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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26,343 approved · 2,537 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0557/H/03
Erection of a conservatory
63 Mossbank, Livingston
Received 14 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0553/H/03
First floor extension to house
84 Avalon Gardens, Linlithgow Bridge
Received 14 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0558/H/03
Conversion and extension of garage to form a bedroom
10 Langton View, East Calder
Received 14 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0545/P/03
Outline planning permission for a 0.62ha residential development
- Meikle Road, Kirkton, Livingston
Received 14 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0560/FUL/03
Outline planning permission for the erection of a house
1 Letham Holdings, Pumpherston
Received 14 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0562/H/03
Erection of a stable block and siting of an LPG tank
- Travid, Torphichen
Received 14 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0564/H/03
Erection of a porch
6 Letham Place, Pumpherston
Received 14 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0649/FUL/03
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground, erection of a 2m high boundary fence and erection of a shed
1 Fergusson Road, Broxburn, EH52 5BJ
Received 22 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0579/H/03
Extension and alterations to manse
St Michaels Manse Kirkgate, Linlithgow
Received 22 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0581/H/03
Extension to house
27 Heatherwood Park, Pumpherston
Received 22 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0590/FUL/03
Erection of 2 houses on plots 70 & 92
- Rashierigg Place, Longridge
Received 22 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0600/P/03
Outline planning permission for the erection of a house
19 St Pauls Drive, Armadale
Received 22 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0260/H/03
Extension to house
13 Redmill Cottages, East Whitburn
Received 12 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0259/H/03
Extension to house
1 Ramsay Court, Craigshill, Livingston
Received 12 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0263/FUL/03
Erection of a 15.2m high ground based telecommunications pole mast with associated equipment cabins and compound
Millrig Farm, Winchburgh
Received 12 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0173/H/03
Extension to house
44 Dunvegan Gardens Bellsquarry Livingston West Lothian EH54 9ER
Received 21 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0170/FUL/03
Outline planning permission for the formation of 23 serviced house plots
- Rashierigg Place, Longridge
Received 21 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0431/H/03
Erection of a conservatory
26 Ash Grove, Bathgate
Received 22 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0430/H/03
Extension to house
88 Priory Road, Linlithgow
Received 22 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0685/FUL/03
Erection of 5 houses and garages
- East Main Street, Blackburn
Received 3 Jun 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0637/P/03
Outline planning permission for the erection of a house
23 Highfield Crescent, Linlithgow
Received 3 Jun 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0641/H/03
Extension to house
16 Ivanhoe Rise, Dedridge, Livingston
Received 3 Jun 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0702/H/03
Erection of a porch
70 Turnhigh Road, Whitburn
Received 3 Jun 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0634/NID/03
Part change of use from offices (class 4) to a primary school (class 10) for children with emotional and behavioural needs
Ogilvie House, Ogilvie Way, Knightsridge, Livingston
Received 3 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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