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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26,342 approved · 2,539 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0334/H/00
Alterations to house to form additional bedroom
'Leapark', St Ninians Road, Linlithgow
Received 7 Apr 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0389/H/00
Extension to house
15 Burngrange Court, West Calder
Received 7 Apr 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0335/A/00
Erection of 2 signboards
35-41 West Main Street, Whitburn
Received 7 Apr 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0374/FUL/00
Installation of roller shutters
Unit 1 Folleyburn Place, Eliburn, Livingston
Received 7 Apr 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0351/H/00
Extension to house
99 Traprain Crescent, Bathgate
Received 7 Apr 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0981/FUL/99
Proposed warehouse and canopy
- Mill Road Industrial Estate, Linlithgow
Received 15 Dec 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0980/FUL/99
Erection of building providing residential care for individuals with disability
45 Templar Rise, Dedridge, Livingston
Received 15 Dec 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0875/H/99
Extension to house
47 Kirkfield View, Livingston, Livingston
Received 9 Nov 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0352/FUL/01
Erection of reception building and store, extension to house, siting of temporary mobile home and relocation of propane gas tanks
Bentyhead, Hartwood Road, West Calder
Received 25 Apr 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0252/FUL/01
Erection of 3 storey night club and single storey sports injury clinic behind existing North stand
Almondvale Stadium Alderstone Road, Livingston
Received 29 Mar 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0340/FUL/01
Erection of livery stables
Dovetshill Farm -, Harburn, West Calder
Received 29 Mar 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0255/FUL/01
Alterations to shopfront
Safeway Carmondean Centre, Livingston
Received 29 Mar 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0271/FUL/01
Erection of a rain shelter
1 Baird Road, Kirkton Campus, Livingston
Received 29 Mar 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0260/A/01
Erection of a bus shelter with 2 advertising panels
- Houstoun Road (East Bound), Livingston
Received 29 Mar 2001 - DecidedLIVE/1111/H/00
Extension to house
110 Ravenswood Rise, Dedridge, Livingston
Received 1 Dec 2000 - DecidedLIVE/1282/FUL/02
Upgrading of Holmes Road including new cycle path
- Holmes Road, Broxburn
Received 18 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1280/NID/02
Formation of a synthetic sports pitch including floodlights, equipment, fencing/gates and landscaping
- Beechwood Park, Stoneyburn
Received 18 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1214/FUL/02
Erection of a replacement 18.5 m high ground based telecommunications monopole and associated equipment cabins
Whiteside Farm, Bathgate
Received 29 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1217/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
67 Bankton Green, Murieston, Livingston
Received 29 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1216/FUL/02
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground and erection of a 1 m high boundary fence
30 Gilchrist Crescent, Whitburn
Received 29 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0231/FUL/02
Erection of an 86 sq.m.joiners workshop
Yard (F) Drumshoreland Road, Broxburn
Received 8 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0262/H/02
Demolition of existing conservatory and erection of a conservatory
98 Baronshill Avenue, Linlithgow
Received 8 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0379/FUL/02
Siting of a 140sqm portacabin
Cappers Farm, Station Road, Armadale
Received 8 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0276/H/02
Erection of a garage
17 Norwood Court Whitburn Bathgate West Lothian EH47 8PQ
Received 8 Mar 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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