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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26,343 approved · 2,537 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0396/H/03
Erection of a conservatory
47 Murieston Valley, Murieston, Livingston
Received 9 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0355/FUL/03
Change of use from public footpath to private garden ground and erection of a garage
19 Letham Avenue, Pumpherston
Received 30 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0110/H/03
Erection of a conservatory
19 Newlands, Kirknewton
Received 30 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0100/H/03
Extension to house
111 Crofters Gate, East Whitburn
Received 29 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0011/H/03
Two storey extension to house
31 Bridgend Park, Bathgate
Received 3 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0012/H/03
Erection of a conservatory
73 Wallace Mill Gardens, Mid Calder
Received 3 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0494/LBC/03
Listed building consent for internal and external alterations to property including velux windows and new window openings
37 Bank Street, Mid Calder
Received 1 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0493/H/03
Roughcasting ground floor flat
20 Edinburgh Road, Bathgate
Received 1 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0390/FUL/03
Erection of a house with garage
Plot 84 Rashierigg Place, Longridge
Received 8 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0389/H/03
Demolish existing garage and erect a double garage
The Beeches Cannop Crescent, Stoneyburn
Received 8 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0381/LBC/03
Listed building consent for the sub-division of a category A building to form 3 houses
- Preston House, Linlithgow
Received 8 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0382/H/03
Extension to house
14 Wallace Mill Gardens, Mid Calder
Received 8 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0310/FUL/03
Change of use from a printers to an MOT testing station with repair facilities
Unit 6 Hunting Park, Houstoun Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 19 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0304/FUL/03
Change of use of existing outbuildings to car repair garage and erection of a new car repair workshop (in retrospect)
Mossbank Cottage -, Caputhall, Bathgate
Received 19 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/1294/FUL/02
Erection of a 369 sqm extension to car workshop
- Edinburgh Road, Winchburgh
Received 23 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1136/FUL/02
Change of use from shop (class 1) to coffee/sandwhich bar (class 3)
15 Market Place, Whitburn
Received 8 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1160/FUL/02
Substitution of house types on plots 15, 18, 37, 39 42, 43, 45 and 49
- Fauldhouse Road, Greenrigg
Received 8 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1138/FUL/02
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground and erection of a boundary fence
1 Mowbray Rise, Dedridge, Livingston
Received 15 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0986/FUL/02
Tipping of soil (in retrospect) and associated landscaping
The Firs Langside Flats, Polbeth
Received 19 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1007/FUL/02
Erection of a house
Plot 1 Muirhouse Dykes, Loganlea
Received 19 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0984/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
'Braecroft', St Ninians Road, Linlithgow
Received 19 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0982/A/02
Erection of an illuminated fascia sign
98 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 19 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0978/LBC/02
Listed building consent for painting shop front, installation of fascia panel, signage and external lighting
98 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 19 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0975/FUL/02
Erection of 19 houses and garages with associated roads and infrastructure
Former Hunt Kennels B8048, Threemiletown
Received 19 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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