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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26,342 approved · 2,539 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0147/H/00
Erection of a conservatory and entrance porch
5 Beech Avenue, Mid Calder
Received 16 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0210/FUL/00
Removal of replacement footpath in tree belt
- Murieston MS1B, Livingston
Received 29 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0184/H/00
Extension to house
8 The Holms, Broxburn
Received 29 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0089/H/00
Extension to house
33 Loaninghill Park, Uphall
Received 1 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0090/FUL/00
Erection of a 15m high telecommunication monopole within a compound and electrical equipment cabin
Les Brodie Transport Ltd Lower Bathville, Armadale
Received 1 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0293/A/00
Erection of 3 No. Illuminated fascia signs
Leithen House, Almondvale Business Park, Almondvale Way, Livingston
Received 1 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0092/H/00
First floor extension to house
84 Firbank Grove, East Calder
Received 1 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0088/FUL/00
Erection of a new store and kitchen
8 Edinburgh Road, The Fairways Hotel, Bathgate
Received 1 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0075/FUL/00
Alterations and extension to existing community hall
Salvation Army Hall Blackfaulds Place, Fauldhouse
Received 31 Jan 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0992/FUL/99
Change of use from shop to office
2 Main Street, Winchburgh
Received 21 Dec 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0993/M/99
Variation to existing planning consent 0089/M/97 to include temporary storage of rock on partially restored landfill
- Auldcathie Landfill Site, Glendevon, Winchburgh
Received 21 Dec 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0934/FUL/99
Change of use from stable block to form a house
Totley Wells Cottage -, Newton
Received 26 Nov 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0019/P/00
Outline Planning Permission for alterations and refurbishment to modernise secondary school premises for a projected increase in the school roll to 1200 pupils
Whitburn Academy, Shanks Road, Whitburn
Received 7 Jan 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0924/H/99
Erection of a conservatory
48 Dovecot Park, Linlithgow
Received 22 Nov 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0919/FUL/99
Change of use from Council depot to the storage of furniture
104A West Main Street, Broxburn
Received 22 Nov 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0920/FUL/99
Erection of a house with garage
Plot 2 Riverside Lea, Blackburn House Farm, Seafield
Received 22 Nov 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0921/P/99
Outline permission and conservation area consent for residential development and demolotion of a barn
55 Pumpherston Road, Mid Calder
Received 22 Nov 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0922/FUL/99
Erection of 4 houses
- West Main Street/Avondale Crescent, Armadale
Received 22 Nov 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0926/FUL/99
Demolish 5 garages, construct re-aligned access road and erection of 3 houses and 9 flats
- Ochilview Square/Greig Crescent/Murray CRT, Armadale
Received 22 Nov 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0923/FUL/99
Planning Permission and for the re-construction and erection of extension to east tower
Duntarvie Castle Newton West Lothian
Received 22 Nov 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0661/P/99
Outline planning permission for the erection of 2 houses
- Puir Wife's Brae, Bathgate
Received 24 Aug 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0555/FUL/99
Replacement of existing modular accommodation
3 Youngs Road, East Mains Industrial Estate, Broxburn
Received 19 Jul 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0558/H/99
Erection of a garage
4 Rockville Grove, Linlithgow
Received 19 Jul 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0674/H/99
Erection of a conservatory
40 Pinewood Park, Deans, Livingston
Received 19 Jul 1999
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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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