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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.
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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25,610 approved · 2,471 refused · 1,664 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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/0806/H/00
Erection of a porch
43 Easter Bankton, Murieston, Livingston
Received 21 Jul 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0404/H/00
Extension to house
63 Barnes Green, Knightsridge, Livingston
Received 26 Apr 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0495/FUL/00
Variation of planning approval to extend working hours to accommodate increase in capacity and waste deliveries
2/8 Westerton Road (Unit 338), East Mains Industrial Estate, Broxburn
Received 19 May 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0379/H/00
Erection of a car port
3 Moss Cottages, Knightsridge, Livingston
Received 17 Apr 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0275/FUL/00
Alterations to storage areas to form retail floor space
Almondvale Centre (Phase 3A), Almondvale, Livingston
Received 20 Mar 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0446/FUL/00
Erection of cladding and painting of building
7 Nairn Road Deans Industrial Estate Livingston West Lothian EH54 8AY
Received 8 May 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0679/FUL/00
Removal of condition 8 and 14 of planning permission 642/99 to allow larger rear gardens at plots 3-12 and remove proposed footpath/bridleway
Ardnaree, Murieston Road, Murieston, Livingston
Received 28 Jun 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0600/LBC/01
Listed Building Consent for internal and external repairs to Hopetoun House including partial downtaking and repair/building of existing outbuildings and removal and installation of internal walls
Hopetoun House -, Hopetoun Estate, South Queensferry
Received 4 Jul 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0586/H/01
Extension to house
27 Bankton Drive, Murieston, Livingston
Received 27 Jun 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0698/FUL/01
Erection of a 1.2m high boundary fence
- Havenlea, Ladywell, Livingston
Received 24 Jul 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0453/H/01
Erection of a conservatory
24 Almond Court, Craigshill, Livingston
Received 14 May 2001 - DecidedLIVE/1006/FUL/98
Alterations & extension to restaurant
- Bankton Centre, Livingston
Received 21 Dec 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0461/FUL/98
Formation of a horse schooling area
Baadsmill Farmhouse -, West Calder
Received 2 Jun 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0621/FUL/98
Variation of Condition 3 of Planning Permission 0711/M/92 to allow demolition waste to be stored in tax-free zone prior to recycling
- Torphin Quarry, By Harburn, West Calder
Received 28 Jul 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0042/FUL/99
Conversion of 2 flats into 1 and the erection of a sun porch
39B/C North Bridge Street, Bathgate
Received 19 Jan 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0359/FUL/97
Formation of a new vehicular access
- Nasmyth Square, Houstoun Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 22 May 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0953/FUL/94
Erection of six flats
18 East Main Street, Armadale
Received 23 Dec 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0506/FUL/96
Erection of a security fence
- Headrig Road, South Queensferry, EH30 9SH
Received 17 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0525/A/00
Erection of fascia signs and illuminated window sign
15 Bank Street, Mid Calder
Received 26 May 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0471/FUL/99
Erection of 17 houses
- Standhill Road, Inchcross, Bathgate
Received 14 Jun 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0543/FUL/99
Erection of a house and garage with temporary mobile home
Plot 8 Riverside Lea, Blackburn House Farm, Seafield
Received 9 Jul 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0726/FUL/03
Conversion of steading to form a house and convert out house to provide kitchen/dining room extension
- Milrig Holdings, Kirknewton
Received 18 Jun 2003 - DecidedLIVE/1077/A/01
Erection of a signboard
- Camps Lane, Camps Industrial Estate, East Calder
Received 3 Oct 2001 - DecidedLIVE/1142/FUL/01
Erection of a 167sgm hay shed
- Broadmeadow Livery Stables, Torphin Bridge, Harburn
Received 20 Nov 2001
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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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