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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26,343 approved · 2,537 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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: 1 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0010/P/03
Outline planning permission for a 2 storey extension to office building and increase number of car park spaces
Lauder House Almondvale Business Park, Almondvale, Livingston
Received 30 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1231/FUL/02
Erection of a house with garage
Plot 9 Puir Wife's Brae, Bathgate
Received 5 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1178/FUL/02
Installation of new shop front and ramp access
97 West Main Street, Armadale
Received 14 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0040/H/03
Erection of a conservatory
8 Muirfield Way, Deans, Livingston
Received 14 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0047/FUL/03
Renewal of planning permission 898/97 for the erection of a house
26 Fountainhead Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4DG
Received 14 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0045/FUL/03
Outline planning permission for business (class 4) and general industrial (class 5) development and detailed permission for associated engineering works
- Easter Inch, Bathgate
Received 13 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0051/A/03
Erection of illuminated fascia and projecting signs
57 East Main Street, Broxburn
Received 13 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/1154/H/02
Two storey extension to house
125 Bankton Brae, Livingston
Received 8 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1153/H/02
Extension to house
Leapark St. Ninian's Road, Linlithgow
Received 8 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1176/H/02
Extension to house
- Easter Redburn Farm, Blackridge
Received 7 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0104/FUL/03
Siting of a 140sqm portacabin to provide additional office space
- Oakbank Park Drive, Mid Calder
Received 24 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0102/H/03
Installation of dormer window and alterations to house
Rosebank -, Torphichen
Received 24 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0106/FUL/03
Erection of house with garage
- Drummond Place, Blackridge
Received 24 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0093/FUL/03
Erection of a 171 sqm portacabin to form a clubhouse
- Main Street, East Calder Bowling Club, East Calder
Received 24 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0094/FUL/03
Erection of a 232sqm extension to garden centre to provide staff accomodation, kitchen facilities and storage space
- Hopetoun Wood, Newton
Received 24 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0095/H/03
Extension to house
1 Longpark Place, Eliburn, Livingston
Received 24 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/1267/LBC/02
Listed building consent for the provision of access ramps, steps and handrails. Alterations to main and side entrance doors
County Buildings High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7EZ
Received 20 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0998/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
22 Wellview Lane, Murieston, Livingston
Received 25 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0999/H/02
Demolition of existing conservatory and extension to house
Ardlochans -, Linlithgow
Received 25 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1001/H/02
Erection of a garage
7 Back Station Road, Linlithgow
Received 25 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0174/H/03
Erection of a conservatory
11 Henderson Court East Calder Livingston West Lothian EH53 0RQ
Received 21 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0195/A/03
Erection of illuminated fascia sign
26A Pumpherston Road, Uphall Station
Received 21 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0418/FUL/03
Re-construction of fire damaged licensed restaurant
La Cappanna Carmondean Centre Road, Carmondean, Livingston
Received 16 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0420/H/03
Erection of a conservatory
37 Sutherland Way, Knightsridge, Livingston
Received 16 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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