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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 · 28,882 approved or refused records
2,537Refused applications
26,345 approved · 2,537 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/1199/H/02
Two storey extension to house and erection of a conservatory
- Middlestrath Mill, Avonbridge
Received 25 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0108/FUL/03
Erection of a house
- Champfleurie, Site Within The Lodge House Gardens, Linlithgow
Received 28 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0101/H/03
Two storey extension to house
3 Lighton Terrace, Stoneyburn
Received 28 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/1297/A/02
Erection of various fascia signs
Almondvale Retail Park Almondvale Road, Almondvale, Livingston
Received 24 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1296/FUL/02
Erection of a house with garage
Plot 7 Willow Park (PH3), Fauldhouse
Received 24 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0008/FUL/03
Erection of garage and change of use from public open space to private garden ground
- Drumshoreland Road, Pumpherston
Received 23 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1240/H/02
Two storey extension to house
6 Rendall Gardens, Broxburn
Received 10 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1193/H/02
Erection of a car port
- Crawhill Manor, Westfield
Received 21 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1181/A/02
Erection of 2 no. fascia signs
Deer Park Fairways Business Park, Livingston
Received 20 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0116/FUL/03
Installation of windows
14 Greendykes Road, Broxburn
Received 3 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0119/FUL/03
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground and formation of a driveway
6 Gracies Wynd, Armadale
Received 3 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0124/H/03
Extension to house
10 Caroline Gardens, Mid Calder
Received 3 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/1123/FUL/02
Erection of 18 houses
- Fauldhouse Road, Greenrigg
Received 21 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0294/H/03
Erection of a garage
46 Meadowbank Road, Kirknewton
Received 18 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0289/FUL/03
Erection of pavement bollards, garage, conservatory and garden shed
10 Union Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1NS
Received 17 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0275/H/03
Erection of a garage and two storey extension to house
68 Bankton Park West Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9BP
Received 17 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0357/FUL/03
Change of use from light industrial to private garden ground
84 West Main Street, Broxburn
Received 17 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0194/FUL/03
Erection of a 2150 sq.m. commercial vehicle maintenance facility with small showroom
- Loaninghill, Uphall
Received 27 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0270/FUL/03
Change of use from a shop (Class 1) to a hot food take-away
139 West Main Street Armadale Bathgate West Lothian EH48 3JA
Received 27 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0330/FUL/03
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground and formation of a driveway (in retrospect)
19 Strathyre Place, Stoneyburn
Received 27 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0516/H/03
Erection of a garage
41 Temple Avenue, Armadale
Received 27 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/1292/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
- Niddry Cottage, Winchburgh
Received 19 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1213/FUL/02
Extension to house
103 Overton Crescent, East Calder
Received 2 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0841/FUL/02
Proposed erection of a house and garage
Plot 7 Puir Wife's Brae, Bathgate
Received 29 Jul 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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