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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 dates31,667Searchable 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26,341 approved · 2,538 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0987/A/01
Erection of sales hoarding signs and flags
- Murieston West 3, Murieston, Livingston
Received 29 Oct 2001 - DecidedLIVE/1044/FUL/01
Erection of a 40sqm electricity sub-station
- Gleneagles Court, Whitburn
Received 29 Oct 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0898/H/01
Extension to house
15 Murieston Road, Livingston
Received 2 Oct 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0903/FUL/01
Erection of 47 houses with garages and associated works
- Murieston Valley 1A, Murieston, Livingston
Received 2 Oct 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0902/FUL/01
Erection of 40 houses with garages and associated works
- Lady Place, Eliburn, Livingston
Received 2 Oct 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0897/H/01
Formation of a driveway
13 Millgate, Winchburgh
Received 2 Oct 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0564/H/02
Extension to house
- Brookbank Cottage, Kirknewton
Received 20 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0076/FUL/03
Erection of a house with garages; extensions/alterations to existing house and formation of access including reinstatement of existing wall
'Westerlea', Preston Road, Linlithgow
Received 22 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0079/LBC/03
Listed building consent for first floor extension to house
'The Spinney', Manse Road, Linlithgow
Received 22 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0078/H/03
First floor extension to house
'The Spinney', Manse Road, Linlithgow
Received 22 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/1288/FUL/02
Erection of a house with garage
Plot 9 Willow Park (PH3), Fauldhouse
Received 19 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1291/FUL/02
Erection of a house with garage
Plot 1 Willow Park (PH3), Fauldhouse
Received 19 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1287/P/02
Outline planning permission for the formation of a lowland crofting project with 8 house plots and associated access roads, woodland and footpaths
- Blackridge Farm, Blackridge
Received 18 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0697/H/02
Erection of a garage
82 Ballantyne Place, Eliburn, Livingston
Received 24 Jun 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0599/FUL/02
Erection of a 292 sqm extension to form storage and office accommodation
Pullman Fleet Services Blackburn Road, Bathgate
Received 31 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0600/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
17 Raeburn Gardens, Whitburn
Received 31 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0603/FUL/02
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground and erection of a 2m high boundary fence
20 Deanburn Gardens, Seafield
Received 31 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0602/FUL/02
Install a 1mtr diameter satellite dish
22-32 Main Street, Armadale
Received 31 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0556/FUL/02
Erection of a house and garage
Plot 5 South East Longridge, Longridge
Received 7 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0521/H/02
Extension to house
32 Bervie Drive, Murieston, Livingston
Received 7 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0242/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
12 Bankton Green, Murieston, Livingston
Received 6 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0241/FUL/02
Conversion of drive-through car wash to car valeting bay
Lindsay Service Station, Edinburgh Road, Bathgate
Received 6 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0471/H/02
Erection of a garage
Rowallan, North Reeves, Whitburn
Received 25 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0468/H/02
Extension to ground floor flat
Lochend, St Ninians Road, Linlithgow
Received 25 Apr 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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