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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 dates30,431Searchable applications
270Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 27,691 approved or refused records
2,437Refused applications
25,254 approved · 2,437 refused · 1,654 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 May 1993 to 23 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 30 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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/0508/H/03
Extension to house
70 Polkemmet Drive, Greenrigg
Received 4 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0291/H/03
Erection of a conservatory (in retrospect) and garage/store
74 East Mains Street, Blackburn
Received 14 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0117/H/03
Installation of a dormer window
4 Ashley Court, Linlithgow
Received 24 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0878/FUL/99
Erection of 12 houses on Plots 32,33,34,35,41,42,43,47,55,56,57 & 58
Phase 2 Heatherwood Estate, Seafield
Received 10 Nov 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0027/P/00
Outline Planning Permission for a residential development and formation of associated works
- Buchan Lane, Broxburn
Received 12 Jan 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0714/FUL/99
Change of use from agricultural land to golf practice area
Harburn Golf Club -, Broom Hill, West Calder
Received 20 Aug 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0796/H/99
Extension to house
22 Kaims Court, Kirkton, Livingston
Received 12 Oct 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0444/H/00
Erection of a garage
7 West Bankton Place, Murieston, Livingston
Received 2 May 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0956/H/98
Extension to house and installation of a dormer
14 Oakbank Cottages, West Calder
Received 30 Nov 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0965/FUL/98
Change of use to form a new access and erection of 1.8m high fence & gates
74 Lower Bathville, Armadale
Received 27 Nov 1998 - DecidedLIVE/1000/H/98
Erection of a 1.5m high wall
8 Meadowbank Road, Kirknewton
Received 26 Nov 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0686/H/98
Extension to house
148 Bailielands, Linlithgow
Received 21 Aug 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0679/A/98
Erection of an illuminated fascia sign
Alldays, Fulmar Brae, Newyearfield, Livingston
Received 20 Aug 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0575/H/98
Demolition of porch and erection of a conservatory
Beechwood Brunton, Torphichen
Received 2 Jul 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0460/FUL/98
Change of use from restaurant to nursing home and extension to premises
47 Bathgate Road, (Madeira Mar), Armadale
Received 2 Jun 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0459/H/98
Extension to house
2 Parkhead Holdings, Linlithgow
Received 2 Jun 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0422/M/98
Revision to planning permission 217/97 to allow the importation of topsoil material for land regeneration associated with horticultural training
Bethany Home Farm, Greendykes Road, Broxburn
Received 14 May 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0631/H/02
Extension to house
'Dunmor', Auldhill Road, Bridgend
Received 5 Jun 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0261/FUL/02
Partially demolish existing school building, build new infill extension and change of use from existing school to sport and leisure complex
Former Broxburn Primary School West Main Street, Broxburn
Received 8 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0969/FUL/01
Installation of 15m high replica Scots Pine tree telecommunications mast with 9 antennae and 2 microwave dishes, equipment cabin and associated compound and landscaping
- Woodland Trust Forest (M8), Livingston
Received 17 Oct 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0949/FUL/01
Erection of 20 two storey houses
- Limefield Rd/Marina Rd & Limefield Crescent, Bathgate
Received 16 Oct 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0938/A/01
Erection of external signage on warehouse building
- J4M8 Distribution Park, Pottishaw, Bathgate
Received 15 Oct 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0157/FUL/96
Provision of office/mess facilities
East Mains Industrial Estate, Broxburn, EH52 5AU
Received 6 Mar 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0636/FUL/95
Alterations and extension to ex. garage shop front to form 2 new shop units
Former Kingsgate Filling Station King Street, Bathgate
Received 31 Aug 1995
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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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