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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26,342 approved · 2,537 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0538/H/02
Two storey and single storey extensions to house
4 Beech Avenue, Mid Calder
Received 13 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0537/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
32 Avonmill View, Linlithgow Bridge
Received 13 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0534/FUL/02
Erection of a house and formation of a cattery business
- Camps Junction, Bathgate
Received 13 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0567/FUL/02
Installation of a 25m high ground based telecommunications pole mast with associated equipment cabin and compound
Hardie Road, Deans, Livingston
Received 13 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0950/FUL/01
Erection of a 14.5m high ground based telecommunications tower and associated equipment cabin
- East Main Street, Uphall
Received 8 Oct 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0423/FUL/02
Conversion of existing listed building into 7 flats and 5 maisonettes and erection of 50 houses and 4 flats with associated ground works, roads, parking etc
- Marjoriebanks Street, Former West Lothian College, Bathgate
Received 8 Oct 2001 - DecidedLIVE/1172/FUL/01
Formation of an access road and erection of a field shelter
Plot 2 Holehouseburn, Longridge
Received 20 Dec 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0653/FUL/02
Removal of condition 1 of planning permission 197/02 relating to the painting of a fence
- Muirhall, North British Distillery Co Ltd, Addiewell
Received 14 Jun 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0651/FUL/02
Erection of a 178 sq.m. extension to factory
- Nettlehill Road, Houstoun Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 14 Jun 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0652/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
14 Oakbank Avenue, East Calder
Received 14 Jun 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0641/P/02
Outline planning permission for the demolition of an outbuilding and the erection of a house
8 Raw Holdings, East Calder
Received 11 Jun 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0571/H/02
Extension to house
- The Whins, Westfield
Received 22 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0570/FUL/02
Erection of a service supply reservoir and pump house
- A70, Kirknewton
Received 22 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0573/FUL/02
Erection of 10 houses with garages and associated roads and fencing
- Limefield Park, West Calder
Received 22 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0391/FUL/02
Erection of an 1140 sq.m two storey office building including car parking
Starlaw Park Starlaw Road, Livingston
Received 8 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0293/H/02
Extension to house
33 Murieston Drive Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9AU
Received 15 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0283/H/02
Erection of garage and retaining wall and extension to house
59 Northfield Meadows, Longridge
Received 15 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0292/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
109 Craigton Place Winchburgh Broxburn West Lothian EH52 6RW
Received 15 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0305/H/02
Alterations and extensions to existing house
35 Rivaldsgreen Crescent, Linlithgow
Received 15 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0282/H/02
Demolition of garage and extension to house
3 Neilson Court, Blackburn
Received 15 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0061/H/02
Erection of a double garage
25 Inchcross Park, Bathgate
Received 15 Jan 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0076/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
1 Flemington Gardens, Whitburn
Received 15 Jan 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0344/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
Manor House Hermand Estate, West Calder
Received 26 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0331/FUL/02
Formation of new vehicular access from existing access
47 West Main Street, Blackburn
Received 26 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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