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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 dates31,028Searchable applications
269Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 28,272 approved or refused records
2,489Refused applications
25,783 approved · 2,489 refused · 1,665 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0563/FUL/00
Amendment to planning permission 1003/91 to allow the care of 8 adults with learning and physical disabilities
3 Goodall Place, Dechmont
Received 6 Jun 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0195/H/00
Erection of a garage
129 Sheriffs Park Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7SR
Received 29 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0995/H/99
Extension to house and replacement of double glazed windows
2 Loaninghill Cottages, Uphall
Received 21 Dec 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0503/FUL/99
Erection of a house and garage
Plot 1 Hall Road, Broxburn
Received 21 Jun 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0480/FUL/99
Erection of a house
Land To The East Of Dalziel Court Park View Stoneyburn West Lothian
Received 16 Jun 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0743/H/99
Erection of covered verandah
Syke Bo'Ness Road, Linlithgow
Received 24 Sept 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0860/FUL/99
Installation of temporary portacabin
A904, Main Street, Newton
Received 27 Oct 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0648/FUL/99
Erection of 2 No. business units for office, general industrial or storage & distribution uses
- Oakbank Park Road, Williamston North, Livingston
Received 17 Aug 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0019/FUL/99
Erection of a house
21A Manse Road, Whitburn
Received 18 Jan 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0019/FUL/01
Extension to industrial unit
- Whitburn Road, Bathgate
Received 12 Jan 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0966/FUL/00
Erection of a noise monitoring mast
Grid Substation, Drumshoreland, Broxburn
Received 16 Oct 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0699/FUL/00
Erection of a domestic shed (in retrospect) and domestic garage
'Balquhidder', Bridgecastle Cottages, Bridgecastle
Received 20 Jun 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0508/FUL/00
Formation of entry and exit slip roads
- Easter Inch, Bathgate
Received 24 May 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0505/FUL/00
Erection of a conservatory
- Caputhall Road, Deans Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 22 May 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0480/FUL/00
Erection of a 370 sqm office building
- Quarrywood Court, Livingston
Received 18 May 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0360/FUL/00
Change of use from retail premises to a house
5 Main Street, Newton
Received 11 Apr 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0180/FUL/00
Waiver of condition of previous planning permission requiring construction of a footpath link
- Glenwood Drive, Armadale
Received 25 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0009/ARM/00
Erection of a house and garage
Plot 7 Easter Longridge Farm, Longridge
Received 6 Jan 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0775/FUL/99
Erection of a house and garage
Plot 2 Highrig, Torphichen
Received 6 Oct 1999 - DecidedLIVE/1073/FUL/00
Erection of a sun room and additional window, house extension and additional window and double garage
Plots 9, 10 & 14, Site SF4, Seafield
Received 24 Nov 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0201/FUL/05
Erection of 7 flats
Street Record East Main Street Armadale West Lothian
Received 24 Feb 2005 - DecidedLIVE/0188/P/05
Outline planning permission for a lowland crofting project incorporating 15 houses
Land For Lowland Crofting Around Longford Farm Addiewell West Lothian
Received 15 Feb 2005 - DecidedLIVE/0972/FUL/96
Demolition of part of existing house and erection of new house
Lampinsdub , Winchburgh
Received 6 Nov 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0685/A/94
Erection of two wall mounted signs and 1 free standing sign
2 Bankton Square, Livingston, EH54 9EY
Received 19 Sept 1994
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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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