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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 · 28,880 approved or refused records
2,537Refused applications
26,343 approved · 2,537 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/1112/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
1 Knightsridge Court, Dechmont
Received 4 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1119/H/02
Extension to house
Drumcrosshall -, Bathgate
Received 1 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1126/FUL/02
Erection of four flats and three terraced houses with associated access and parking
32 Barton Terrace, Fauldhouse
Received 1 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1116/FUL/02
Erection of two houses with garages
40-50 Belsyde Court, Linlithgow
Received 1 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0904/FUL/02
Erection of a 760sqm HGV maintenance building with hard standing and commercial vehicle training area including landscaped surface water drainage zone
- Pumpherston Road, Uphall Station
Received 26 Aug 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0836/FUL/02
Erection of boarding kennels
Willgrange Cottage -, Longridge
Received 2 Aug 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1056/H/02
Extension to house
48 Burghmuir Court, Linlithgow
Received 15 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1262/ARM/02
Approval of reserved matters for the erection of 185 houses with associated roads, footpaths and landscaping
Area B, Former Atlas Steelworks, Lower Bathville Road, Armadale
Received 10 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1278/FUL/02
Installation of additional antennas on existing 15m high ground based telecommunications mast and enlargment of compound with additional equipment cabins
Crosswoodhill Farm -, West Calder
Received 10 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1279/H/02
Installation of replacement windows
38 Main Street, Winchburgh
Received 10 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1266/FUL/02
Erection of house
Plot 5 Puir Wife's Brae, Bathgate
Received 10 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1270/FUL/02
Change of use from agricultural land to private airstrip for aircraft of a maximum all-up weight of 450 kg
Ormiston Farm Selms Top, Mid Calder
Received 10 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1195/FUL/02
Installation of 2 temporary wind anemometer monitoring masts
A706, Leven Seat, Fauldhouse
Received 18 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1212/FUL/02
Erection of a 48 sq.m. licensed extension to restaurant
52 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 26 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0151/H/03
Erection of a conservatory
51 Hartwood Road, West Calder
Received 12 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0157/H/03
Two storey extension to house
3 Auldhill Road, Bridgend
Received 12 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0189/H/03
Extension to house
4 Neilson Court Blackburn Bathgate West Lothian EH47 7NA
Received 12 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0184/A/03
Erection of individually lettered fascia sign
1/3 Market Street, Mid Calder
Received 11 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0204/FUL/03
Erection of 127 houses with garages and associated roads and parking
- Little Boghead East, Bathgate
Received 3 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/1001/H/05
Formation of dormer window
5 Burnside, Dechmont
Received 3 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0207/FUL/03
Removal of phasing condition no.23 of planning permission 0152/2002
- Blackburn Road, Bathgate
Received 3 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0231/FUL/03
Change of use from industrial unit (Class 5) to childrens play centre (Class 11)
5C Grange Road, Houstoun Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 13 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0143/H/03
Extension to house
9 Millfield, Livingston
Received 13 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0156/H/03
Erection of a 1.2m high boundary fence
10 Johnston Avenue, Uphall
Received 12 Feb 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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