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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.
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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 dates31,667Searchable applications
273Recorded 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26,341 approved · 2,538 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 29 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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/0581/FUL/02
Construction of new roundabout and access road
B7002 West Mains Farm, Bathgate
Received 20 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0563/FUL/02
Renewal of permission for the siting of a temporary office building
2 Fraser Road, Livingston
Received 20 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1164/NID/01
Construction of access road and formation of compound areas
Deans Industrial Estate Caputhall Road, Livingston
Received 19 Dec 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0477/FUL/03
Erection of a 180sqm extension to form community facilities with car parking
Loganlea Miners Welfare Club -, Loganlea
Received 28 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0455/H/03
Erection of a conservatory
105 Lenzie Avenue, Livingston
Received 28 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0483/FUL/03
Outline planning permission for the erection of a house
Plot 3 The Walled Garden, Torphichen
Received 28 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0468/H/03
Attic conversion to form additional living accommodation
2A West Main Street, Blackburn
Received 28 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0376/A/03
Installation of an illuminated ATM collar surround
75 East Main Street, (Lloyds TSB Bank), Broxburn
Received 4 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0375/FUL/03
Change of use of 6 flats to offices and associated accommodation
St Johns Hospital Howden West Road Howden Livingston EH54 6PP
Received 4 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0374/FUL/03
Erection of 2 office buildings with car parking and associated works
- Deer Park Drive, Fairways Business Park, Livingston
Received 3 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0515/H/03
Erection of a conservatory
36 Glenmore, Whitburn
Received 17 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0225/H/03
Extension to house
36 Dovecot Park, Linlithgow
Received 26 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0235/H/03
Erection of a conservatory
7 Riccarton Road, Linlithgow
Received 26 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0198/H/03
Two storey and single storey extensions to house
22 Kilne Place, Eliburn, Livingston
Received 26 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0490/H/03
Installation of a dormer
12 Wilson Terrace, Stoneyburn
Received 25 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0077/FUL/03
Installation of a new shop front including an ATM and erection of a fence
26A Pumpherston Road, Uphall Station
Received 22 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0541/A/02
Installation of illuminated ATM surround sign
9 Main Street, Deans, Livingston
Received 10 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0533/A/02
Erection of illuminated fascia signs
- Almondvale Boulevard, Marks & Spencer Outlet, Livingston
Received 10 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0520/FUL/02
Change of use from shop (class 1) to tanning salon (class 2)
105 Almondvale Centre, Livingston
Received 10 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0548/FUL/02
Provision of externally sited air handling unit and screen (in retrospect)
- Headrig Road, (Motorola), South Queensferry
Received 9 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0559/H/02
Two storey and single storey extension to house
53 Pinewood Park, Deans, Livingston
Received 9 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0557/H/02
Erection of a car port
9 Bailielands, Linlithgow
Received 9 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0535/H/02
First floor extension to house
47 Murieston Valley, Murieston, Livingston
Received 9 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0821/FUL/02
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground and erection of a 1.8m boundary fence
103 Meadowbank Road, Kirknewton
Received 22 Jul 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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