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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26,343 approved · 2,537 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0546/H/02
Installation of replacement windows
50A East Main Street, Uphall
Received 1 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0500/FUL/02
Removal of condition 7 of permission 1036/2001 relating to the submission of a landscaping plan
- Railway Bridge, Breich
Received 1 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0501/FUL/02
Removal of condition 7 of planning permission 0944/2001 relating to the submission of a landscaping plan
Nether Longford Farm -, West Calder
Received 1 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0771/FUL/02
Change of use and conversion of flats to form a house
80A,B & C High Street, Linlithgow
Received 9 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0758/H/02
Infilling of covered area to form a 'garden room'
11 West Harwood Crofts West Calder West Lothian EH55 8LT
Received 9 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0757/FUL/02
Entrance canopy and part glazed screen
Unit 1, Almondvale West Retail Park, Almondvale, Livingston
Received 9 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0756/FUL/02
Part change of use from a house (Class 9) to alternative therapy (Class 2) (in retrospect)
- Muirhouse Dykes Steading, Loganlea
Received 9 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0755/H/02
Extension to house
8 Dell Avenue, Armadale
Received 9 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0754/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
17 Bughtknowes Drive, Bathgate
Received 9 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0750/H/02
Extension to house
3 Hoghill Court, East Calder
Received 9 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0914/LBC/02
Listed building and conservation area consent for the demolition of outbuildings and reduction in wall height
34 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 9 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0792/H/02
Extension to house
17 Ochiltree Court, Mid Calder
Received 22 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0286/H/02
Ground and first floor extensions to house
8 Waldie Avenue Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6BA
Received 18 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0326/FUL/02
Erection of a 15m high ground based timber telecommunications monopole with associated equipment cabin and compound
Clarendon Canal -, Linlithgow
Received 18 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0288/FUL/02
Erection of a 929 sqm two storey office building
Houston Industrial Estate Muir Road, Livingston
Received 18 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0217/FUL/02
Erection of 15 flats and associated car parking
- Main Street, Bathgate
Received 22 Feb 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0193/H/02
Alterations and extension to house
57 Primrose Place Eliburn Livingston West Lothian EH54 6RW
Received 21 Feb 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0909/P/01
Outline planning permission for a 5.43ha residential development
- Hardie Road, Deans, Livingston
Received 17 Sept 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0049/FUL/02
Erection of a band hall
Balbardie Park Of Peace -, Bathgate
Received 20 Aug 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0775/H/01
Extension to house
207 Raeburn Rigg, Livingston
Received 20 Aug 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0666/FUL/01
Diversion of burn and extension to yard hardstanding
Pardovan Yard -, Philpstoun
Received 27 Jul 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0687/LBC/01
Listed Building Consent for the erection of a pedestrian guard rail
Livingston Village Bridge -, Livingston
Received 27 Jul 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0815/FUL/01
Erection of 2 business units (7885sqm) for Class 4/5 use
- Starlaw Business Park, Livingston
Received 3 Sept 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0813/FUL/01
Construction of rooftop plant area comprising steel grillage and perimeter screen
- Blackness Road, Linlithgow
Received 3 Sept 2001
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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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