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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 dates18,734Searchable applications
275Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 16,537 approved or refused records
1,664Refused applications
14,873 approved · 1,664 refused · 1,173 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0798/H/11
Two storey extension to house (grid ref. 305730 665340)
43 Bankton Way, Murieston, Livingston, EH54 9EG
Received 28 Nov 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0759/LBC/11
Listed Building Consent for the conversion of outbuilding to form 2 houses with associated car parking (Grid Ref 305969 672275).
Land At St. Nicholas Church, Manse Park, Broxburn
Received 15 Nov 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0716/FUL/11
Alterations and change of use from Public House to 2 no. Hot Food Take away units, 1 no. Class 1 unit and 1 no. Class 2 unit (grid ref 306333 666521)
Lizzie Brice, Dedridge, Livingston, EH54 6JH
Received 24 Oct 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0795/H/11
Single Storey rear Extension to house (grid ref. 295002 665037)
94 East Main Street Whitburn Bathgate West Lothian EH47 0PT
Received 24 Nov 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0782/H/11
Installation of velux windows and 2 additional windows (grid ref 294855 670315)Application considered PD therefore withdrawn.
2 South Couston Crofts Armadale Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4LG
Received 24 Nov 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0136/FUL/12
Erection of a 6sqm storage shed (grid ref. 300574 677340)
St Michaels Roman Catholic Church, 53 Blackness Road, Linlithgow, EH49 7JA
Received 22 Feb 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0128/CLU/12
Certificate of Lawfulness for existing child minding business (grid ref. 298833 665431)
23A East Main Street Blackburn Bathgate West Lothian EH47 7QR
Received 15 Feb 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0108/H/12
Two storey extension to house (grid ref. 300119 676500)
34 Friars Brae, Linlithgow, EH49 6AZ
Received 15 Feb 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0771/H/11
Two storey extension to house and formation of raised decking (grid ref 304594 664887)
20 Newpark Road, Bellsquarry, Livingston, EH54 9AE
Received 17 Nov 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0070/MSC/12
Approval of matters relating to planning permission 0115/FUL/08 for engineering works and access roads (grid ref. 297300 668109)
Former Edgar Allen Works, Whitburn Road, Bathgate, EH48 2RB
Received 31 Jan 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0700/H/11
Two storey extension to house (grid ref 298115 662748)
153 Cuthill Crescent, Stoneyburn, EH47 8BW
Received 18 Oct 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0780/DEM/11
Prior notification for the demolition of public house (grid ref. 308470 667828)
The Calder Arms, 242 Main Street, East Calder, EH53 0EJ
Received 21 Nov 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0722/H/11
Extension to house and formation of bay window (grid ref. 296631 672436)
11 Priors Grange Torphichen Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4QN
Received 24 Oct 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0084/CLU/12
Certificate of Lawfulness for extension to house
149 Glencoe, Whitburn, Bathgate, EH47 8AS
Received 14 Dec 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0633/H/11
Two storey extension and extension to house (grid ref. 300788 666354)
48 Heatherwood, Seafield, EH47 7BX
Received 20 Sept 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0810/FUL/11
Change of use from shop (class 1) to dentist (class 2) (Grid ref. 293812 668488)
3 Ochilview Square Armadale Bathgate West Lothian EH48 3EP
Received 5 Dec 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0103/TPO/12
Removal of 3 trees (grid ref. 311451 665081)
11 Newlands Kirknewton West Lothian EH27 8LR
Received 13 Feb 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0835/H/11
Extensions to house and formation of access ramp (grid ref. 299387 677095)
48 Highfield Crescent, Linlithgow, EH49 7BG
Received 9 Dec 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0127/FUL/12
Part change of use of house to child day care facility (in retrospect) (grid ref. 296823)
1 Riverbank Court, East Whitburn, Whitburn, EH47 0FD
Received 17 Feb 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0763/FUL/11
Erection of a house (grid ref. 304673 664804)
Land Adjacent To 36 Newpark Road, Bellsquarry, Livingston, EH54 9AE
Received 10 Nov 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0023/DEM/12
Prior notification for the demolition of 2 houses (grid ref. 299258 668005)
57 & 59 Hunter Grove, Bathgate, EH48 1NN
Received 9 Jan 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0033/FUL/12
Erection of a house (grid ref. 291103 664497)
19 Greenrigg Cottages East Main Street Greenrigg Harthill Shotts West Lothian ML7 5QP
Received 9 Jan 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0724/H/11
Erection of a double garage (grid ref. 295892 668471)
1A Sibbalds Brae, Bathgate, EH48 2DU
Received 26 Oct 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0719/H/11
Erection of a conservatory (grid ref 294112 664971)
2 Lomond Crescent, Whitburn, EH47 0EG
Received 26 Oct 2011
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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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