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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26,342 approved · 2,539 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/1088/H/00
Erection of a conservatory
2 Haining Place, Eliburn, Livingston
Received 1 Dec 2000 - DecidedLIVE/1089/FUL/00
Erection of a 3780 sqm light industrial unit
- Starlaw Park, Livingston
Received 1 Dec 2000 - DecidedLIVE/1090/FUL/00
Extension to warehouse office facilities (45 sqm)
33 Inchmuir Road, Whitehill Industrial Estate, Bathgate
Received 1 Dec 2000 - DecidedLIVE/1087/H/00
Extension to house including dormer
11 Jocks Hill Crescent, Linlithgow
Received 1 Dec 2000 - DecidedLIVE/1091/FUL/00
Erection of 25 houses, garages and associated works
- Murieston MSR4, Livingston
Received 1 Dec 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0252/FUL/00
Erection of a 2066 sqm distribution warehouse and offices
- Kingsthorne Park, Houstoun Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 13 Mar 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0257/FUL/00
Conversion of offices to form a house
20 Hopetoun Street, Bathgate
Received 13 Mar 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0274/LBC/00
Listed building consent for internal alterations and installation of a new window
147A High Street, Linlithgow
Received 13 Mar 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0157/H/00
Extension to house
94 Priory Road, Linlithgow
Received 17 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0158/FUL/00
External improvements to nightclub
Oscars Public House -, Ladywell East, Livingston
Received 17 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0153/H/00
Formation of a first floor window to South gable
Plot 6 Daisyhill, Blackburn
Received 17 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0148/H/00
Formation of a bay window (Plot 18)
16 Newlands (Birchwood Grange), Ritchie Camp, Kirknewton
Received 16 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0146/H/00
Extension to house
34 Broompark View, East Calder
Received 16 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0774/FUL/99
Erection of a house and garage
Plot 1 Highrig, Torphichen
Received 6 Oct 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0785/M/99
28 ha extension for quarrying sand and gravel with the provision of minerals processing and concrete batching plant
North Couston Sand & Gravel Quarry -, Armadale
Received 6 Oct 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0780/H/99
Erection of a conservatory
10 Pinewood Park, Deans, Livingston
Received 5 Oct 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0779/H/99
Erection of a porch
43 Glasgow Road, Bathgate
Received 5 Oct 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0170/M/00
Variation in terms of original planning application 0222/M/99 to extend the period of importation soil until 20.02.2001 and increase the maximum number of loaded lorries from 15 to 30 for the capping of former council refuse tip
Balgornie Farm -, Whitburn
Received 11 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0134/H/00
Installation of replacement windows
2 Hamilton Park, Linlithgow
Received 11 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0183/H/00
Erection of a detached garage and extension to house
36 Hartwood Road West Calder West Lothian EH55 8DG
Received 11 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0136/H/00
Erection of a conservatory
37 Elmwood Park, Deans, Livingston
Received 11 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0030/FUL/00
Demolition of existing building and erection of a 449 sqm storage and distribution building
- Carnegie Road, Starlaw, Bathgate
Received 14 Jan 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0029/H/00
Installation of a dormer
42 Drove Road, Armadale
Received 14 Jan 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0023/FUL/00
Installation of a temporary portacabin
1 East Main Street, Broxburn
Received 13 Jan 2000
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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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