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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26,342 approved · 2,539 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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/0642/FUL/00
Partial demolition and restoration of existing public house to form 3 flats and 5 houses
Longridge Inn Main Street, Longridge
Received 30 Jun 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0641/P/00
Outline Planning Permission for the formatin of 2 serviced house plots
Longridge Inn Main Street, Longridge
Received 30 Jun 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0189/FUL/00
Erection of 27 houses and 30 flats
- Oldwood Place/Eliburn Road, Eliburn, Livingston
Received 29 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0197/FUL/00
Substitution of 44 flats
Plots 47-90 Edinburgh Road, Bathgate
Received 29 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0196/FUL/00
Erection of a 292 sqm warehouse extension
- Caputhall Road, Deans Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 29 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0881/FUL/99
Erection of a house with garage
14 (Plot 8) Daisyhill Court, Blackburn
Received 27 Sept 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0744/H/99
Two storey extension to house
17 Churchhill Way, Kirknewton, EH27 8AE
Received 27 Sept 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0750/H/99
Erection of a conservatory
7 Murieston Wood, Murieston, Livingston
Received 27 Sept 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0739/FUL/99
Provision of single storey temporary accommodation
- Headrig Road, South Queensferry
Received 27 Sept 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0740/P/99
Outline planning permission for commercial/retail development (including petrol filling station, hot food units, car showroom, offices, hotel/restaurant/public house and food retail unit)
West Lothian Courier Stadium, Alderstone Road, Almondvale, Livingston
Received 27 Sept 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0751/H/99
Extension to house
38 Dovecot Park, Linlithgow
Received 27 Sept 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0745/H/99
Extension to house
40 Dovecot Park, Linlithgow
Received 27 Sept 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0738/NID/99
Environmental improvements including new feature entrance signs, traffic island feature, edging strips, lay-bys and planting
- Inchmuir Road, Whitehill Industrial Estate, Bathgate
Received 27 Sept 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0353/H/00
Erection of a conservatory
7 Friars Loan (Netherwood), Linlithgow
Received 7 Apr 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0354/H/00
Extension to house
1 Bonnytoun Avenue, Linlithgow
Received 7 Apr 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0355/H/00
Extension to house and erection of a detached garden room
9 Grange Road, Broxburn
Received 7 Apr 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0905/FUL/00
Change of use from shop (Class 1) to alternative therapy centre (Class 2) and installation of replacement windows
11 Market Street, Mid Calder
Received 18 Sept 2000 - DecidedLIVE/1070/LBC/00
Listed building consent for the demolition of farm outbuildings and making secure listed farm house and courtyard buildings
Easter Inch Farm Blackburn Road, Bathgate
Received 18 Sept 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0931/H/00
Erection of a garage
11 North Street, Armadale
Received 18 Sept 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0800/FUL/00
Erection of a portacabin to provide pre-school education
- Carmondean Centre South, Carmondean, Livingston
Received 22 Aug 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0817/A/00
Erection of a sign board
- Auldhill Road, Bridgend
Received 22 Aug 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0814/FUL/00
Change of use from shop (Class 1) to tanning salon (Class 2) and installation of a new shopfront
53 Hopetoun Street, Bathgate
Received 22 Aug 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0815/A/00
Erection of a sign
53 Hopetoun Street, Bathgate
Received 22 Aug 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0818/FUL/00
Substitution of house types on plots 17, 22 & 25
- McLean Terrace, Phase 2, Blackridge
Received 22 Aug 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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