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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26,343 approved · 2,537 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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/0592/H/01
Extension to house
180 South Village, Pumpherston
Received 29 Jun 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0593/H/01
Installation of a dormer extension
6 Harthill Road, Westcraigs, Blackridge
Received 29 Jun 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0594/H/01
Extension to house to form a 'Granny Flat'
39 Portland Place, Fauldhouse
Received 29 Jun 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0595/P/01
Outline planning permission for the erection of 2 houses
48-50 Belsyde Court, Linlithgow
Received 29 Jun 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0591/H/01
Erection of a conservatory
93 Riccarton Road, Linlithgow
Received 28 Jun 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0850/FUL/01
Alteration and extension to former Estate Office to form new offices
Hopetoun House (Former Estate Office) -, Hopetoun Estate, South Queensferry
Received 11 Sept 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0849/LBC/01
Listed Building Consent to alter and extend the building formerly used as Hopetoun Estates Offices
Hopetoun House (Former Estate Office) -, Hopetoun Estate, South Queensferry
Received 11 Sept 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0848/LBC/01
Listed Building Consent to apply tradditional smooth lime render to the random rubble walls of the stables courtyard, the screen walls and lodges to the North & South of the main block of mansion house
Hopetoun House -, Hopetoun Estate, South Queensferry
Received 11 Sept 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0846/FUL/01
Change of use from exhibition space and garage to form a tapestry conservation workshop
Hopetoun House (Former Carriage House) -, Hopetoun Estate, South Queensferry
Received 11 Sept 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0509/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
15 Thomson Grove, Uphall
Received 24 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0465/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
28 Blamoral Gardens, Murieston, Livingston
Received 24 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0430/A/02
Erection of illuminated signage panels integral with new clock tower
- Almondvale Avenue, Livingston
Received 24 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0087/H/02
Extension to house
17 Springfield Road, Linlithgow
Received 29 Jan 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0092/FUL/02
Demolition of existing properties and erection of two houses
119/121 South Street, Armadale
Received 29 Jan 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0089/H/02
Extension and alterations to house
- The Sawmill, Harburn
Received 29 Jan 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0278/H/02
Demolition of porch and extensions to house
69 South Park Bathville Armadale Bathgate West Lothian EH48 3LE
Received 13 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0277/H/02
Erection of a garage
34 Hartwood Road, West Calder
Received 13 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0190/FUL/02
Two storey extension to rear of house
15 Burgess Hill Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6BX
Received 19 Feb 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0185/H/02
Alterations and extension to house
32 Blackfaulds Drive Fauldhouse Bathgate West Lothian EH47 9AT
Received 19 Feb 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0188/FUL/02
Erection of a house
Plot 11 Willow Park (PH2), Fauldhouse
Received 19 Feb 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0799/FUL/02
Change of use to temporary car storage and auction facility
- Station Road, Addiewell
Received 19 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0798/FUL/02
Erection of 40 houses with garages and associated works
- Hardie Road (South), Livingston
Received 19 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0698/FUL/02
Change of use of public open space to private garden ground and erection of a fence (in retrospect)
79 Woodville Court, Broxburn
Received 27 Jun 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0743/FUL/02
Substitution of house types on plot 7 & 19
Site R3/R4 Adambrae Road, Livingston
Received 27 Jun 2002
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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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