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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26,343 approved · 2,537 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0400/H/03
Extension to house
37 Auldhill Avenue, Bridgend
Received 8 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0348/FUL/03
Erection of a 521sqm extension to provide additional office space
- Nettlehill Road, Houstoun Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 21 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0373/FUL/03
Erection of a 488sqm steel portal workshop building
16 Houston Mains, Uphall
Received 21 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0223/FUL/03
Renewal of planning consent no.796/97 for the erection of a 557 sqm non food retail warehouse with associated service area, car parking, landscaping and adjustments to car park access
- Almondvale Retail Park, Almondvale, Livingston
Received 3 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0200/H/03
Extension to house
25 Millburn Crescent Armadale Bathgate West Lothian EH48 3RB
Received 3 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0202/H/03
Erection of a garage
Tanahken Blackfaulds, Avonbridge
Received 3 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0206/FUL/03
Erection of a house with garage
Plot 2 Willow Park (PH 2), Fauldhouse
Received 3 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0210/H/03
Extensions to ground floor flat
153 Avontoun Park Linlithgow Bridge Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6QH
Received 3 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0240/FUL/03
Erection of a house with garage
Plot 30 Muirhouse Dykes, Loganlea
Received 3 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/1180/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
3 Greenhill Court, Fauldhouse
Received 14 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1183/FUL/02
Erection of 17 flats and associated car parking
- Quarrywood Court, Kirkton, Livingston
Received 13 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0675/H/03
Single storey extension to house
1 Whitelaw Street, Westcraigs, Blackridge
Received 12 Jun 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0672/H/03
Extension to house
14 Kaims Place, Kirkton South, Livingston
Received 12 Jun 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0681/FUL/03
Erection of a house
Plot 7 Station Road, Kirknewton
Received 12 Jun 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0596/H/03
Erection of a conservatory
2 Kaim Crescent, Bathgate, EH48 1ER
Received 26 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0588/FUL/03
Erection of 4 houses
- Whitburn Road, Bathgate
Received 26 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0513/H/03
Extension to House
1 Inch Crescent, Bathgate
Received 8 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0526/H/03
Erection of Conservatory
1 Bellsburn Avenue, Linlithgow
Received 8 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0497/A/03
Erection of a free standing estate directory signboard
- Loaninghill, Uphall
Received 8 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0484/FUL/03
Outline planning permission for the erection of a house
Plot 4 The Walled Garden, Torphichen
Received 7 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0506/H/03
Erection of a conservatory
48 St Magdalenes, Linlithgow, EH49 6AQ
Received 7 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0538/H/03
Extension to house, erection of a garage and formation of a new access
8 Westhall Gardens, Uphall
Received 7 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0705/FUL/03
Amendment to house design and site layout
- Raw Cottages, (Land Adjacent To), East Calder
Received 23 Jun 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0763/FUL/03
Change of use from factory to garage services and car sales
19 Armadale Road, Whitburn
Received 20 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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