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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
2,538Refused applications
26,341 approved · 2,538 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0988/H/01
Extension to house
1 Murieston Drive, Livingston
Received 30 Oct 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0915/FUL/01
Erection of a 568sqm business unit
- Starlaw Park North, Starlaw Business Park, Livingston
Received 5 Oct 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0961/H/01
Erection of a 12m high amature radio mast
67 Alexander Drive, Livingston
Received 5 Oct 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0623/H/02
Erection of a sun room
East Broadlaw -, Oatridge, Broxburn
Received 7 Jun 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0622/FUL/02
Erection of an 17.5m high ground based telecommunications mast and associated compound, equipment cabins and access
Learielaw Farm -, Broxburn
Received 7 Jun 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0611/FUL/02
Demolition of night club and erection of 12 studio flats and 3 one bedroom flats
21 Jarvey Street, Bathgate
Received 27 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0620/H/02
Two storey extension to house
76 Bellsburn Avenue, Linlithgow
Received 6 Jun 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0454/H/02
Extension and alterations to house
3 Kirkhill Court, Broxburn
Received 25 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0744/FUL/02
Erection of a 2.4m & 2m high boundary fence
217 West Main Street, Broxburn
Received 5 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0737/H/02
Installation of replacement windows
Nether Parkley, Manse Road, Linlithgow
Received 5 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0738/H/02
Erection of a garage
36 Hartwood Road, West Calder
Received 5 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1249/FUL/02
Part change of use from public house to form a hairdressers with ancillary beautician & sunbed facilities and installation of a new shop front
17A North Street, Armadale
Received 2 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1221/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
14 Northwood Park, Livingston
Received 2 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1255/FUL/02
Erection of 3 houses and construction of a new access road
Sunnyside Ballencrieff Toll Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4LD
Received 2 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1148/H/02
Extension to house
12 Murieston Drive, Murieston, Livingston
Received 7 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1147/FUL/02
Formation of storage area with bund walls and erection of security fence
Woodside Cottage -, Bridgend
Received 7 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1175/FUL/02
Erection of a house with garage
Plot 8 Willow Park (PH2), Fauldhouse
Received 7 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0090/NID/03
Erection of pitched roof and exterior upgrading of flats
15-35 Marjoribanks Street, Bathgate
Received 23 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0085/H/03
Extension to house
3 Falsideterrace, Bathgate
Received 22 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0084/FUL/03
Change of use from a business/storage unit to form a timber and building material centre with trade counter, external storage and erection of a 2.4metre high palisade fence
10 Blackburn Road, Unit No.1, Bathgate
Received 22 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0081/FUL/03
Erection of a house with garage
- Westfield Road, Nethermuir Farm, Bathgate
Received 22 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0829/H/02
Two storey extension to front of house
19 Kettilstoun Mains, Linlithgow
Received 1 Aug 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0826/FUL/02
Proposed erection of a house
Plot 11 Puir Wife's Brae, Bathgate
Received 31 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0267/A/02
Erection of a signboard
Site 1, Murieston Road, Murieston, Livingston
Received 11 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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