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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25,359 approved · 2,450 refused · 1,656 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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/0313/FUL/05
Outline planning permission for a 4.5ha residential development
- Whitburn Road, Birniehill Meat Complex, Bathgate
Received 16 Mar 2005 - DecidedLIVE/1027/H/02
Extension to house
12 Queens Avenue, Broxburn
Received 4 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0830/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
22 Kaim Crescent, Bathgate
Received 1 Aug 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0396/FUL/96
To erect cattle and storage shed
Bishopbrae Farm , Bathgate, EH48 4LN
Received 13 May 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0434/FUL/95
Dormer extension
15 Inch Crescent, Bathgate
Received 20 Jun 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0429/FUL/95
Proposed erection of a house, garage and kennels
Royston Mains, Bathgate
Received 19 Jun 1995 - UnknownLIVE/0302/FUL/93
Extension to house
18 Calder Road, Bellsquarry, EH54 9AB
Received 17 May 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0319/FUL/94
Erection of a house and garage
Seafield Farm , Seafield, EH47 7AL
Received 28 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0249/FUL/94
Erection of a porch
15 Elm Square, Whitburn, EH47 8NE
Received 7 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0214/FUL/96
Extension to premises
Stonerigg Works , Armadale
Received 29 Mar 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0038/P/05
Outline planning permission for a 4.36 ha residential development
Land At Drumshoreland Road, Pumpherston
Received 18 Jan 2005 - DecidedLIVE/0172/FUL/06
Demolition of existing public house and erection of seven flats
1 Hillside Place, White Hart Inn, Longridge
Received 21 Feb 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1124/FUL/04
Formation of motorway junction
Cowhill, Whitburn
Received 9 Sept 2004 - DecidedLIVE/0171/H/06
Extension to and alteration of garage to form linked residential accommodation
15 Main Street, Linlithgow Bridge
Received 21 Feb 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1346/FUL/05
Formation of waste transfer station for recycling wood and metal
Unit 4 Greendykes Industrial Estate, Broxburn
Received 8 Dec 2005 - DecidedLIVE/0041/FUL/05
Outline planning permission to extend primary school incorporating community facility, playing field provision with associated car parking and landscaping
Westfield Primary School Strathavon Terrace, Westfield
Received 17 Jan 2005 - DecidedLIVE/1288/FUL/05
Amendment to planning permission 1226/03 to increase number of flats in block 8 by 1 (increase from 17 flats to 18 flats)
- Factory Road, Bathgate
Received 6 Dec 2005 - DecidedLIVE/0270/FUL/06
Erection of a house with garage
Plot 10 Harthill Road, Fauldhouse
Received 20 Mar 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1301/FUL/05
Variation of condition 20 of planning permission 0248/2003 (Reclamation and recontouring of former colliery site adjoining lands and the extraction of coal related minerals)
Lands Of Polkemmet Colliery, Whitburn
Received 6 Dec 2005 - DecidedLIVE/0143/FUL/06
Installation of 5 no. air conditioning units and formation of mezzanine floor
Unit 6 Falkirk Road, Stockbridge Retail Park, Linlithgow
Received 13 Feb 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1249/FUL/05
Erection of 51 houses and conversion of existing former farmhouse back to a house with associated works
New Calder Paper Mill, Livingston
Received 29 Nov 2005 - DecidedLIVE/0117/FUL/02
Erection of 22 flats with associated parking and ancillary nursery facilities and hot food take-away
- Hawk Brae, Ladywell, Livingston
Received 30 Jan 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0206/FUL/02
Erection of garden centre canopy and security netting
- Dedridge North 2A/2B, Almondvale Road, Livingston
Received 22 Feb 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0398/ARM/02
Erection of 98 houses with associated access roads, parking and landscaping
- Hardie Road (West), Deans, Livingston
Received 10 Apr 2002
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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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