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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26,343 approved · 2,537 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0158/FUL/03
Change of use from a storage area to a skip waste transfer area
Unit 9 Greendykes Industrial Estate, Broxburn
Received 31 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0125/FUL/03
Reconstruction of outbuilding to form a games room/gym
5 Murieston Mews, Murieston, Livingston
Received 31 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0123/FUL/03
Erection of a 64sqm building for a chiropody/podiatry clinic
- Bankton Square, Murieston, Livingston
Received 31 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0126/LBC/03
Listed building consent for the reconstruction of outbuilding to form a games room/gym
5 Murieston Mews, Murieston, Livingston
Received 31 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0180/FUL/03
Erection of 3 houses with garages and associated landscaping
Plot 2 Holehouseburn, Longridge
Received 31 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0107/FUL/03
Erection of a 4 storey, 63 flat, sheltered housing complex with associated communal facilities, managers flat, parking access and landscaping
- Blackness Road/Springfield Road, Linlithgow
Received 31 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0022/ARM/03
Erection of 120 houses with associated access roads, footpaths and landscaping
- Lower Bathville, Site Of Former Atlas Steelworks, Armadale
Received 16 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1276/FUL/02
Erection of 3no.28m high silos, upgrade and replace plant and machinery and formation of internal access road and storage areas
Factory (Ewos) Torphichen Road, Westfield
Received 16 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0404/A/03
Erection of a fascia sign
- Nettlehill Road, Houstoun Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 9 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0660/LBC/03
Listed Building Consent for conversion to form 5 flats
Howden House, Howden Park, Howden, Livingston
Received 10 Jun 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0700/H/03
Formation of a driveway for disabled access
29 Ecclesmachan Road, Uphall
Received 10 Jun 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0584/NID/03
Erection of a 2.4m high boundary wall
Low Port Centre Blackness Road, Linlithgow, EH49 7HZ
Received 23 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0582/H/03
Erection of a conservatory
106 Huntly Avenue, Livingston
Received 23 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0610/H/03
Extension to house
25 Parkhead Gardens, West Calder
Received 23 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0604/H/03
Extension to house
8 Starlaw Terrace, Bathgate
Received 22 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0363/FUL/03
Erection of a house
Plot 2 West Dyke, Greenrigg
Received 2 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0358/FUL/03
Erection of 2 houses and garages
23 East Main Street, Blackburn
Received 2 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0356/FUL/03
Change of use from public house to form licensed restaurant
- Ladywell East Road, Ladywell, Livingston
Received 2 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0284/H/03
Erection of a double garage
4 B Burnside View, Addiewell
Received 12 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0274/H/03
First floor extension to house
75 Langton View, East Calder
Received 12 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0273/A/03
Erection of various fascia signs
- Dixon Terrace, Whitburn
Received 12 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0680/H/03
Extension to house
4 Kilpunt Gardens, Broxburn
Received 18 Jun 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0688/H/03
Erection of conservatory
23 Roosevelt Road, Kirknewton
Received 18 Jun 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0687/H/03
Extension to house
133 Waverley Crescent, Livingston
Received 18 Jun 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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