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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26,346 approved · 2,537 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/1066/H/02
Extension to house
102 Braeside Park, Mid Calder
Received 17 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1068/H/02
Erection of a garage
189 Camps Rigg, Knightsridge, Livingston
Received 17 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1069/H/02
Extension to house
9 Main Street, Newton
Received 17 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1067/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
128 Forrest Walk, Uphall
Received 17 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0994/H/02
Erection of a garage
32 Ogilvie Way, Livingston
Received 23 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0992/FUL/02
Extension and alterations to care home
32 West Main Street, Broxburn
Received 23 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0243/H/03
Two storey extension to house and extension to dormer
48 Drummond Place, Blackridge
Received 6 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0246/H/03
Two storey extension to house
- East Haugh, Kirknewton
Received 6 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0241/FUL/03
Change of use from shop (Class 1) to laboratory and research unit (Class 4)
4 Main Street, Philpstoun
Received 6 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0365/H/03
Installation of velux and replacement windows and conversion of loft to living accommodation
145 (2ND F1) High Street, Linlithgow
Received 2 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0366/LBC/03
Listed building consent for installation of velux and replacement windows and conversion of loft space to living accommodation
145 (2ND F1) High Street, Linlithgow
Received 2 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0341/H/03
Extension to house
43 Barons Hill Avenue, Linlithgow
Received 2 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0281/FUL/03
Change of use and alterations to part of steading to form a house
The Quarter, Drumcross, Bathgate
Received 13 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0283/H/03
Two storey extension to house
85 Bailielands, Linlithgow
Received 13 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0282/H/03
Extension to house
8 Woodlands Grove, Armadale
Received 13 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0308/FUL/03
Erection of a conservatory extension to restaurant and erection of additional toilet facilities
83 West Main Street, West Calder
Received 13 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0309/FUL/03
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground and erection of a 1.8m high boundary fence
9 Millfield Livingston Village Livingston West Lothian EH54 7AR
Received 13 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0805/H/02
Two storey extension to house
4 Laverock Park, Linlithgow
Received 23 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0303/H/03
Erection of linked residential accommodation
14 Beechwood Park Uphall Station Livingston West Lothian EH54 5QQ
Received 25 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0322/FUL/03
Outline planning permission for the erection of a house
'Kimberley' Mains Road, Linlithgow
Received 25 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0317/H/03
Erection of a conservatory
18 Goldpark Place, Eliburn, Livingston
Received 25 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0213/H/03
Extension to house
22 Lady Place, Eliburn, Livingston
Received 4 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0251/H/03
Erection of a conservatory
33 Avontoun Park, Linlithgow
Received 4 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0221/H/03
First floor extension to house
1 Forkneuk Steadings, Uphall
Received 4 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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