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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26,342 approved · 2,537 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0333/FUL/02
Erection of a 45 sq.m extension to offices
Avontoun Works Armadale Road, Linlithgow
Received 26 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0336/H/02
Extension to house
62 Bailielands, Linlithgow
Received 26 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0154/FUL/02
Erection of a house and garage and siting of a temporary caravan
- Braehead Farm, Fauldhouse
Received 8 Feb 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0359/H/02
Demolition of garage and erection of two storey extension to house
3 Henderson Court, East Calder
Received 3 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0380/H/02
Formation of a driveway
5 Park Terrace, Kirknewton
Received 3 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0368/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
- East Torphin House, West Calder
Received 3 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0445/LBC/02
Replacement fascia sign to front of shop Remove existing wooden board and fix individual letters from the stonework face100mm flat cut & 200mm moulded gold
34 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 26 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0686/H/02
Increase roof height to provide additional living accomodation
172 Glasgow Road, Bathgate
Received 24 Jun 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0591/FUL/02
Erection of house and garage
Plot 3 West Main Street, Blackburn
Received 30 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0592/H/02
Two storey extension to house
49 Roosevelt Road, Kirknewton
Received 30 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0514/FUL/02
Erection of a house and siting of an oil storage tank
- Torphin Bridge, Harburn
Received 2 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0506/FUL/02
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground and erection of a 1.8m boundary fence
48 Reveston Lane, Whitburn
Received 2 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0504/H/02
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground and two storey extension to house
30 Woodhead Grove, Armadale
Received 2 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0491/H/02
Extension to house
1 Barlaw Gardens, Armadale
Received 2 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0718/FUL/02
Erection of 100sqm of domestic stables
7 Blackburnhall Holdings, Blackburn
Received 8 Feb 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0135/H/02
Two storey extension to house
25 Henderson Crescent, East Calder
Received 8 Feb 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0168/FUL/02
Change of use and extensions to form bed & breakfast facility and formation of 'granny flat'
- Oakbank, Livingston
Received 8 Feb 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0143/A/02
Erection of an illuminated hoarding
- Grange Road, Houstoun Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 8 Feb 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0147/LBC/02
Listed Building Consent for the installation of security guard to north east gable
- Fulmar Brae, Ladywell, Livingston
Received 8 Feb 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0144/NID/02
Erection of a 211 sqm sports changing pavilion
- Breahead Road, Linlithgow Academy, Linlithgow
Received 8 Feb 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0929/NID/02
Erection of 222 sqm of extensions to school to form new toilets, assembly area and 2 classrooms
- Main Street, Mid Calder Primary School, Mid Calder
Received 4 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0930/FUL/02
Erection of a 327 sqm fitness suite extension
- Church Street, Broxburn
Received 4 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0954/FUL/02
Erection of a ground based 18m high telecommunications monopole with associated equipment cabinet and compound
Land At Ormiston Mains Farm, Kirknewton
Received 4 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0939/FUL/02
Erection of 1562sqm of extensions to store, formation of additional car parking, realignment of service road and provision of on-site bus stop
- Blackburn Road, Bathgate
Received 4 Sept 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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