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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 dates30,552Searchable applications
270Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 27,809 approved or refused records
2,450Refused applications
25,359 approved · 2,450 refused · 1,656 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Apr 1993 to 23 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 31 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0573/FUL/94
Proposed workshop and store
The Sheiling Burnhouse, Kirknewton
Received 3 Aug 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0977/FUL/00
Erection of a house with garage
Plot 17 Inchcross Park, Bathgate
Received 19 Oct 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0275/H/01
Erection of a garage
1 Bellalmond Crescent East Whitburn Bathgate West Lothian EH47 0JF
Received 26 Mar 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0463/H/00
Extension to house
50 Harthill Road, Blackridge
Received 12 May 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0044/FUL/00
Installation of underground LPG storage tank and surrounding fence, 5m high lighting & CCTV column and formation of concrete tanker stance
- Deer Park Filling Station, Knightsridge, Livingston
Received 20 Jan 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0770/FUL/99
Erection of a house and garage
13 Craigs Court, Torphichen
Received 4 Oct 1999 - DecidedLIVE/1006/H/99
Extension to house and installatin of dormers
24 Melbourne Road, Broxburn
Received 23 Dec 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0263/FUL/00
Rehabilitation and extension to existing farmhouse and conversion of existing steading building to form 2 houses
Swineabbey Farm -, East Whitburn
Received 8 Mar 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0385/FUL/06
Conversion of outbuilding to form a house
7 Limefield Road, Polbeth EH55 8BQ
Received 13 Apr 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0969/FUL/98
Demolition of Housing, Hotel, Office and Shop units. Erection of Office and Shop units and enclosure of existing Mall.
- Blackburn Shopping Centre, Sycamore Walk, Blackburn
Received 4 Dec 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0934/H/01
Erection of conservatory
118 Cameron Way, Livingston
Received 15 Oct 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0967/H/01
Extension to house (in retrospect)
25 Redmill Cottages, East Whitburn
Received 9 Oct 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0738/NID/01
Erection of pitched roofs over existing flat roofs and cladding with insulated roughcast
19 - 26 Burnlea Place, Bents, Stoneyburn
Received 10 Aug 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0107/H/01
Installation of velux windows to form living accommodation
7 Mains Road, Linlithgow
Received 9 Feb 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0908/LBC/03
Listed building consent for the installation of glazed doors and internal alterations
135 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 18 Jun 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0674/H/03
Alter and extend house
32 Avontoun Park, Linlithgow
Received 12 Jun 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0717/FUL/03
Erection of a house with garage
6 Willow Avenue, Fauldhouse
Received 11 Jun 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0919/A/97
Erection of a free standing double sided sign board
- West Main Street, Armadale
Received 1 Dec 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0379/A/97
Erection of fascia and projecting sign
107 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 22 May 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0923/FUL/97
Change of use to form street works recycling plant
- Camps Industrial Estate, East Calder
Received 25 Nov 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0895/FUL/97
Substitution of house types on plots 400, 401 & 464 and additional 5 flats at plots 411-413 & 419-421
- Waverley Crescent, Eliburn, Livingston
Received 18 Nov 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0646/FUL/01
Change of use from shops (Class 1) to form a restaurant & hot food take-away and installation of a new shop front
103-105 Chapelton Drive, Polbeth
Received 4 Jul 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0667/FUL/08
Erection of 3 houses with associated car parking and landscaping
Riccarton Drive, Linlithgow
Received 30 Jun 2008 - DecidedLIVE/1120/P/04
Outline planning permission for a 87.4 ha residential development, primary school and community facilities with associated landscaping, infrastructure and servicing.
Bangour Village Hospital, Dechmont
Received 8 Sept 2004
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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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