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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 dates20,991Searchable applications
272Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 18,630 approved or refused records
1,884Refused applications
16,746 approved · 1,884 refused · 1,326 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Mar 2001 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 23 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0058/H/11
Extension to house (grid ref 303944 668463)
60 Gavin Place, Eliburn, Livingston, EH54 6RS
Received 28 Jan 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0066/FUL/11
Raising height of fence from 1.8m to 5m in total (grid ref. 299994 662535)
HM Prison Addiewell, 9 Station Road, Addiewell EH55 8QA
Received 27 Jan 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0121/FUL/11
Erection of a play castle and alterations to existing childrens play shed (grid ref. 302367 664397)
Five Sisters Zoo Park, Gavieside, West Calder EH55 8PT
Received 7 Feb 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0194/FUL/11
Erection of a 42.6 sqm canoe store (grid ref. 300428 677265)
Low Port Education Centre, Blackness Road, Linlithgow, EH49 7HZ
Received 1 Mar 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0155/FUL/11
Erection of a 159 sqm stable/store room and formation of a riding arena (grid ref. 296694 664121)
Eldan House, 2 Bickerton Crofts, Hens Nest Road, East Whitburn EH47 8AA
Received 3 Mar 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0134/H/11
Erection of a car port (grid ref 300734 666353)
51 Heatherwood, Seafield, EH47 7BX
Received 3 Mar 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0041/H/11
Extension to house (grid ref 308515 672494)
7 Stewartfield Road, Broxburn, EH52 5EP
Received 24 Jan 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0002/LBC/11
Conservation area consent for the demolition of a hut (grid ref. 300513 677292)
Low Port Hut, (Off) Blackness Road, Linlithgow EH49 7HZ
Received 7 Oct 2010 - DecidedLIVE/0168/FUL/11
Repainting of shop front (grid ref. 305954 671772)
12 West Main Street, Uphall, EH52 5DW
Received 25 Feb 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0027/H/11
Extension to house (grid ref. 305747 664909)
38 Rothes Drive, Murieston, Livingston, EH54 9HR
Received 14 Jan 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0020/H/11
Erection of a conservatory (grid ref. 307513 672293)
37 Kirkhill Road, Broxburn, EH52 6HT
Received 5 Jan 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0061/FUL/11
Change of use from class 6 (storage and distribution) to class 1 (shop) (grid ref. 298622 677742)
Unit 19, Enet Park, Mill Road Industrial Estate, Linlithgow Bridge, EH49 7SF
Received 10 Jan 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0115/P/11
Planning permission in principle for a 4.4ha residential development with associated roads and landscaping (grid ref 307913 672589)
Candleworks Development Site, Between Greendykes Road/Clarkson Road, Broxburn
Received 22 Feb 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0133/H/11
Extension to house (grid ref 298818 667689)
14 Inchwood Avenue Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2EF
Received 3 Mar 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0784/FUL/10
Erection of a 1,421 sq.m workshop for the maintenance of portable storage units (Use Class 5, General Industrial)
Oakbank Business Park, Livingston
Received 29 Oct 2010 - DecidedLIVE/0831/FUL/10
Change of use of agricultural land to form allotments with car parking and ancillary works (grid ref. 303487 677031)
5 Pardovan Holding, Philpstoun, EH49 6QZ
Received 8 Nov 2010 - DecidedLIVE/0156/FUL/16
Installation of 3 air conditioning units, mezzanine floor and erection of a fence (304863 666316)
Unit 4, Almondvale Retail Park, Livingston, EH54 6QX
Received 4 Mar 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0149/AGR/16
Prior notification for the erection of a 408sqm agricultural building (Grid ref 287391 667328)
Bedlormie Mains Farm, Blackridge, EH48 3AG
Received 2 Mar 2016 - DecidedLIVE/0071/H/11
Erection of a retaining wall and erection of a 1.8m high boundary fence (in retrospect) (grid ref 306978 667129)
18 The Steading, South Lodge Avenue, Mid Calder, EH53 0HH
Received 8 Feb 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0874/H/10
Erection of a double garage (grid ref. 294281 660990)
136 Sheephousehill, Fauldhouse, EH47 9EL
Received 9 Dec 2010 - DecidedLIVE/0137/H/11
Raising of roof to form first floor accommodation (grid ref. 295001 665037)
94 East Main Street, Whitburn, EH47 0PT
Received 3 Mar 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0818/FUL/09
Erection of 2 houses
Ardnaree, Birdsmill, Broxburn
Received 7 Aug 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0035/FUL/11
Erection of 144 sqm retail/commercial units with associated car parking (grid ref. 296117 668678)
MRD House, Glasgow Road, Bathgate EH48 2AG
Received 5 Jan 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0079/FUL/11
Erection of a 21m high lattice telecommunications mast to accommodate Vodafone and O2 antenna plus 2 no. transmission dishes and ground level cabinet within metal palisade fenced compound (grid ref. 305874 670230)
Kingsthorpe Park, Houstoun Industrial Estate, Livingston, EH43 5DB
Received 26 Jan 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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