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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 · 28,881 approved or refused records
2,537Refused applications
26,344 approved · 2,537 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/1084/H/02
Two storey extension to house and erection of a porch
6 Polkemmet Road, Greenrigg
Received 21 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1085/H/02
Installation of satellite dish
Flat 17, Restondene, St. Andrews Way, Deans, Livingston
Received 21 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1086/H/02
Two storey extension to house
72 Netherwood Park, Deans, Livingston
Received 21 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1019/H/02
Erection of a garage
29 Stewart Way, Knightsridge, Livingston
Received 25 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1107/A/02
Erection of 2 free standing signs
- Alderstone Business Park, Livingston
Received 31 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1110/A/02
Erection of various illuminated free standing and fascia signs
Safeway Store Almondvale Boulevard, Livingston
Received 31 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1025/H/02
Installation of dormers
55 Philip Avenue, Linlithgow
Received 3 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1024/FUL/02
Installation of new shop front and ATM
2/4 George Street, Bathgate
Received 3 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1021/FUL/02
Erection of a 178sqm factory extension
- Nettlehill Road, Houstoun Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 3 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1020/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
115 Bankton Park East, Livingston
Received 3 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1161/FUL/02
Extension to house
1 Station Road, Linlithgow
Received 11 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1166/H/02
Extension to house
25 Kettilstoun Crescent, Linlithgow
Received 11 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1157/FUL/02
Erection of stable block, new fencing and formation of access road
Park Farm -, Linlithgow
Received 11 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1251/H/02
Two storey extension to house
63 Sheriffs Park, Linlithgow
Received 11 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1152/H/02
Erection of a garage
156 Ravenswood Rise, Dedridge, Livingston
Received 11 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0097/FUL/03
Installation of a roller shutter door to warehouse
Unit 11A Oakbank Park Way, Livingston
Received 28 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0103/FUL/03
Variation to condition 5 of planning permission 0814/02 to amend opening hours of shop from 07.00 - 22.00 to 06.00-22.00
30 East Main Street, Blackburn
Received 28 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0255/H/03
Erection of a garage
10 Dunn Place, Winchburgh
Received 10 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0177/H/03
Two storey extension to house
21B Pumpherston Road, Uphall Station
Received 20 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0182/H/03
Erection of a double garage/store
4 Byreside, Seafield
Received 20 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0186/H/03
Extension to ground floor flat
19 Avontoun Park Linlithgow Bridge Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6QG
Received 20 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0187/H/03
Extension to house and erection of a triple garage
8A Burnside, Burnvale, Broxburn
Received 20 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0239/FUL/03
Variation of planning permission 806/01 to allow second speedway meeting each week on a Saturday for a three hour period between noon and 8.00pm
Armadale Stadium Bathgate Road, Armadale
Received 20 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0425/FUL/03
Erection of a 2m high security fence
46 Loganlea Road, Addiewell
Received 17 Apr 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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