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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 dates18,918Searchable applications
274Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 16,709 approved or refused records
1,691Refused applications
15,018 approved · 1,691 refused · 1,185 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 31 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0024/H/12
Extension to house (grid ref. 304809 665445)
56 Talisman Rise, Dedridge, Livingston, EH54 6PL
Received 9 Jan 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0209/AGR/12
Erection of a 432 sqm agricultural building (grid ref. 293769 661476)
Eastfield, Fauldhouse
Received 7 Feb 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0031/FUL/12
Erection of a 180sqm stockshed (grid ref. 300722 674627)
Beecraigs, Linlithgow, EH49 6PL
Received 9 Jan 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0021/FUL/12
Application under Section 42 to vary conditions 1 and 7 of planning permission 0001/FUL/07 to extend the period of the planning permission, Hareloup Hopuse, Upper Woodcockdale (grid ref. 297201 675315).
Hareloup House, Upper Woodcockdale, Linlithgow, EH49 6QE
Received 9 Jan 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0535/PO/11
Application for modification of planning obligations relating to planning application 0561/P/01 to amend clause 3 (grid ref 295870 667187)
West Mains Farm, Bathgate, EH48 2HW
Received 9 Aug 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0775/H/11
Installation of a dormer window (grid ref. 305289 663712)
The Shambles, Skivo, Livingston, EH54 9AN
Received 16 Nov 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0006/FUL/12
Erection of a 2.4 m high boundary fence (grid ref. 308803 672731)
Tayside Concrete Limited Drovers Road East Mains Industrial Estate Broxburn
Received 9 Dec 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0733/LBC/11
Listed building consent for alterations and extension to house (grid ref. 311322 666809)
Hunting Tower Cottage, 21 Whitemoss Road, Kirknewton
Received 1 Nov 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0739/FUL/11
Change of use from house (class 9) to cafe (class 3) (grid ref. 305880 671738)
52 West Main Street, Uphall, EH52 5DW
Received 20 Oct 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0161/FUL/12
Installation of new shop front (in retrospect) and installation of roller shutter (as amended)(grid ref, 306229 665354)
2-3 Bankton Centre, Murieston, Livingston, EH54 9DA
Received 1 Mar 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0794/FUL/11
Erection of a 263 sqm extension (2 classrooms with GP space and learing support room) and alterations to car park (grid ref. 302137 663312)
Parkhead Primary School, Harburn Road, West Calder, EH55 8AH
Received 22 Nov 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0649/H/11
Erection of a double garage (grid ref. 305378 671711)
Forkneuk Farm, 14 Forkneuk Road, Uphall, EH52 6BL
Received 27 Sept 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0069/LBC/12
Conservation area consent for the erection of access stair and raised platform (grid ref. 299571 677515)
12 St Ninian's Avenue, Linlithgow, EH49 7BP
Received 27 Jan 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0715/FUL/11
Conversion of outbuilding to form 2 houses with associated car parking (grid ref. 305969 672275)
Land At St. Nicholas Church, Manse Park, Uphall
Received 24 Oct 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0777/FUL/11
Change of use from open space to private garden ground (grid ref 292890 668781)
4 Glenwood Drive, Armadale, EH48 3TU
Received 17 Nov 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0015/FUL/12
Change of use of land from public open space to semi-private ground, erection of a fence & environmental improvements (grid ref. 305356 668400)
Pinebank, Livingston
Received 28 Dec 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0774/H/11
Demolition of conservatory and extension to house (grid ref. 396422 672436)
18 Fivestanks Court, Broxburn, EH52 6BH
Received 7 Nov 2011 - UnknownLIVE/0132/PAC/13
Proposal of application notice for residential development, including link road, 2 stream primary schools and public open space (grid ref 307874 673138)
Land At Greendykes Road, Broxburn
Received 26 Feb 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0648/A/11
Erection of an illuminated fascia sign (grid ref. 305018 666519)
2 Almondvale South, Almondvale, Livingston EH54 6NB
Received 26 Sept 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0704/H/11
Two storey extension to house (grid ref. 299782 676420)
60 Deanburn Park, Linlithgow, EH49 6HA
Received 17 Oct 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0042/H/12
First floor extension and extension to house (grid ref. 302013 677420)
93 Bailielands, Linlithgow, EH49 7SY
Received 16 Jan 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0662/FUL/11
Erection of a 33 sqm extension, installation of new windows and rendering of external walls (grid ref 293716 664849)
Murraysgate Hall, Murraysgate Industrial Estate, Whitburn EH47 0LE
Received 30 Sept 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0723/H/11
Erection of a 1.8m high boundary fence (grid ref. 298780 676684)
Balquhidder, Mains Road, Linlithgow, EH49 6QA
Received 26 Oct 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0019/FUL/12
Formation of a play area including the installation of climbing frames and various play equipment (grid ref. 307955 672105)
47 West Main Street, Broxburn, EH52 5RL
Received 28 Dec 2011
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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