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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25,719 approved · 2,485 refused · 1,665 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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/0001/FUL/02
Erection of a 474 sq.m extension to office with additional car parking
1 Haldane Square Brucefield Livingston West Lothian EH54 9DS
Received 24 Dec 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0737/FUL/01
Refurbishment of existing flats including replacement windows, roof and insulated render
31-55 & 56-99 The Vennel, Linlithgow
Received 10 Aug 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0871/LBC/01
Conservation Area Consent for the demolition of two blocks of flats
1-15 & 17-33 St Ninians Way, Linlithgow
Received 21 Sept 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0423/H/00
Erection of a garage
9 Haining Place, Eliburn, Livingston
Received 3 May 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0562/FUL/01
Erection of 6 houses and associated works
Boghall Farm Steadings, Boghall, Bathgate
Received 22 Jun 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0625/FUL/01
Installation of 24 hour ATM cash point
22-32 West Main Street (Scotmid), Armadale
Received 10 Jul 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0966/FUL/02
Formation of additional car parking
- Ladywell Road East, Ladywell, Livingston
Received 3 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0926/FUL/02
Erection of a house and garage
8A Burnvale, Burnside, Broxburn
Received 2 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0671/ARM/02
Approval of reserved matters of planning permission 661/P/00 for the formation of a new spine road
- Lower Bathville, (Former Ibstock Brickworks), Armadale
Received 19 Jun 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0021/P/00
Outline Planning Permission for the erection of a new secondary school for projected school roll of 1200 pupils
Gala Day & Recreation Grounds Glasgow Road, Bathgate
Received 12 Jan 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0583/H/99
Extension to house
120 Bailielands, Linlithgow
Received 28 Jul 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0568/H/99
Two storey extension to house
105 The Glebe, West Calder
Received 22 Jul 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0748/A/92
Proposed sign
24-34 North Bridge Street, Bathgate, EH48 4PS
Received 22 Oct 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0350/FUL/00
Sub-division of existing house and change of use of byre and extension to form 2 houses
Standhill Farm, -, Westcraigs, Blackridge
Received 4 Apr 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0313/LBC/00
Listed building consent for the installation of replacement windows
Hermand Coach House, -, The Stables, West Calder
Received 1 Mar 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0190/P/00
Outline planning permission for the erection of a house
5 Burn Vale, East Burnside, Broxburn
Received 29 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0095/FUL/00
Erection of a 15m high telecommunications tower with electrical equipment cabin and cabin compound
- Off East Main Street, Thistle Industrial Estate, Broxburn
Received 2 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0093/FUL/00
Erection of a 22.5m high telecommunications monopole tower and electrical equipment cabin
- Young Square, Brucefield Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 1 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0984/H/99
Extension to house
65 Lady Place, Eliburn, Livingston
Received 15 Dec 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0045/FUL/00
Extension to existing garage workshop to include body repairs, paint spraying and installation of extract flues
- Edinburgh Road, Glendevon, Winchburgh
Received 20 Jan 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0144/H/00
Erection of a conservatory
16 Sarazen Green, Knightsridge, Livingston
Received 14 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0909/FUL/09
Erection of a 50 sqm waiting room facility
Hermand Park Cemetery, Harburn Road, West Calder EH55 8BG
Received 11 Dec 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0281/FUL/06
Erection of a house with garage
83 Sheephousehill, Fauldhouse
Received 21 Mar 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0374/H/99
Erection of a garage
1 Park Road, Blackridge
Received 12 May 1999
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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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