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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 · 28,878 approved or refused records
2,538Refused applications
26,340 approved · 2,538 refused · 1,684 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Jan 1992 to 23 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 3 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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/0461/FUL/02
Erection of a 184sqm shop (Class 1)
- Rowan Street, Blackburn
Received 15 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0418/FUL/02
Extension to house
6 Nether Dechmont Cottages, Knightsridge, Livingston
Received 15 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0466/FUL/02
Erection of a 1176 sqm extension to industrial unit with associated car parking and yard area
Starlaw Park, Starlaw Road, Livingston
Received 15 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0309/A/02
Erection of a signboard on a tower
- Grange Road, Houstoun Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 19 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0301/FUL/02
Erection of a house with garage
Plot 1 West Main Street, Blackburn
Received 19 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0302/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
12 Croft Place Eliburn Livingston West Lothian EH54 6RJ
Received 19 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0303/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
69 Maryfield Park Mid Calder Livingston West Lothian EH53 0SE
Received 19 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0582/FUL/02
Erection of a 2.4 high temporary hoarding
Almondvale South Retail Park Almondvale Road, Livingston
Received 27 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0517/FUL/02
Conversion and extension to smithy to form a house and erection of an outbuilding
Burnbank Smithy, Blackhall Farm, Livingston
Received 2 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0555/FUL/02
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground and erection of a boundary fence
93,95,97,99&105 Bridgend Park, Bathgate
Received 2 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0335/H/02
Two storey extension to house
45 Belsyde Court, Linlithgow Bridge
Received 28 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0400/FUL/02
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground and formation of a driveway
27 Toronto Avenue, Howden, Livingston
Received 28 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0328/FUL/02
Importation of masonary material to form new track and resurfacing existing track
- Harwood Farm, West Calder
Received 28 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0245/FUL/02
Installation of an ATM
1/3 East Main Street, Broxburn
Received 6 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0340/FUL/02
Installation of a 15.2m high ground based telecommunications mast with associated compound and equipment cabins
Hopetoun Estate, Ross Plantation, Broxburn
Received 6 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0250/FUL/02
Substitution of house types on plots 105-107 and erection of an additional house on plot 106
- Houston Road (EN2A), Eliburn, Livingston
Received 6 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0243/H/02
Formation of new pitched roofs over existing flat roofs
14 Houston Mains Holdings, Dechmont
Received 6 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0111/FUL/02
Erection of new entrance feature and landscaping
- J4M8 Distribution Park, Pottishaw, Bathgate
Received 30 Jan 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0109/FUL/02
Free standing hoarding
Lindsay Service Station, Edinburgh Road, Bathgate
Received 30 Jan 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0123/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
4 Murieston Way, Murieston, Livingston
Received 30 Jan 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0680/H/02
Extension to house
38 Middlewood Park, Deans, Livingston
Received 21 Jun 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0690/FUL/02
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground, formation of a driveway and erection of a boundary fence
198 Raeburn Rigg, Knightsridge, Livingston
Received 21 Jun 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0679/FUL/02
Conversion of farm steading to form 4 houses and extension to farmhouse
- Southhill Farm, Blackburn
Received 21 Jun 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0672/A/02
Erection of illuminated free standing box signs
- Almondvale Road, Livingston
Received 21 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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