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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26,342 approved · 2,539 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0933/H/99
Extension to house
28 Torphichen Avenue, Mid Calder
Received 25 Nov 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0932/H/99
Erection of a conservatory
33 Millfield, Livingston
Received 25 Nov 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0239/FUL/00
Erection of a house and garage
Plot 19 Inchcross Park, Bathgate
Received 9 Mar 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0238/FUL/00
Change of use from parking to form occasional external eating area
3 West End (West End Hotel), West Calder
Received 9 Mar 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0273/H/00
Part demolition and extension to garage
27 Herd Green, Knightsridge, Livingston
Received 9 Mar 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0237/H/00
Extension to house
41 Belvedere Road, Bathgate
Received 9 Mar 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0236/H/00
Demolition of existing conservatory and extension to house
25 Redcraig Road, East Calder
Received 9 Mar 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0232/P/00
Outline planning permission for the erection of a house
Gavieside Nursery -, Gavieside, Polbeth
Received 8 Mar 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0228/A/00
Erection of a freestanding signboard (in retrospect)
- Murieston Road, Livingston
Received 8 Mar 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0932/A/00
Erection of fascia signs
1 The Cross, Linlithgow
Received 8 Mar 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0230/H/00
First floor extension to house
92 Hope Park Gardens, Bathgate
Received 7 Mar 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0754/LBC/99
Planning Permission and Listed Building Consent for extension to tearoom
- Millfield, Livingston Village, Livingston
Received 29 Sept 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0070/H/00
Extension to side of house
19 Murieston Gardens, Murieston, Livingston
Received 27 Jan 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0068/FUL/00
Retrospective application for culverting of drainage ditch
15, 17 & 19 Burngrange Court, West Calder
Received 27 Jan 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0069/LBC/00
Planning Permission and Listed Building Consent for the erection of a conservatory
Callater House Champfleurie, Linlithgow
Received 27 Jan 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0098/FUL/00
Erection of a single storey house
Plot 3 Dalziel Court, Stoneyburn
Received 27 Jan 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0976/FUL/99
Erection fo a 2 storey office pavillion with associated parking and landscaping and LPG storage and formation of road
- Westwood, West Calder
Received 14 Dec 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0970/FUL/99
Installation of a borehole to abstract water for plant process
- Nettlehill Road, Houstoun Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 14 Dec 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0968/P/99
Outline Planning Permission for the erection of a tool hire and repair depot
- Firth Road, Houston Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 14 Dec 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0971/FUL/99
Extension to form a laboratory
- Easter Inch, Bathgate
Received 14 Dec 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0973/H/99
Extension to house
10 Taylor Road, Whitburn
Received 14 Dec 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0972/FUL/99
Erection of a garage
100 Falside Crescent, Bathgate
Received 14 Dec 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0969/FUL/99
Variation of Condition 6 attached to Planning Permission 0173/99 to allow for fabrication works outwith the workshop building
1 Letham Holdings, Pumpherston
Received 14 Dec 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0059/FUL/01
Change fo use from public open space to private garden ground
69 Meadowbank, Ladywell, Livingston
Received 8 Jan 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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