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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26,342 approved · 2,537 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0323/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
7 Ballantyne Place, Eliburn, Livingston
Received 21 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0332/A/02
One double sided freestanding advertisement display
8 Bathgate Road, Armadale
Received 21 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0338/H/02
Two storey extension to house
39 Highfield Crescent, Linlithgow
Received 20 Mar 2002 - Awaiting decisionLIVE/0311/P/02
Outline planning permission for the erection of a 20,000 sq.ft garden centre with 5,000 sq.ft outdoor area
- Freeport Shopping And Leisure Village, Westwood, West Calder
Received 20 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0912/H/02
Formation of a driveway (in retrospect)
1 Hillside Place, Blackridge
Received 9 Aug 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0844/H/02
Extension to house
13 Joseph Scott Gardens, Broxburn
Received 8 Aug 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1081/H/02
Two storey extension to house
11 Kettilstoun Mains, Linlithgow
Received 22 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1079/H/02
Extension to house
9 Inchcross Park, Bathgate
Received 21 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1080/H/02
Loft conversion
26 Polbeth Crescent, Polbeth
Received 21 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1087/FUL/02
Erection of a 659sqm diagnostic laboratory with associated car parking and access
- Drovers Road, Broxburn
Received 21 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0678/NID/02
Change of use from public footpath to private garden ground
1-5 Brackens Brae, Broxburn
Received 28 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0590/H/02
First floor extension to house
39 Sheriffs Park, Linlithgow
Received 28 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0178/H/02
Proposed alterations and extension to dwellinghouse
129 Bailielands Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7SZ
Received 14 Feb 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0175/FUL/02
Form attic room with roof lights
119 A High Street, Linlithgow
Received 13 Feb 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0075/H/02
Extension to house
34 Park Place, Eliburn, Livingston
Received 22 Jan 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0074/H/02
Extension to house
42 Goldpark Place, Eliburn, Livingston
Received 22 Jan 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0118/FUL/02
Removal of condition 5 of planning permission 673/LBC/98 to allow hot food take-away use
50 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 22 Jan 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0298/FUL/02
Conversion of church into 2 houses, demolish derelict house, erect a house and garages and improve existing site access.
The Church Main Street, Longridge
Received 18 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0291/H/02
Extension to house
71 Kirkfield East Livingston Village Livingston West Lothian EH54 7BB
Received 18 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0290/FUL/02
Erection of a 15 m high ground based telecommunications mast and associated equipment cabins and compound
Greendykes Industrial Estate Greendykes Road, Illingworth Bros, Broxburn
Received 18 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0289/FUL/02
Conversion of church hall to form a house, erection of a house and garage and formation of vehicle access
The Church Hall Main Street, Longridge
Received 18 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0205/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
69 Empire Street Whitburn Bathgate West Lothian EH47 0DY
Received 26 Feb 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0204/H/02
Extension to house
22 Crofters Way, East Whitburn
Received 26 Feb 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0207/H/02
Extension to house
1 Heatherwood Park Pumpherston Livingston West Lothian EH53 0PH
Received 26 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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