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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.
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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26,342 approved · 2,537 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0152/FUL/02
Erection of 71 Houses and 16 flats with garages and associated roads and parking
- Blackburn Road, Bathgate
Received 8 Feb 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0145/FUL/02
Erection of 4 houses
- Church Place, Fauldhouse
Received 8 Feb 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0141/FUL/02
Erection of an 819sqm care facility
- Kestrel Brae, Ladywell, Livingston
Received 8 Feb 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0165/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
6 The Pend, Bank Street, Mid Calder
Received 15 Jan 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0184/A/02
Illuminated building signage, garden centre illuminated signage and poster box displays
- Almondvale Road, Livingston
Received 19 Feb 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0313/H/02
Erection of a double garage
7 Redmill Cottages, East Whitburn
Received 22 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0342/FUL/02
Conversion of commercial property to form 4 houses including raising roof height
244 West Main Street, Whitburn
Received 21 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0228/H/02
Extensions to house and erection of a sunporch
6 Lomond View, Westfield
Received 28 Feb 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0224/H/02
Single and two storey extensions to house
50 Highfield Crescent, Linlithgow
Received 28 Feb 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0223/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
28 Clarendon Road, Linlithgow
Received 28 Feb 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0129/H/02
First floor extension to house
101 Braeside Park, Mid Calder
Received 6 Feb 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0132/H/02
Erection of a double garage
38 Bankton Park East, Murieston, Livingston
Received 6 Feb 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0130/H/02
Two storey extension to house
10 Oakwood Grove, Bellsquarry, Livingston
Received 6 Feb 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0478/H/02
Erection of a garage
38 Kaims Gardens, Kirkton, Livingston
Received 16 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0470/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
50 Pentland Park, Craigshill, Livingston
Received 16 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0440/FUL/02
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground and erection of boundary fence
6 Clova Drive, Livingston
Received 16 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0198/H/02
Erection of a garage
6 Bloom Place, Livingston Village, Livingston
Received 18 Feb 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0369/FUL/02
Erection of a 243 sq.m extension to nightclub
- Alderstone Road, Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
Received 2 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0386/FUL/02
Upgrading of footpaths around war memorial
- Witchcraig War Memorial, Torphichen
Received 2 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0383/H/02
Alterations and extension to house
5 Holmes Holdings, Broxburn
Received 2 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0377/FUL/02
Erection of new link corridors and associated alterations
37-39 Crusader Rise, Livingston
Received 2 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0363/FUL/02
Landscaping using quarry spoil and construction of bioremediation lagoons and wetlands
- Levenseat Quarry, Fauldhouse
Received 2 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0366/H/02
Two storey extension to house
6 Ochiltree Court, Mid Calder
Received 2 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0361/A/02
Erection of illuminated ATM cash surround sign
106 A Almondvale South, Almondvale, Livingston
Received 2 Apr 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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