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Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
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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 dates30,836Searchable applications
270Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 28,081 approved or refused records
2,471Refused applications
25,610 approved · 2,471 refused · 1,664 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 Nov 1992 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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/0809/FUL/00
Change of use from agricultural land to private garden ground with new stock proof boundary fence (in retrospect)
2-14 Oakbank Cottages, Westwood, West Calder
Received 22 Aug 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0173/FUL/06
Conversion of garage to form ancillary linked accommodation
Crofthead House Cannop Crescent, Stoneyburn
Received 24 Feb 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0123/FUL/06
Erection of house and detached triple garage with ancillary accommodation
Plot 13 Stoneheap Crofts, Stoneyburn
Received 9 Feb 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0340/H/03
Alterations and extensions to house
'Morven' East Main Street, Blackburn
Received 31 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0412/H/03
Installation of dormer windows
5 Queens Road, Broxburn
Received 15 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0006/NID/03
Provision of civic amenities recycling depot
Recycling Depot Dixon Terrace, Whitburn
Received 30 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1137/FUL/02
Upgrading of driveway from gravel to tarmac
- West Port House, Linlithgow
Received 6 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1146/H/02
Extension to house
197 Sutherland Way, Livingston
Received 7 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0295/FUL/99
Erection of a house
Plot 6 Daisy Hill, Blackburn
Received 19 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0212/FUL/99
Erection of a house
- Lower Bathville, Armadale
Received 2 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0333/FUL/99
Substitution of house type on plots 23 & 26 (part retrospective)
Plots 23 & 26 Newlands (Birchwood Grange), Ritchie Camp, Kirknewton
Received 4 May 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0611/FUL/98
Extension to shop & formation of upper floor
25 Mill Road, Linlithgow Bridge
Received 8 Jul 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0782/FUL/98
Erection of 2 houses & garages
Plots 25 & 28 Willow Park, Fauldhouse
Received 25 Sept 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0845/LBC/05
Proposed conversion of outbuilding to self contained flat
Falkirk Road, Wester Park, Linlithgow
Received 18 Jul 2005 - DecidedLIVE/1090/H/02
Installation of patio doors
19 Auldhill Road, Bridgend
Received 23 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0497/H/02
Extension to house
18 Kaim Crescent, Bathgate
Received 2 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0681/FUL/02
Erection of a house
- Blackburn House Farm, Blackburn
Received 24 Jun 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1205/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
5 Bankton Way, Murieston, Livingston
Received 27 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0082/FUL/03
Erection of a 12m high ground based telecommunications monopole with associated equipment cabins and compound
Falkirk Road, Land At Westport Timber, Linlithgow
Received 15 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0316/FUL/00
Erection of a memorial pegoda
- Witchcraig War Memorial, Torphichen
Received 30 Mar 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0186/H/00
Erection of a conservatory
16 Westgate Mid Calder Livingston West Lothian EH53 0SP
Received 28 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0963/FUL/99
Erection of pitched roofs over existing flat roofs, elevations, alterations and refurbishment of existing building
Boghall Clinic Elizabeth Drive, Bathgate
Received 8 Dec 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0131/H/03
Erection of a double garage and formation of a driveway
- High Academy Street, Former Chapel Building, Armadale
Received 5 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0122/FUL/03
Installation of an ATM
- Almondvale South, Almondvale Shopping Centre, Livingston
Received 3 Feb 2003
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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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