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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 dates31,268Searchable applications
270Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 28,505 approved or refused records
2,502Refused applications
26,003 approved · 2,502 refused · 1,671 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0675/FUL/93
Erection of a boundary fence around site
Broxburn Bottlers Ltd Dunnet Way, Broxburn, EH52 5BU
Received 29 Sept 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0846/FUL/02
Change of use from woodland strip to private garden gound
6 Bankton Wood, Murieston, Livingston
Received 22 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0696/H/02
First floor extension to house
47 Bervie Drive, Murieston, Livingston
Received 25 Jun 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0601/FUL/02
Installation of a satellite dish
- Blackness Road, Regent Centre, Linlithgow
Received 7 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0085/FUL/02
Adaptation of refuse loading bay to form a meat-in, product-out loading bay
- East Main Street, Halls Factory, Broxburn
Received 28 Jan 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0443/H/02
Extension to house and erection of a conservatory
9 Barnes Green, Knightsridge, Livingston
Received 4 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0318/FUL/02
Continued siting of mobile snack bar
- Kelvin Square, Houston Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 28 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0155/FUL/02
Installation of an ATM
Bus Facility Building Almondvale Avenue, Almondvale, Livingston
Received 12 Feb 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0316/H/02
Erection of a pitched roof to existing flat roof
46 Maukeshill Court, Kirkton, Livingston
Received 21 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0408/H/00
Erection of a garden wall
Hopelands, -, Woodend, Newton
Received 10 Apr 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0601/A/96
Installation of free standing and fascia signs
Firth Road, Livingston, EH54 5DJ
Received 8 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0241/FUL/00
Demolition of house
11 Willowbrae, Greenburn, Fauldhouse
Received 10 Mar 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0131/LBC/00
Listed Building Consent to install a new stair, convert 2 rooms to 1 by removal of stud partition
1-2 Champfleurie Cottages, Kingscavil, Linlithgow
Received 11 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0222/FUL/00
Extension to existing unit
1 Haldane Square Brucefield Livingston West Lothian EH54 9DS
Received 6 Mar 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0146/FUL/04
Erection of 16 houses with associated works
Land To South East Of Tarbert Drive Tarbert Drive Murieston Livingston West Lothian
Received 25 Feb 2004 - DecidedLIVE/0154/FUL/94
Erection of a garage
4 Redcroft Terrace, Stoneyburn, EH47 8EB
Received 10 Mar 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0390/FUL/04
Erection of 355 houses, 48 flats, waste water treatment works and associated roads, footpaths and landscaping
- Westfield Mill (1), Westfield
Received 15 Mar 2004 - DecidedLIVE/0352/FUL/04
First floor extension to house
43 Birrell Gardens, Livingston
Received 15 Apr 2004 - DecidedLIVE/0729/FUL/03
Change of use from residential home to childrens nursery
88 West Main Street, Broxburn
Received 23 Jun 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0714/FUL/03
Siting of a mobile snack bar
- Macintosh Road, Kirkton Campus, Livingston
Received 5 Jun 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0285/FUL/04
Erection of two houses
- Harthill Road, Land At Almondbank Farm), Greenrigg
Received 15 Mar 2004 - DecidedLIVE/0348/P/04
Outline planning permission for erection of a house
Nethermuir Farm, Westfield Road, Bathgate
Received 30 Mar 2004 - DecidedLIVE/0391/FUL/04
Erection of 424 houses, 48 flats, waste water treatment works and associated roads footpaths and landscaping
- Westfield Mill (2), Westfield
Received 30 Mar 2004 - DecidedLIVE/0119/FUL/04
Erection of a house with garage
- West Main Street, Armadale
Received 11 Feb 2004
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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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