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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26,342 approved · 2,537 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0858/FUL/02
Conversion of former workshop to form a house
16 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 13 Aug 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0861/FUL/02
Erection of a house with garage
Plot 10 Willow Park (PH2), Fauldhouse
Received 13 Aug 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0865/H/02
Two storey extension to house
5 Braehead Place, Linlithgow
Received 13 Aug 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0866/H/02
Two storey extension to house
6 Muirfield Drive, Uphall
Received 13 Aug 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1104/FUL/02
Erection of 20 no. two storey flats with access road and parking and re-location and upgrade of play facility
- Kestrel Brae, Ladywell, Livingston
Received 28 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1118/FUL/02
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground and erection of a boundary fence
38 Gareloch Way, Whitburn
Received 28 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1099/LBC/02
Listed building consent for removal of porch and rebuild to form dining room, sun room, and utility room
Williamscraig House -, Linlithgow
Received 25 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0450/FUL/02
Erection of a house
11 Mill Road, Bathgate
Received 23 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0446/A/02
Erection of an individually lettered fascia sign
34 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 23 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0801/FUL/02
Erection of a 545sqm mixed use development comprising retail, hot food take-away and office with associated car parking
- Almondside, Almondvale, Livingston
Received 3 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0608/H/02
Erection of a boundary fence (in retrospect)
17 Priory Road, Linlithgow
Received 28 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0588/FUL/02
Erection of house and garage
Plot 10 Riverside Lea, Blackburn House, Seafield
Received 28 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0587/H/02
Installation of a dormer
3 Station Road, Uphall
Received 28 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0583/H/02
Extension to house
67 Kettilstoun Mains, Linlithgow
Received 27 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0584/H/02
Erection of an outbuilding containing garage, gym and games room (re-location)
North Reeves Cottage -, Whitburn
Received 27 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0586/A/02
Erection of various illuminated and non-illuminated public house signs
Unit 1 Almondvale Avenue, McArthur Glen Designer Outlet, Livingston
Received 27 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0789/A/02
Erection of a signboard (in retrospect)
- Off A89, Uphall
Received 18 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0796/FUL/02
Installation of new shop front including canopy and siting of roof top refrigeration equipment
4 Regent Centre, Linlithgow
Received 17 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0795/FUL/02
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground and erection of a 1.8 m high boundary fence
69 Alberta Avenue, Howden, Livingston
Received 17 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0784/H/02
Two storey extension to house
116 Easter Bankton, Livingston
Received 17 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0711/LBC/02
Listed building consent for the installation of replacement windows
Nether Parkley, Manse Road, Linlithgow
Received 28 Jun 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0783/H/02
Installation of replacement windows
44 Middleton Road, Uphall
Received 28 Jun 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0202/H/02
Erection of a pitched roof over existing flat roof
81 Avontoun Park Linlithgow Bridge Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6QQ
Received 25 Feb 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0199/H/02
Erection fo a garden shed and 1.7m high screen fence
8 Riverside Court, Livingston Village, Livingston
Received 25 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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