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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 dates31,663Searchable applications
270Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 28,883 approved or refused records
2,537Refused applications
26,346 approved · 2,537 refused · 1,684 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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/0073/P/03
Outline planning permission for the erection of a house
- Roman Camp Cottages, (Land Adj. To Nos.7+8), Broxburn
Received 20 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0063/H/03
Two storey extension to house
75 Meadowpark Road, Bathgate
Received 20 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0016/H/03
Extension to house and erection of 1.8m high fence
55 Sheriffs Park, Linlithgow
Received 7 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/1241/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
7 Bankton Gardens, Murieston, Livingston
Received 9 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1244/FUL/02
Outline planning permission for the erection of a house
Gavieside Nursery Gavieside, Polbeth
Received 9 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1245/FUL/02
Erection of a house
97A Eldrick Avenue, Fauldhouse
Received 9 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1247/FUL/02
Erection of a 144sqm barn with yard area
1 Bickerton Croft Hens Nest Road, East Whitburn
Received 9 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1248/FUL/02
Part change of use from nightclub to day time coffee shop/caf� and alterations to building frontage
100 West Main Street, Whitburn
Received 9 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1250/FUL/02
Installation of roller shutters
Unit 4, 24B Whitburn Road, Bathgate
Received 9 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1171/FUL/02
Erection of a 288 sq.m. shop/showroom building
- Gavieside Nursery, Gavieside, Polbeth
Received 15 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1173/H/02
Extension to house
3 Bankton Green, Livingston
Received 15 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1174/H/02
Erection of conservatory
21 Honeyman Court, Armadale
Received 15 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0113/FUL/03
Siting of temporary office building
Carmondean Health Centre Carmondean Centre Road, Carmondean, Livingston
Received 30 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0109/H/03
Installation of a dormer and alterations to house
35 Station Road, Armadale
Received 30 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0152/H/03
Extension to house
164 Springfield Road, Linlithgow
Received 11 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0397/H/03
First floor and ground floor extensions to house
25 Croft Place, Eliburn, Livingston
Received 8 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0005/FUL/03
Use of land for a builders merchant (trade purposes only) including erection of a 1430sqm storage and office building with showroom facilities
- Drovers Road/Simpson Road, Broxburn
Received 27 Dec 2002 - UnknownLIVE/0004/FUL/03
Erection of temporary sales cabin
- St Ninians Way, Linlithgow
Received 27 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1301/A/02
Erection of illuminated projecting box signage and fascia sign
97 - 99 West Main Street, Armadale
Received 27 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1229/FUL/02
Erection of a 12 m high licenced amateur radio mast and aerial
Cathlawhill Farm, Torphichen
Received 5 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1228/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
'Treeshill', Westfield Road, Torphichen
Received 5 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1254/FUL/02
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground and erection of a 2m high boundary fence
1 Foulshiels Road, Stoneyburn
Received 4 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1234/H/02
Installation of a dormer and extension to house
102 Midhope Place, Winchburgh
Received 4 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1225/FUL/02
Erection of a 2 m high security fence to form secure compound
12 Dunnet Way, Broxburn
Received 4 Dec 2002
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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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