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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26,342 approved · 2,539 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0669/H/99
Erection of a conservatory
25 West Bankton Place, Murieston, Livingston
Received 30 Aug 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0670/FUL/99
Extension to provide waste compacting facility
4 Inchmuir Road, Whitehill Industrial Estate, Bathgate
Received 27 Aug 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0672/H/99
Installation of a dormer
7 Oatlands Park, Linlithgow
Received 27 Aug 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0673/H/99
Installation of a dormer and extension to house
9 Jocks Hill Crescentl, Linlithgow
Received 27 Aug 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0689/H/99
Planning permission and conservation area consent for the demolition of a chimney, installation of replacement windows and other minor works
52 Middleton Road, Uphall
Received 27 Aug 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0677/H/99
Erection of a garage
96 St Pauls Drive, Armadale
Received 27 Aug 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0709/H/99
Increase fence height to 2m
15 Scott Court, Craigshill, Livingston
Received 27 Aug 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0667/FUL/99
Change of use from agricultural storage to form an office
Unit 7 West Calder Workspace, Society Place, West Calder
Received 27 Aug 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0569/H/99
Installation of a bay window
2 Raw Cottages, Clifton Road, East Calder
Received 22 Jul 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0600/FUL/99
Erection of a temporary portacabin
Daisylea, Gowanbank, Avonbridge
Received 22 Jul 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0566/H/99
Extension to house
65 Barnes Green, Livingston
Received 21 Jul 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0022/P/00
Outline Planning Permission for alterations, extension and refurbishment to create a single stream primary school with nursery provision
Linlithgow Primary School -, West Port, Linlithgow
Received 10 Jan 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0200/FUL/00
Extension to Block D & Block H to provide 4,000 sqft of retail space
- Freeport Shopping & Leisure Village, Westwood, West Calder
Received 24 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0199/FUL/00
Provision of glazed roof between units H, F R & G incorporating 2,000 sqft food outlet
- Freeport Shopping & Leisure Village, Westwood, West Calder
Received 24 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0067/H/00
Renewal of temporary consent for a hobby workshop
11 Philip Avenue, Linlithgow
Received 27 Jan 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0251/FUL/00
Erection of a cairn
- Main Street, Bathgate
Received 27 Jan 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0141/P/00
Outline permission for the erection of a house and garage
Dechmont House Woodlands Park Deans Livingston West Lothian EH54 8AT
Received 8 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0121/H/00
Extension to house
1 Lyefield Place, Eliburn, Livingston
Received 8 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0115/NID/00
Erection of a new modern languages department
West Calder High School -, Limefield, Polbeth
Received 8 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/1084/FUL/00
Change of use and erection of compound and ancillary buildings and formation of associated access and parking to create a paintball games site
Woodland, West Of Faucheldean, Winchburgh
Received 30 Nov 2000 - DecidedLIVE/1008/H/00
Alterations to garage roof to provide first floor accommodation
19 Burngrange Court, West Calder
Received 31 Oct 2000 - DecidedLIVE/1009/A/00
Erection of illuminated fascia and projecting sign
34-36 Main Street, Winchburgh
Received 31 Oct 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0101/H/01
Extension to house
35 Crofters Way, East Whitburn
Received 8 Feb 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0099/FUL/01
Demolition of existing cottage and change of use of site to form additional car parking
Abercrombie Cottage Fairfield Service Station, Broxburn
Received 7 Feb 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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