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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
271Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 28,881 approved or refused records
2,539Refused applications
26,342 approved · 2,539 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0589/H/00
Two storey extension to house
163 Avontoun Park, Linlithgow
Received 6 Jun 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0614/H/00
Extension to house to form a granny flat and temporary siting of a residential caravan
Alean Burn, Burn Wynd, Hatton Estate, Wilkieston
Received 6 Jun 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0709/FUL/00
Change of use from agricultural land to garden ground
1 Atholl Cottage, Westfield
Received 6 Jun 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0565/FUL/00
Erection of 4 houses with garages
Boghall Farm -, Bathgate
Received 5 Jun 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0449/H/00
Erection of a garage (in retrospect)
4 Kaimes Place, Kirkton, Livingston
Received 10 May 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0450/FUL/00
Erection of a 375sqm factory unit
- Whitburn Road, Bathgate
Received 10 May 2000 - DecidedLIVE/1004/FUL/99
Erection of 4 covered trolley shelters
- Regent Centre, Linlithgow
Received 23 Dec 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0840/FUL/02
Change of use to form a public bar, restaurant and hot food take-away
Unit 26 Almondvale Avenue, McArthur Glen Designer Outlet, Livingston
Received 22 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0086/H/02
Extension to house
20 Laverock Park, Linlithgow
Received 25 Jan 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0415/FUL/02
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground and extension to house
244 Raeburn Rigg, Knightsridge, Livingston
Received 25 Jan 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0657/FUL/02
Erection of roof mounted satellite dish
Unit 2 Carmondean Centre, Livingston
Received 14 Jun 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0580/H/02
Erection of a garage
29 Lindsey Gardens, Bathgate
Received 23 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0586/FUL/03
Erection of 2 no. 7128sqm bonded warehouses with associated roads and services
- Muirhall Bond, Addiewell
Received 22 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0476/FUL/02
Change of use from class 4/5 (Business/General Industrial) to class 6 (Storage & Distribution)
Unit 4 E Grange Road, Houston Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 29 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0484/H/02
First floor extension to house
66 Tantallon Gardens, Livingston
Received 29 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0485/H/02
Gable and rear extensions to house
24/3 Hardhill Road, Bathgate
Received 29 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0475/FUL/02
Erection of a 57 sqm office building
- Lower Bathville, Bathville Business Park, Armadale
Received 29 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0518/FUL/02
Erection of a 39sqm stable block
4 Braehead Farm Court, Shotts Road, Fauldhouse
Received 29 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0507/FUL/02
Erection of a 14.5m high ground based telecommunications mast with associated equipment cabinets
Bankton Road, Adambrae, Livingston
Received 29 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0512/H/02
Erection of a 1.8m high boundary fence
39 Willow Grove, Craigshill, Livingston
Received 29 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0522/H/02
Two storey extension to house and single storey extension to garage
1 Kettilstoun Mains, Linlithgow
Received 7 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0778/H/02
Installation of a velux window and alteration to existing velux window
119 A High Street, Linlithgow
Received 16 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1073/NID/01
Erection of a 615 sq.m. 2 storey office building
- Quarrywood Court, Kirkton, Livingston
Received 22 Nov 2001 - DecidedLIVE/1079/H/01
Extension to house
3 Vardon Green, Knightsridge, Livingston
Received 22 Nov 2001
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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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