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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26,343 approved · 2,537 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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/0704/H/03
Extension to house
16 Ochiltree Crescent, Mid Calder
Received 20 Jun 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0737/FUL/03
Part change of use to indoor car boot sale on Sundays between 8am & 5pm, including hot food sales (existing)
1 Dunlop Square, Deans Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 20 Jun 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0607/FUL/03
Erection of a 58sqm extension to workshop
Unit 6 Mill Road Industrial Estate, Linlithgow, EH49 7SF
Received 26 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0609/FUL/03
Installation of replacement roof top telecommunications antenna
Lanrigg Avenue, St John's Baptist Church Primary School, Fauldhouse, EH47 9JR
Received 26 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0648/H/03
Erection of a conservatory
43 Palmer Rise, Dedridge, Livingston
Received 12 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0532/LBC/03
Listed building consent for conversion of part of cake shop to form additional living accommodation including aterations to roof
25 High Street, (Buildings To Rear), Linlithgow
Received 12 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0568/H/03
Extension to house
14 Braehead Park, Linlithgow
Received 12 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0531/H/03
Extension to house
39 Braekirk Avenue, Kirknewton
Received 12 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0569/FUL/03
Amendment to planning permission 0561/1998 to reduce ridge height and increase windows on south elevation of function room
- Langside Gardens, Polbeth
Received 12 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0597/H/03
Installation of velux windows
South Parkley House, Parkley Craigs, Linlithgow
Received 22 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0689/H/03
Erection of fencing and railings (part in retrospect)
11 Lenzie Avenue, Deans, Livingston
Received 8 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0622/H/03
Two storey and single storey extensions to house
29 West Muir Road, West Calder
Received 2 Jun 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0619/H/03
Extension to house
46 Newpark Road, Bellsquarry, Livingston
Received 2 Jun 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0552/A/03
Illuminated fascia signs and replacement totem pole sign
- Almondvale South, Livingston
Received 7 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0505/FUL/03
Erection of a house
Plot 19 Willow Park (PH3), Fauldhouse
Received 6 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0512/H/03
Erection of a conservatory
7 The Glebe, Linlithgow
Received 6 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0735/H/03
Erection of a shed (in retrospect)
35 Bankton Park West, Murieston, Livingston
Received 26 Jun 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0725/H/03
Extension and alterations to house
69 Belfield Avenue, East Calder
Received 26 Jun 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0732/H/03
Erection of a garage
34 Calder Road, Bellsquarry, Livingston
Received 25 Jun 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0444/FUL/03
Change of use from a shop (class 1) to financial, professional and other services (Class 2)
105 Almondvale Avenue, Almondvale, Livingston
Received 23 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0445/H/03
Demolish existing conservatory and erection of a new conservatory and porch
75 Baronshill Avenue, Linlithgow
Received 23 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0480/FUL/03
Erection of a house with garage
8 Raw Holdings, East Calder
Received 23 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0448/FUL/03
Re-siting and extension of agricultural building
- Bridgend Farm, Linlithgow
Received 23 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0433/H/03
Two storey extensions to houses, re-location of a garage and formation of decking
12 & 13 Ochiltree Court, Mid Calder
Received 31 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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