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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26,346 approved · 2,537 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0957/A/02
Erection of illuminated projecting and fascia signs
34 West Main Street, Whitburn
Received 11 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0958/FUL/02
Conversion of church to form single storey dwelling house
Former R C Church High Academy Street, Armadale
Received 10 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0955/FUL/02
Installation of roof top telecommunications antennae and equipment cabins
Pentland House Almondvale South, Livingston
Received 10 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1004/FUL/02
Engineering works and other operations to form landscaped acoustic bund and open channel to replace existing culverted water course
- Lower Bathville, Armadale
Received 10 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0944/H/02
Extension to house
3 Waldie Avenue, Linlithgow
Received 10 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0024/H/03
Extension to house
208 Camps Rigg, Knightsridge, Livingston
Received 7 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0023/H/03
Installation of a dormer
2 Helenslea Cottages, Bathgate
Received 7 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0027/FUL/03
Erection of a house, garage and workshop
Land Adjacent To Muirhousedykes Farm, Loganlea
Received 7 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/1036/H/02
Two storey extension to house
22 Cameron Knowe, Philpstoun
Received 4 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1028/FUL/02
Change of use to create a licensed external seating area for the consumption of food and drinks
Unit 1 Almondvale Avenue, McArthur Glen Designer Outlet, Livingston
Received 4 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1029/H/02
Extension to house and installation of a dormer
25 Market Street, Mid Calder
Received 4 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1031/H/02
Extension to house
49 Westwood Park, Livingston
Received 4 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0945/H/02
Erection of a double garage
3/4 East Main Street, Greenrigg
Received 6 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0946/H/02
Erection of a porch
98 Deans South, Livingston
Received 6 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0967/FUL/02
Erection of two flats above existing shop and provision of car parking
1 Millhaugh Lane, Bathgate
Received 6 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0892/FUL/02
Erection of 3 No. 68sqm portacabins for office accommodation
- Oakbank Park Drive, Oakbank Ind Park, Mid Calder
Received 16 Aug 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0883/FUL/02
Change of use from former school ground to private garden ground
18 Elm Park, Blackburn
Received 16 Aug 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0007/FUL/03
Removal of condition 2 of permission 0701/98 relating to modifications to the existing waste water treatment works
- Redhouse Road, Seafield
Received 19 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1263/FUL/02
Erection of 106 houses and garages with associated roads, footpaths and ancillary works including formation of kick pitch and play area
- Holmes Road, Holmes East, Broxburn
Received 19 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1298/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
10 Heatherwood Park, Pumpherston
Received 19 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1299/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
8 Kirkfield View, Livingston
Received 19 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1293/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
9 Starlaw Gardens, Bathgate
Received 19 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1074/H/02
Extension to house
38 High Academy Street, Armadale
Received 18 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1065/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
36 Lothian Street, Bathgate
Received 17 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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