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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 dates31,630Searchable applications
270Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 28,851 approved or refused records
2,535Refused applications
26,316 approved · 2,535 refused · 1,683 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0406/H/03
Erection of a conservatory
67 Wallace Mill Gardens, Mid Calder
Received 10 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0403/H/03
Erection of a conservatory
8 Netherwood Park, Livingston
Received 10 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0405/FUL/03
Variation of conditions 5 & 7 of planning permission 0084/03 relating to the height of material stored on site and the painting of the boundary fence
10 Blackburn Road, Bathgate
Received 10 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0894/H/03
Extension to house
14 The Green, Bathgate
Received 10 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0780/FUL/04
Erection of a temorary site compound
- Hardhill Road, Lower Bathville Road, Armadale
Received 14 Jun 2004 - DecidedLIVE/0407/A/03
Installation of a timber fascia sign (blue background/gold lettering)
159 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 10 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0402/H/03
Attic conversion including installation of velux windows
36 Parkhead Cottages, West Calder
Received 10 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0316/FUL/03
Erection of a 1.2m-1.6m high boundary wall
- Braehead Place, Linlithgow
Received 25 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0319/LBC/03
Listed building consent for the installation of a new window
2 The Stables, Linlithgow
Received 25 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0017/FUL/03
Erection of a house with garage
Plots 40/41 Rashierigg, Longridge
Received 7 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0349/FUL/03
Erection of a 16sqm ticket office and gift shop
- Hopetoun House, South Queensferry
Received 28 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0343/FUL/03
Installation of an access ramp
39 Main Street, Fauldhouse
Received 28 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0332/H/03
Formation of dormer and extension to house
3 Oakbank Cottages, West Calder
Received 28 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0335/A/03
Erection of a illuminated fascia sign
29 Whitburn Road, (Lloyds TSB Bank), Bathgate
Received 28 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0254/H/03
Erection of a car port and greenhouse
1 Burnside Cottages, Threemiletown
Received 10 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0453/P/03
Outline planning permission for the erection of a house
Plot Stratton Mill, Westfield
Received 24 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0166/FUL/03
Change of use from shop (Class 1) to hot food take-away and installation of new shop front
Unit 3A The Mall, Craigshill, Livingston
Received 10 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0167/FUL/03
Change of use from shop (Class 1) to hot food take-away and installation of shop front
Unit 11A The Mall, Craigshill, Livingston
Received 10 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0144/FUL/03
Erection of a 252sqm tractor garage and 42sqm extension to form barrel paint shop
- Meadowhead Road, (North British Distillery Co Ltd), Addiewell
Received 10 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0129/H/03
Two storey extension to house
5 North View, West Calder
Received 10 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0128/H/03
Attic conversion to form bedrooms
30 Parkhead Cottages, West Calder
Received 10 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0171/P/03
Outline planning permission for the extension to food factory
- Brocks Way, Broxburn
Received 10 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0212/H/03
Extension to house
35 Castle Crescent, East Calder
Received 10 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0139/H/03
Two storey extension to house
4 Rosemount Drive, Uphall
Received 10 Feb 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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