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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26,343 approved · 2,537 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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/0035/FUL/03
Substitution of house type
Plot 11 Inchcross Park, Bathgate
Received 10 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0034/H/03
Extension to house
13 Fells Road, Polbeth
Received 10 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0114/FUL/03
Erection of a 15m high ground based telecommunications monopole and associated equipment cabin
Royston Road, Deans Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 10 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/1078/FUL/02
Erection of a single storey 60 bed residential care facility with associated car parking, landscaping, sub- station and emergency generator.
- Craigshill East Road, Craigshill, Livingston
Received 7 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1189/H/02
Two storey extension to house
28 Crathes Gardens, Murieston, Livingston
Received 10 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0979/H/02
Formation of a hard standing & vehicle turning area and erection of a fence (in retrospect)
57 Pumpherston Road, Mid Calder
Received 10 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1000/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
19 Lenzie Avenue, Deans, Livingston
Received 25 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1022/FUL/02
Erection of a 900sqm marquee for product display and leisure events (in retrospect)
- Freeport Shopping & Leisure Village, Westwood, West Calder
Received 29 Aug 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1023/P/02
Outline planning permission for the formation of carping pond & golf driving range, erection of a roof over existing paths to provide 3600sqm covered demonstration area & changes of use to form demonstration areas & caf�
- Freeport Shopping & Leisure Village, Westwood, West Calder
Received 29 Aug 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0917/H/02
Extension to house
38 Bervie Drive, Murieston, Livingston
Received 29 Aug 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0838/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
103 Avalon Gardens, Linlithgow
Received 6 Aug 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1076/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
Rosemont, Alexander Street, Uphall
Received 18 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1075/H/02
Two storey extension to house
24 Kettilstoun Grove, Linlithgow
Received 18 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1073/FUL/02
Facade upgrade to existing building
18 South Bridge Street, Bathgate
Received 18 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1102/H/02
Erection of a garage with utility room and erection of a conservatory
108 Loaninghill Road, Uphall
Received 18 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0916/FUL/02
Substitution of house types for the erection of 8 flats and 8 houses
- Rowan Drive, Blackburn
Received 15 Aug 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0369/FUL/03
Erection of 14 flats with associated access and parking
- Edinburgh Road, (Former Yard), Linlithgow
Received 3 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0372/H/03
Extension to front of garage and tiled canopy
41 Belsyde Court, Linlithgow Bridge
Received 3 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0371/FUL/03
Erection of a house with garage
Plot 2 Willowgrange, Torphichen
Received 3 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0290/H/03
Extension to house and erection of a garage
39 Leving Place Eliburn Livingston West Lothian EH54 6SU
Received 14 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0288/H/03
Extension to house
5 Westermains Armadale Bathgate West Lothian EH48 3BF
Received 14 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0278/LBC/03
Listed building consent for the removal of signage at 13 Bank Street and the removal and installation of a sign, internal alteration and the removal and installation of an extract fan at 15 Bank Street
13 + 15 Bank Street, Mid Calder
Received 14 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0305/FUL/03
Installation of a new shop front
Unit 6 Almondvale Retail Park, Almondvale, Livingston
Received 14 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0287/FUL/03
Erection of a house and garage
Plot 8 Willow Park (PH3), Fauldhouse
Received 13 Mar 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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