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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.
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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26,344 approved · 2,537 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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/0422/H/03
Two storey extension to house
83 Belfield Avenue, East Calder
Received 17 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0424/FUL/03
Variation of planning permission 759/M/02 to provide additional platform for class 6 (storage or distribution) use
- Inchmuir Road, Bathgate
Received 17 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0399/FUL/03
Erection of a 15m high ground based telecommunications mast with associated equipment cabins and compound
Mid Tartraven Farm, Bathgate
Received 4 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0294/FUL/03
Change of use of unit from (Class 1) shops to (Class 2) financial, professional and other services
Unit 19 Almondvale Centre (PH1), Almondvale, Livingston
Received 18 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/1242/FUL/02
Restoration, rehabilitation and extension to stable buildings to form a house and erection of a garage
Lochcote Stable Buildings ., Torphichen
Received 27 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1207/FUL/02
Conversion of garage/outbuilding to form a house
- Crosswoodhill Farm, West Calder
Received 27 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1206/FUL/02
Erection of 2 conservatory extensions
1 Simpson Parkway, Kirkton Campus, Livingston
Received 27 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0879/FUL/03
Erection of 3 holiday chalets
- Williamscraig, Linlithgow
Received 29 Jul 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0973/H/03
Erection of a double garage
Rosevale Cottage -, Harburn
Received 29 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1222/FUL/02
Erection of a house
Adj To 11 Union Road, Broxburn
Received 29 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1223/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
86 Muirfield Way, Deans South, Livingston
Received 29 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1132/LBC/02
Listed building consent for change of use, alterations and extension to buildings to form offices with associated landscaping
- Abercorn Primary School, Newton
Received 4 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1134/FUL/02
Erection of a 220sqm workshop with ancillary offices
- Whitburn Road, Bathgate
Received 4 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0188/H/03
Extension to house
10 Queens Avenue Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5RS
Received 18 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0475/FUL/03
Change of use from a workshop to offices (Class 4)
UNIT3, Block 6, Whiteside Industrial Estate, Bathgate
Received 18 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0436/H/03
Extension to loft including installation of dormers
10 Bankton Court, Murieston, Livingston
Received 14 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0417/H/03
Extension to house
38 Bankton Park West, Murieston, Livingston
Received 14 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0408/FUL/03
Erection of a 220 sqm car storage building
4 Mill Road Industrial Estate, Linlithgow Bridge
Received 14 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0495/H/03
Internal and external alterations to property including velux windows and new window openings
37 Bank Street, Mid Calder
Received 1 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/1135/A/02
Erection of 3 illuminated fascia signs
Unit 1, Almondvale Road, Almondvale Retail Park, Livingston
Received 4 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1130/H/02
Extension to house
29 Westgate, Mid Calder
Received 4 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1129/H/02
Two storey extension to house
7 Parkhead Road, Linlithgow
Received 4 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1125/LBC/02
Conservation area consent for the demolition of existing house and erection of a new house
3 Hamilton Park, Linlithgow
Received 4 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1124/FUL/02
Demolition of exisiting house and erection of a new house
3 Hamilton Park, Linlithgow
Received 4 Nov 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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