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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26,343 approved · 2,537 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0192/H/03
Erection of a conservatory
35 Dovecot Park, Linlithgow
Received 26 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0208/H/03
Extension to house (Amended Proposal)
25 Redmill Cottages Redmill East Whitburn Bathgate West Lothian EH47 0JR
Received 25 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0217/FUL/03
Change of use from offices to recording studios
4A Main Street, Unit 11 - Workspace, Stoneyburn
Received 25 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/1139/H/02
Alteration to approved plans for an extension to a house
3 Millbrae, Mid Calder
Received 1 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0252/H/03
Extension to house
89 Burns Avenue, Armadale
Received 5 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0265/FUL/03
Importation of material to form development platform including re-location of drainage ditch
- Deer Park Drive, Deer Park, Livingston
Received 5 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0005/FUL/04
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground to allow ramp access and erection of a 1.8m high boundary fence
26 Howley Avenue, Howden, Livingston
Received 5 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0209/H/03
Extension to house
83 Cardross Road, Broxburn
Received 5 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0175/FUL/03
Erection of 72 houses with associated parking garages and garage spaces
Plot 5 Lower Bathville, Armadale
Received 14 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0172/FUL/03
Change of use from ranger base and fire station to educational centre and ranger base with public display
- Hopetoun House, (Education Room And Ranger Base), South Queensferry
Received 14 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0169/LBC/03
Listed building consent for change of use from ranger base and fire station to educational centre and ranger base with public display
- Hopetoun House, (Education Room And Ranger Base), South Queensferry
Received 14 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0191/P/03
Outline planning permission for the erection of a house
12 Grange Road Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5HL
Received 14 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/1198/A/02
erection of signboards
A89 -, Bathgate
Received 18 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1186/H/02
Erection of pitched roof over existing flat roof extension and erection of a conservatory
116 Priory Road, Linlithgow
Received 18 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0977/P/02
Outline planning permission for the erection of 2 houses
Cuthill Caravan Park Westwood Road, Stoneyburn
Received 10 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0934/LBC/02
Listed Building Consent for change of use and alterations of commercial premises from retail (Class 1) to form a house (Class 9)
213 High Street, (Rear Of), Linlithgow
Received 10 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0965/LBC/02
Listed building consent for internal alterations and replacement windows to form 2 houses
- Bonnytoun Cottages, Linlithgow
Received 9 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0974/FUL/02
Conversion of farm steading to form 2 houses
- Harperrig, Kirknewton
Received 9 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0943/A/02
Erection of illuminated fascia signs
1 Dunlop Square, Livingston
Received 9 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0949/FUL/02
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground
66 Church Court, Philpstoun
Received 9 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0953/LBC/02
Listed Building Consent for various internal alterations including new partitions,counters and redecoration etc.
43 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 9 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0956/FUL/02
Erection of a conservatory
1 Eastfield Street, Fauldhouse
Received 9 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0393/FUL/03
Change of use to the hire of motor vehicles
Unit 8 Napier Square, Livingston
Received 9 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0395/H/03
Installation of a dormer
252 Sutherland Way, Livingston
Received 9 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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