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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26,346 approved · 2,537 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/1284/H/02
Erection of pigeon lofts (in retrospect)
123 Cuthill Crescent, Stoneyburn
Received 4 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1233/FUL/02
Erection of a house and garage
Plot 13 Willow Park (PH 2), Fauldhouse
Received 4 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0253/H/03
Erection of a porch
11 Gardner Terrace, Stoneyburn
Received 10 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0257/FUL/03
Erection of a house
- King Street, Bathgate
Received 10 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0258/H/03
Erection of a conservatory
34 Tennent Park, Mid Calder
Received 10 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0470/H/03
Erection of a garage
6 Bishops Park, Mid Calder
Received 30 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0535/H/03
Erection of timber decking
9 Forkneuk Road, Uphall
Received 29 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0498/H/03
Extension and alterations to house
Forfar House, Ballencrieff Toll, Bathgate
Received 29 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0514/H/03
Erection of a 1.8m high boundary fence and removal of a hedge
34 Kirkhill Road, Broxburn
Received 29 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0443/H/03
Two storey extension to house
11 Hope Park, Bathgate
Received 29 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0368/LBC/03
Listed building consent for partial demolition and conversion of existing buildings for residential use
- Marjoriebanks Street, (Former Bathgate College), Bathgate
Received 4 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0384/H/03
Two storey extension to house
1 Riccarton Road, Linlithgow
Received 4 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0380/H/03
Extension to house
37 Baronshill Avenue, Linlithgow
Received 4 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0385/H/03
Installation of a dormer
4 Clarendon Crescent, Linlithgow
Received 4 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0064/H/03
Two storey extension to house and erection of a conservatory
38 Strathbrock Place, Uphall
Received 20 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0065/H/03
Extension to house
36 Laurel Bank Court, East Calder
Received 20 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/1057/H/02
Extension to house
15 Cunnigar Hill View, Craigshill, Livingston
Received 14 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1058/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
1 Harrysmuir Terrace, Pumpherston
Received 14 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1059/H/02
Extension to house
19 Tippetknowes Road, Winchburgh
Received 14 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1061/FUL/02
Change of use of former bus station site to form temporary car park
(Former Bus Station Site) Almondvale South, Livingston
Received 14 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1062/FUL/02
Erection of a 12m high ground based timber telecommunications monopole with associated cabin and compound
Clarendon Canal -, Linlithgow
Received 14 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1040/H/02
Demolition of existing house extension and erection of new extension and dormer
45 Main Street, Dechmont
Received 14 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1041/H/02
Erection of pitched roof over existing flat roof
50 Sheephousehill, Fauldhouse
Received 14 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1100/H/02
Two storey extension to house
68 Bankton Park West, Murieston, Livingston
Received 14 Oct 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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