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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26,342 approved · 2,539 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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/0457/FUL/02
Amendments to fenestration pattern
Lowport Primary, Blackness Road, Linlithgow
Received 25 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0458/FUL/02
Alterations and change of use from house (class 9) to office building (class 4)
91 Castle Terrace, Winchburgh
Received 25 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0455/FUL/02
Change of use to form beer garden
7 North Street, Armadale
Received 25 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0456/LBC/02
Listed building consent for amendments to fenestration patterns
Lowport Primary, Blackness Road, Linlithgow
Received 25 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0732/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
29 Pinewood Park, Deans, Livingston
Received 4 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0731/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
- Whitehill Farm, Kirknewton
Received 4 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0768/H/02
Extension and alterations to house
47 Maryfield Park, Mid Calder
Received 4 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0724/FUL/02
Erection of a house with garage
Plot 5 Willow Park (PH 3), Fauldhouse
Received 4 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0725/LBC/02
Listed Building Consent for the provision of 2 flagpoles on north elevation
County Buildings High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7EZ
Received 4 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1035/H/02
Extension and conversion of garage to form a bedroom
5 Bloom Place, Livingston Village, Livingston
Received 27 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1063/FUL/02
Change of use from shop (Class 1) to amusement centre including the provision of tanning facilities and health and beauty products
Unit 3, 2/4 George Place, Bathgate
Received 27 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1017/FUL/02
Erection of a house with garage
110 South Street, Armadale
Received 27 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0921/FUL/02
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground and erection of a boundary fence
43 Heaney Avenue, Pumpherston
Received 2 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0937/FUL/02
Erection of a 12m high amateur radio mast
Crofthead Community Centre, Dedridge, Livingston
Received 2 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0933/FUL/02
Change of use of commercial premises from retail (Class 1) to form a house (Class 9)
213 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 2 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0927/FUL/02
Change of use from sports pavillion to domestic garage
- Meadow Park, Old Sports Pavillion, Bathgate
Received 2 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1108/FUL/02
Erection of a 141sqm office building, 98sqm storage shed and 2.45m high security fence
- Camps Industrial Estate, East Calder
Received 2 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0843/FUL/02
Erection of 15m high ground based telecommunications monopole, three sector antenna, dish and associated equipment
Land At Lizzie Brice Roundabout, Livingston
Received 7 Aug 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0997/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
20 Kaim Crescent, Bathgate
Received 26 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0996/H/02
Extension to house
37 Calderhouse Road, Mid Calder
Received 26 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0214/FUL/02
Conversion and extension of steading buildings to form 6 houses
- Bridgend Farm, Bridgend
Received 27 Feb 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0215/LBC/02
Listed building consent for the conversion and extension of steading buildings to form 6 houses
- Bridgend Farm, Bridgend
Received 27 Feb 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0213/FUL/02
Conversion and alterations of pigeon loft to holiday flat
13 Holmes Holdings Holmes Road Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5NS
Received 26 Feb 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0203/FUL/02
Erection of trolley bays
- Gardners Lane, Bathgate
Received 26 Feb 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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