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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 · 28,879 approved or refused records
2,537Refused applications
26,342 approved · 2,537 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0832/FUL/02
Change of use to form a car wash
- Whitburn Road, Bathgate
Received 11 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0761/FUL/02
Erection of a 172 sqm first floor extension to warehouse
- Buchan Lane, Broxburn Bargain Centre, Broxburn
Received 10 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0767/H/02
Extension to house
55 Harthill Road, Blackridge
Received 10 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0766/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
35 Clarendon Crescent, Linlithgow
Received 10 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0765/H/02
Erection of a sun porch
60 The Green, Bathgate
Received 10 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0812/H/02
Erection of a garage
28 Leishman Court, Blackridge
Received 10 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0762/H/02
Erection of a conservatory and associated works
15 Forkneuk Road, Uphall
Received 10 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0763/FUL/02
Change of use from tanning salon to form internet caf�
105 Chalepton Drive, Polbeth
Received 10 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0389/FUL/02
Erection of 42 flats and associated works
- Falkirk Road, Linlithgow Bridge
Received 8 Apr 2002 - UnknownLIVE/0438/FUL/02
Erection of a 20m high ground based telecommunications monopole with associated cabinet and compound
Whiteside Farm, Bathgate
Received 22 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0098/FUL/02
Part change of use to storage yard for landscaping business, demolition of existing out-buildings and erection of stores and sales/display building
2 Main Street, Dechmont
Received 25 Jan 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0094/FUL/02
Converson and extension of garage/workshop to form a house
21A Manse Road, Whitburn
Received 25 Jan 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0382/H/02
Extension to house and erection of a garage
125 Bankton Park West, Livingston
Received 5 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0393/FUL/02
Conversion of church to form two houses with garages
- High Academy Street, Former R.C.Church, Armadale
Received 4 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0388/H/02
Erection of a garage
12 Empire Street, Whitburn
Received 4 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0409/FUL/02
Conversion and alterations to garage to form linked residential accommodation and erection of a double garage
8 West Harwood Crofts, West Calder
Received 4 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0523/H/02
Two storey extension to house
33 Gallacher Green, Livingston
Received 7 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0831/FUL/02
Erection of a 17.5m high ground based telecommunications mast with associated equipment cabins and compound extension
Preston House Falkirk Road, Linlithgow
Received 12 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0859/FUL/02
Sub-division of and alterations to shop to form an additional shop and hot food take-away
28 Glasgow Road, Bathgate
Received 12 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0773/NID/02
Erection of a 245 sqm extension to school to provide an additional classroom and 2 general purpose rooms
Harrysmuir P.S. Willowbank, Ladywell, Livingston
Received 12 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0685/H/02
Erection of a garage
17 Hallcraigs, Kirknewton
Received 24 Jun 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1167/A/02
Erection of 2 signboards (in retrospect)
20 Houstoun Mains Holdings, Uphall
Received 24 Jun 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0682/A/02
Erection of illuminated fascia and projecting signs
13/15 West Main Street, Broxburn
Received 24 Jun 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0687/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
24 Robertson Way, Knightsridge, Livingston
Received 24 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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