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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 · 28,880 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26,343 approved · 2,537 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0909/FUL/02
Reposition of double garage to form triple garage
Plot 1 Braehead Place, Linlithgow
Received 23 Aug 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0901/FUL/02
Installation of a CCTV camera mast
- Simpson Parkway, Kirkton Campus, Livingston
Received 23 Aug 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0333/H/03
Extension to house and erection of a boundary fence
Trinlaymire Cottage B9080, Threemiletown
Received 28 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0315/A/03
Erection of a fascia sign
- Edinburgh Road, Jet Filling Station, Broxburn
Received 25 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0324/FUL/03
Installation of new shop front
- Edinburgh Road, Jet Filling Station, Broxburn
Received 25 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0458/H/03
Extension to house
23 Mansewood Crescent, Whitburn
Received 24 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0482/FUL/03
Erection of an 18m high ground based telecommunications timber monopole with associated equipment cabin and compound
Clapperton Hall, Uphall Station
Received 24 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0485/H/03
Erection of a conservatory and garage at Morar and Erection of a garage at 21A Manse Road
'Morar', Manse Road, Whitburn
Received 24 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0456/H/03
Erection of a conservatory and porch
13 Honeyman Court, Armadale
Received 24 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/1034/NID/02
Formation of childrens play area with 'Striker Goals'
- Portland Place, Fauldhouse
Received 7 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1042/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
3 Cedric Rise, Livingston
Received 7 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1030/A/02
Erection of 4 illuminated wall signs and 2 illuminated free standing signs
- Brucefield Farm, Brucefield Industry Park, Livingston
Received 7 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1106/FUL/02
Erection of a 12.5m high ground based telecommunications monopole with associated equipment cabins
Carmondean Centre South, Carmondean, Livingston
Received 7 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0296/H/03
Alterations to existing house and garage and build new garage
1/3 Main Street, Linlithgow Bridge
Received 21 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0232/A/03
Erection of an illuminated fascia sign
4 The Vennel, Linlithgow
Received 4 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0268/P/03
Renewal of outline planning permission for the erection of 13 houses
- Harthill Road, Benthead, Fauldhouse
Received 3 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0345/FUL/03
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground and erection of a boundary fence
8 Priors Grange, Torphichen
Received 3 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0201/A/03
Erection of illuminated fascia & projecting signs
18 George Street, Lunn Poly, Bathgate
Received 3 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0199/H/03
Extension to house
8 Crathes Gardens, Murieston, Livingston
Received 3 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/1128/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
15 Netherton Grove, Whitburn
Received 3 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0940/FUL/02
Conversion of covered car parking bays to form lock-up garages
Vennel Car Park, Kirkgate, Linlithgow
Received 5 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0938/H/02
Two storey extension to house and erection of a conservatory
89 Belsyde Court, Linlithgow Bridge
Received 4 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1177/H/02
Extension to house
22 Goodall Crescent, Dechmont
Received 4 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0969/H/02
Extension to house
15 Harestanes Road, Armadale
Received 4 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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