston EH54 9DA
Received 15 Dec 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0145/H/12
Ground floor extension to house and formation of pitched roof over existing flat roof (grid ref. 299005 664755)
4 Blackburn Hall Holdings, Blackburn, EH47 7AB
Received 27 Feb 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0085/CLU/12
Certificate of Lawfulness for the erection of a conservatory (grid ref 306849 671742)
40 West Holmes Place, Uphall, Broxburn, EH52 5NJ
Received 2 Feb 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0043/FUL/12
Repainting of shopfront (grid ref. 300192 677161)
1 The Cross Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7EY
Received 16 Jan 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0283/H/12
Erection of a conservatory (grid ref. 303614 667910)
51D Foxknowe Place, Eliburn, Livingston, EH54 6TX
Received 16 Apr 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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