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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26,342 approved · 2,537 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0060/H/02
Alterationof existing flat roof into roof terrace
22 Station Road, Kirknewton
Received 15 Jan 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0067/FUL/02
Change of use from general industrial (Class 5) to storage or distribution (Class 6)
- Firth Road, Houston Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 15 Jan 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0072/FUL/02
Erection of a 20 m high ground based telecommunications mast including equipment cabinet and compound
Burnhouse Farm, Dechmont
Received 15 Jan 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0896/H/01
Reformation of roof to form attic conversion with dormers
7 Bridgend, East Whitburn
Received 2 Oct 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0912/NID/01
Formation of childrens play area
- Mooreland Gardens, Addiewell
Received 2 Oct 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0911/FUL/01
Erection of 30 flats for the elderly and associated community resource building
- Holmes Road, Broxburn
Received 2 Oct 2001 - DecidedLIVE/1158/FUL/01
Erection of a 6 storey hotel with leisure and fitness facilities, including alterations to existing car parking and west stand of stadium
Almondvale Stadium Almondvale Stadium Road, Livingston
Received 17 Dec 2001 - DecidedLIVE/1162/H/01
Installation of a dormer
66 Castle Terrace, Winchburgh
Received 17 Dec 2001 - DecidedLIVE/1160/FUL/01
Erection of a 51 sq.m. double garage and associated store above
8 Preston Road, Linlithgow
Received 17 Dec 2001 - DecidedLIVE/1154/FUL/01
Change of use of shop (Class 1) to a house (Class 9)
15/17 West Port, Linlithgow
Received 17 Dec 2001 - DecidedLIVE/1153/FUL/01
Installation of replacement windows and doors
15/17 West Port, Linlithgow
Received 17 Dec 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0453/P/02
Outline planning permission for the formation of employment sites and premises for Business, General Industrial and Storage or Distribution (Classes 4,5&6) Uses, associated infrastructure, leisure and landscape works over 88ha
- Westwood, West Calder
Received 15 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0995/H/02
Two storey extension to house
127 Waverley Crescent, Ladywell, Livingston
Received 26 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1011/H/02
Extension to flat
107 Spottiswoode Gardens, Mid Calder
Received 26 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1005/FUL/02
Erection of a 12m high ground based telecommunications mast and associated compound and equipment cabins
East Bangour Farm -, Dechmont
Received 26 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0924/H/02
Erection of a 1.5m high boundary fence
2 Ormiston Farm Steading, Kirknewton
Received 30 Aug 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0922/H/02
Two storey extension to house
Beechmont -, Kingscavil, Linlithgow
Received 29 Aug 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0059/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
12 Woodhead Grove, Armadale
Received 15 Jan 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0057/H/02
Extension to house
24 Thomson Green, Livingston
Received 15 Jan 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0046/FUL/02
Erection of 18 homes for the elderly and associated community resource building
- Dickson Street, West Calder
Received 15 Jan 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0334/FUL/02
Erection of a 57 sq.m factory extension
17 Murraysgate Industrial Estate, Unit 3, Whitburn
Received 28 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0547/FUL/02
Change of use from office to taxi control office and erection of external ariel
5 East Main Street, Armadale
Received 27 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0410/P/02
Outline planning permission for the erection of a 56sqm shop extension
46A Onslow Street, Livingston
Received 27 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0353/FUL/02
Recladding of existing building
13-16 Brewster Square, Brucefield Industrial Park, Livingston
Received 27 Mar 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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