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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 dates30,959Searchable applications
269Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 28,204 approved or refused records
2,485Refused applications
25,719 approved · 2,485 refused · 1,665 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Sept 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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/1065/H/01
Extension to house
22 Bankton Brae, Murieston, Livingston
Received 19 Nov 2001 - DecidedLIVE/1146/FUL/01
Erection of 71 houses and garages and associated works
9 (KN9) Kirkton North, Kirkton, Livingston
Received 12 Dec 2001 - DecidedLIVE/1132/LBC/01
Conservation area consent for the demolition of two single storey school buildings forming part of group of buildings known as Broxburn Primary School
Broxburn Primary School Annexe West Main Street, -, Broxburn
Received 6 Dec 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0034/FUL/02
Erection of a 7097sq.m. warehouse with ancillary loading area, vehicle workshop and offices
- Inchmuir Road, Whitehill Industrial Estate, Bathgate
Received 15 Jan 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0284/P/95
Change of use of farm building to joinery workshop
Seafield Farm Redhouse Road, Seafield
Received 2 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0257/H/97
Extension to house
41 Dovecot Park, Linlithgow
Received 16 Apr 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0227/H/96
Erection of a garage and internal alterations
128 Belvedere Road, Bathgate, EH48 4AZ
Received 29 Mar 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0162/H/97
Erection of a conservatory
3 Mansefield, East Calder
Received 6 Mar 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0076/H/97
Erection of garage
40 East Main Street, Uphall, EH52 5HY
Received 11 Feb 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0616/H/99
To extend fence to boundary
48 Overton Crescent, East Calder, EH53 Ory
Received 11 Aug 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0794/ARM/00
Erection of a 3260 sqm office building
Building 4 Almondvale Business Park, Almondvale, Livingston
Received 21 Aug 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0808/FUL/00
Installation of ATM
16 Main Street, Deans, Livingston
Received 18 Aug 2000 - DecidedLIVE/1002/ARM/02
Approval of reserved matters for the erection of a 38821sqm warehouse (Class 6) with car parking, landscaping and associated works
- J4M8 Distribution Park, Pottishaw, Bathgate
Received 25 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0850/FUL/02
Erection of a 762sqm non-food retail warehouse unit
- Almondvale West Retail Park, Almondvale, Livingston
Received 30 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0375/H/01
Extension to house
8 Harthill Road, Westcraigs, Blackridge
Received 9 May 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0406/NID/01
Siting of temporary accomodation comprising 2 classrooms, toilets & playground
'Primary School', Kirk Lane, Livingston Village, Livingston
Received 1 May 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0206/FUL/01
Erection of a 3395 sqm 3 storey office buiding including car parking
- Starlaw Road, Starlaw Park, Livingston
Received 7 Mar 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0199/FUL/06
Removal of Condition 1 of planning permission 0969/05 to allow access to the site from 2 entrance points
Plot 11 Easter Inch Industrial Estate, Bathgate
Received 27 Feb 2006 - DecidedLIVE/1531/FUL/04
Erection of 12 flats
71 Sheephousehill, Fauldhouse
Received 24 Dec 2004 - DecidedLIVE/0554/FUL/02
Change of use and extensions to nightclub to form licenced restaurant and provision of bedrooms for staff accomodation
- Ladywell East, Livingston
Received 3 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0066/H/02
Extension to house
93 Glenmore, Whitburn
Received 21 Jan 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0221/FUL/02
Removal of section of footpath adjacent to plot 13
- Ross Way, Knightsridge, Livingston
Received 1 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1014/FUL/01
Alterations and extension to existing building to form new training rooms, lecture theatre and restaurant
Centrex Hotel, Hardie Road, Deans Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 26 Oct 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0930/H/01
Extension to house and erection of garage
136 Sheephousehill, Fauldhouse
Received 11 Oct 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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