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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26,343 approved · 2,537 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0644/FUL/03
Change of use of former health and fitness club (class 11) to MOT vehicle testing station and 2 small business units
30A Hopetoun Street, Bathgate
Received 5 Jun 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0642/H/03
Installation of a dormer
18 Harthill Road, Blackridge
Received 4 Jun 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0638/FUL/03
Erection of a house with garage
Plots 78/79 Rashierigg Place, Longridge
Received 4 Jun 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0636/FUL/03
Erection of a 294sqm changing facility
- Blaeberryhill Park, Whitburn
Received 19 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0573/FUL/03
Demolition of pavilion, extension to car park and erection of a new 702sqm pavilion
King George V Park Baillie Street, Whitburn
Received 19 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0574/FUL/03
Recladding of office building
8 Westerton Road, East Mains Industrial Estate, Broxburn, EH52 5AU
Received 19 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0575/FUL/03
Erection of a 2.4m high pallisade fence
Kaim Park Garage Edinburgh Road, Bathgate
Received 19 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0576/H/03
Erection of a conservatory
52 Rashierigg Place, Longridge
Received 19 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0572/H/03
Extension to house
53 Fulmar Brae, Ladywell, Livingston
Received 19 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0566/H/03
Erection of a conservatory
27 Findlay Avenue, East Calder, EH53 0RD
Received 19 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0570/H/03
Extension to house
35 Grange View, Linlithgow
Received 19 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0546/FUL/03
Erection of a house with garage
Plot 5 Wallhouse, Torphichen
Received 12 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0517/H/03
Proposed first floor extension to house
10 Belsyde Court, Linlithgow Bridge
Received 12 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0536/H/03
Installation of a mansard roof extension
4 Redhouse Cottages, Threemiletown
Received 12 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0518/H/03
Single storey extension to house
68 Bellsburn Avenue, Linlithgow
Received 12 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0519/H/03
Erection of conservatory
61 East Main Street, Blackburn
Received 12 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0520/H/03
Extension to house
49 Kepscaith Road, Whitburn
Received 12 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0550/H/03
Erection of a conservatory
44 Kirk Road, Bathgate
Received 12 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0522/H/03
Erection of a conservatory
4 Braekirk Avenue, Kirknewton
Received 12 May 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0797/H/03
Installation of patio doors
19 Smithy Brae, Kirknewton
Received 30 Jun 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0741/FUL/03
Conversion of steading buildings to form 5 houses
- Pardovan Steading, Philpstoun
Received 30 Jun 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0742/FUL/03
Formation of access road and erection of 9 houses with garages
- Willowbrae, Fauldhouse
Received 30 Jun 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0747/H/03
Extension to house
28 St. Johns Road, Broxburn
Received 30 Jun 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0744/H/03
Erection of a double garage
2 Chapelton Avenue, Polbeth
Received 30 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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