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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26,346 approved · 2,537 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0377/H/03
Erection of a conservatory
68 Carseknowe, Linlithgow
Received 4 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/1150/H/02
Extension to house
'Fernbank' Edinburgh Road, Linlithgow
Received 5 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1151/FUL/02
Erection of a 414 square metre steel portal framed agricultural store building
- Law Farm, Dechmont
Received 5 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1149/H/02
Extension to house
Renocridge Swineabbey, East Whitburn
Received 4 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1133/FUL/02
Change of use, alterations and 178sqm extension to buildings to form offices with associated landscaping
- Abercorn Primary School, Newton
Received 4 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0086/H/03
Two storey extension to house
36 Hawthorn Bank, Seafield
Received 23 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0087/H/03
Two storey extension to house and erection of a 1.8m high boundary fence
75 Woodville Court, Broxburn
Received 23 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0092/FUL/03
Erection of a 208sqm temporary building to provide treatment rooms and meeting rooms
Blackburn Health Centre Ash Grove, Blackburn
Received 23 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0920/H/02
Erection of a garage
132 South Mid Street, Bathgate
Received 22 Aug 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0893/FUL/02
Alteration and change of use from joinery workshop and store to form a flat with domestic garage below and installation of oil storage tank for heating
Bridgend Cottage Longridge Road, Whitburn
Received 22 Aug 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0320/FUL/03
Part change of use from filling station to car sales
11 East Main Street, Blackburn
Received 25 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0318/FUL/03
Change of use from storage to a bathroom showroom
- Beechwood Garden Centre, Uphall
Received 25 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0571/P/03
Outline planning permission for a 0.64ha steading conversion to form 4 houses and 3 new houses
Blackridge Farm -, Blackridge
Received 6 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0247/FUL/03
Erection of a house and temporary siting of a caravan
Plot 20 Willow Park (PH3), Fauldhouse
Received 6 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0244/H/03
Extension to house
159 Bailielands, Linlithgow
Received 6 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0242/H/03
Extension to house and erection of a porch
89 Springfield Road, Linlithgow
Received 6 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0285/FUL/03
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground and erection of a 1.8m high boundary fence (in retrospect)
25 Ogilvie Way Knightsridge Livingston West Lothian EH54 8HL
Received 6 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0306/FUL/03
Alterations to building including new fire escapes & ramps and formation of new plant compound
1 Macintosh Road, Kirkton Campus, Livingston
Received 6 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/1077/FUL/02
Erection of a 12m high ground based telecommunications mast with associated equipment cabins and compound
Craigton Quarry, Winchburgh
Received 8 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1046/A/02
Erection of illuminated fascia signs
Unit 3A Almondvale Centre South, Livingston
Received 8 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1050/FUL/02
Alterations and change of use of semi derelict building to form office and associated car park and landscaping
Starlaw Cottage Starlaw Road, Bathgate
Received 8 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1043/NID/02
Change of use from former housing office to form 4 houses
34 - 37 Logan Way, Livingston
Received 8 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1044/NID/02
Change of use and conversion of shop (class 1) to form part of tenant resource/family mediation centre and installation of access ramp
211 West Main Street, Whitburn
Received 8 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0959/H/02
Extension to house
19 Highfield Crescent, Linlithgow
Received 11 Sept 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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