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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26,003 approved · 2,502 refused · 1,671 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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/1072/FUL/04
Waive condition 43 of outline planning permission 0972/P/01 to allow unrestricted residential unit occupations
- Wester Inch, Bathgate
Received 27 May 2004 - DecidedLIVE/1073/FUL/04
Variation of condition 7 of outline planning permission 0972/P/01 to increase the total number of residential units from 1760 to 1800
- Wester Inch, Bathgate
Received 27 May 2004 - DecidedLIVE/1259/FUL/04
Change of use to extend grazing
Land At Roman Camp, Broxburn
Received 11 Oct 2004 - DecidedLIVE/0731/FUL/05
Conversion of attic over garage to form ancilliary residential accommodation
Plot 10 Hens Nest Road, East Whitburn
Received 20 Jun 2005 - DecidedLIVE/0913/FUL/05
Waiving of condition 22 of planning permission 1199/03 for a requirement to provide a right hand turn lane
- Blackness Road/Springfield Road, Linlithgow
Received 22 Aug 2005 - DecidedLIVE/0632/FUL/05
Erection of a house
Overton Farm, Winchburgh
Received 7 Jun 2005 - DecidedLIVE/0634/P/05
Outline planning permission for a 0.2ha expansion to livery business including student/staff accommodation and offices
7 Blackburnhall Holdings, Blackburn
Received 8 Jun 2005 - DecidedLIVE/0846/FUL/05
Conversion of outbuilding to self contained flat
Falkirk Road, Wester Park, Linlithgow
Received 14 Jul 2005 - DecidedLIVE/0024/LBC/06
Listed building consent for the demolition of former bakehouse and erection of 4 houses
214-224 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 12 Jan 2006 - DecidedLIVE/0316/FUL/05
Erection of a house
West Harwood Farm, West Calder
Received 21 Mar 2005 - DecidedLIVE/1424/P/04
Outline planning permission for a lowland crofting project incorporating 19 houses
West Mains Farm -, West Calder
Received 10 Nov 2004 - DecidedLIVE/1169/H/02
Extension to house
35 Bankton Drive, Livingston
Received 13 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1172/FUL/02
Erect new warehouse and extend existing depot building for storage
Distribution Depot Bathgate Road, Armadale
Received 13 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1187/LBC/02
Listed building consent for the erection of 4 illuminated wall signs
- Brucefield Farm, Brucefield Industry Park, Livingston
Received 13 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1170/H/02
Erection of a double garage
41 Polbeth Road, Polbeth
Received 13 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0099/H/03
Erection of a conservatory
12 Carledubs Avenue, Uphall
Received 29 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0098/FUL/03
Enlargement of dormer window, formation of a balcony and installation of velux windows
217 South Village, Pumpherston
Received 29 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0091/FUL/03
Erection of a house with garage
- Craigbank House, (In The Garden Of), Blackridge
Received 29 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0096/LBC/03
Listed building consent for replacement of existing roof slates with Spanish Slate
- Bonnytoun Cottages, Linlithgow
Received 28 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/1167/FUL/03
Erection of a 45sqm extension to pavillion to provide additional changing/shower facilities (in retrospect)
- Limefield Park, Polbeth Football Pavilion, Polbeth
Received 28 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0001/FUL/03
Over/recladding to elevations of building
- Grange Road, Houstoun Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 30 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0015/H/03
Extension to house and erection of a porch
3 Spey Drive, Craigshill, Livingston
Received 30 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0029/H/03
Erection of a conservatory
23 Ochiltree Court, Mid Calder
Received 10 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0297/H/03
Extension to a house
2 Fauldhouse Road, Longridge
Received 19 Mar 2003
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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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