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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26,343 approved · 2,537 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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/0702/P/02
Outline planning permission for the erection of a house
- Raw Cottages, East Calder
Received 27 Jun 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0700/P/02
Outline planning permission for the demolition of existing office/manufacturing building and erection of residential development with associated access and ancillary works and facilities
- Preston Road, Linlithgow
Received 27 Jun 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0728/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
60 Westwood Park, Deans, Livingston
Received 27 Jun 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0708/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
19 Dunvegan Gardens, Livingston
Received 27 Jun 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0704/FUL/02
Erection of a house with garage
Plot 12 Puir Wife's Brae, Bathgate
Received 27 Jun 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0701/FUL/02
Variation of conditions 1(i), 4 & 5(iii) of planning permission 222/M/99 relating to the period of the consent extended to 30/4/03, formation of hardstanding and increase lorry movements from 15 to 40
Balgornie Farm -, Whitburn
Received 27 Jun 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0618/FUL/02
Erection of a 2380 sqm office building and associated servicing and car parking
- Starlaw Park, Livingston
Received 6 Jun 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0483/H/02
Two storey and ground floor extensions to house
1 Redhouse Cottage, Threemiletown
Received 29 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0482/H/02
Extension to house
63 Bankton Drive, Murieston, Livingston
Received 29 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0481/H/02
Alteration to approved plans for an extension to a house
3 Millbrae, Mid Calder
Received 29 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0480/H/02
Extension to house
207 Camps Rigg, Knightsridge, Livingston
Received 29 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0749/H/02
Extension to house and erection of a fence
4 Forkneuk Steadings, Uphall
Received 8 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0740/FUL/02
Erection of 24 flats and outline planning permission for the erection of 6 two storey houses
- Bridgend Park, Bathgate
Received 8 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0741/P/02
Outline planning permission for the erection of a house
8 Milrig Holdings, Kirknewton
Received 5 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0656/H/02
Two storey extension to house
16 Hillhouse Terrace, Kirknewton
Received 14 Jun 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0655/H/02
Two storey extension to house and demolition of garage
23 Priory Road, Linlithgow
Received 14 Jun 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0683/FUL/02
Erection of a 260sqm extension to existing storage facility
- East Main Street, Blackburn
Received 14 Jun 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0654/FUL/02
Erection of 1071 sq.m. industrial/commercial units (class 4 & 5)
- Dixon Terrace, Whitburn
Received 14 Jun 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0469/P/02
Outline planning permission for the erection of a house and garage
Polbeth Cottage -, Polbeth
Received 8 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0232/H/02
Extension to house
8 Westwood View, West Calder
Received 4 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0160/FUL/02
Variation of condition 1(i) of planning permission 0222/M/99 to allow works to continue until 30/4/03
Balgornie Farm -, Whitburn
Received 12 Feb 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0163/H/02
Formation of pitched roof over existing flat roof
49 Torridon Walk, Livingston
Received 12 Feb 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0164/FUL/02
Construction of hard standing for temporary car park with lighting and access road
- Alba Campus, Livingston
Received 12 Feb 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0399/FUL/02
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground
69 Bridge Castle Road, Armadale
Received 12 Feb 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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