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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26,342 approved · 2,537 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0486/LBC/02
Listed building consent for alterations and repairs to doors, windows (including pointing) and rainwater goods and repair to stonework
- Gowanbank, Avonbridge
Received 2 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0776/H/02
Installation of a new window
3 Back Station Road, Linlithgow
Received 12 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0786/H/02
Erection of a front porch
5 Wallace Mill Gardens, Mid Calder
Received 12 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0760/FUL/02
Erection of 4 wind powered generators and construction of bioremediation lagoons, wetland reedbeds and discharge underground pipe with associated landscaping and recontouring utilising quarry spoil material
- Levenseat Quarry, Fauldhouse
Received 12 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0703/FUL/02
Siting of a residential caravan
- West Torphin Farm, Harburn
Received 21 Jun 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0158/FUL/02
Conversion of first floor of barn to form a flat and erection of an entrance porch
Easter Carribber Farm -, Linlithgow
Received 12 Feb 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0173/FUL/02
Erection of a 600 sqm office building with storage/workshop
- Inchmuir Road, Bathgate
Received 12 Feb 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0162/H/02
Alterations to roofline and installation of dormers
12 A Falside Drive, Bathgate
Received 12 Feb 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0161/H/02
Erection of garage
- Elm Cottage, Addiewell
Received 12 Feb 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0068/FUL/02
Erection of temporary office accommodation
- Inchmuir Road, Whitehill Industrial Estate, Bathgate
Received 21 Jan 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0051/H/02
Two storey extension to house
106 Priory Road, Linlithgow
Received 21 Jan 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0863/A/02
Erection of illuminated fascia and projecting signage
Unit 1 (+3B) Almondvale Shopping Centre, Livingston
Received 14 Aug 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0370/FUL/02
Installation of a 15m high ground based telecommunications mast with associated equipment cabinet and compound
Torbanehill Mains Farm, Bathgate
Received 3 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0431/H/02
Extension to house
6 Harburn Village, Harburn
Received 15 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0411/FUL/02
Change of use from industrial unit to form car auction and long term vehicle storage development
1 Dunlop Square, Deans Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 15 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0479/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
6 Loch Awe Way, Whitburn
Received 15 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0337/H/02
Extension to garage
7 Ochiltree Drive, Mid Calder
Received 21 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0317/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
90 Avontoun Park, Linlithgow
Received 21 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0319/FUL/02
Erection of golf ball stop netting
- Niddry Castle, Winchburgh
Received 21 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0308/A/02
Erection of an illuminated double sided freestanding sign
Boghall Service Station Edinburgh Road, Bathgate
Received 21 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0310/H/02
Erection of a double extended garage on plot 149
- Lower Bathville Road, Armadale
Received 21 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0780/A/02
Erection of illuminated fascia sign and feature
- Hawk Brae, Livingston
Received 16 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0779/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
11 Fiddich Drive, Livingston
Received 16 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0694/H/02
Two storey extension to house
63 Honeyman Court, Armadale
Received 26 Jun 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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