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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26,342 approved · 2,539 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0557/FUL/99
Erection of non domestic garage/repair workshop
Plot 5 West Harwood Crofts, West Calder
Received 7 Jul 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0848/H/00
Erection of a conservatory
Wilmay Cottage Roman Camp Road, Drumshoreland, Broxburn
Received 22 Aug 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0740/FUL/00
Erection of new clubhouse and formation of a car park
- Drumshoreland Road, Pumpherston
Received 26 Jul 2000 - DecidedLIVE/1016/H/00
Erection of a garage and conservatory (in retrospect)
4 Craiglea Court, Blackridge
Received 26 Jul 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0717/H/00
Erection of a pitched roof over existing flat roofed extension
16 Ochiltree Court, Mid Calder
Received 26 Jul 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0758/H/00
Extension to house and erection of a garage
5 Pardovan Crescent, Philpstoun
Received 26 Jul 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0712/FUL/00
Erection of a 25m high telecommunications mast with 6 antenna, 4 microwave dishes and associated cabin/compound
Centrex Centre, Hardie Road, Deans Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 25 Jul 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0736/H/00
Erection of a porch
66 The Avenue, Whitburn
Received 25 Jul 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0978/H/00
Extension to house and replace flat roof on garage with pitched roof
19 Murieston Gardens, Murieston, Livingston
Received 19 Oct 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0974/FUL/00
Erection of a rain shelter with exposed steel frame and clad with cedar boarding
1 Baird Road, Livingston
Received 19 Oct 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0973/H/00
Extension to house
19 Ashley Hall Gardens, Linlithgow
Received 19 Oct 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0994/FUL/00
Formation of a new car park
- Fairbairn Road, Howden West, Livingston
Received 19 Oct 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0609/FUL/00
Erection of a house with integral double garage
Plot 21 Inchcross Park, Bathgate
Received 8 Jun 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0564/FUL/00
Erection of 29 houses with garages and associated roads, parking and landscaping
- Adambrae 3B, Livingston
Received 7 Jun 2000 - DecidedLIVE/1012/FUL/99
Erection of 20 houses with garages and associated works
- McIntosh Court, Kirkhill West, Broxburn
Received 29 Dec 1999 - DecidedLIVE/1010/FUL/99
Construction of 6 houses in walled garden with associated works to garden enclosure and access road
Preston House -, Linlithgow
Received 29 Dec 1999 - DecidedLIVE/1002/LBC/99
Planning Permission and Listed Building Consent to form sun room
Rosemount, Friars Brae, Linlithgow
Received 23 Dec 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0999/FUL/99
Erection of 36 houses with associated works
- Eliburn Road (EE6B), Eliburn, Livingston
Received 23 Dec 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0998/FUL/99
Erection of 81 flats and 74 houses including associated roads
- Houston Road (EN2A), Eliburn, Livingston
Received 23 Dec 1999 - DecidedLIVE/1001/P/99
Outline Planning Permission for a distribution park (Class 6) with ancillary offices, road layout, parking, landscaping, access and other works
- Pottishaw, Bathgate
Received 23 Dec 1999 - DecidedLIVE/1007/P/99
Outline Planning Permission for a residential development
Houston Barns, Adj Houstoun House Hotel, Uphall
Received 23 Dec 1999 - DecidedLIVE/1003/A/99
Erection of illuminated monolith sign and wall signs
- Oakbank Parkway, Livingston
Received 23 Dec 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0342/H/00
Extension to house
9 Flemington Gardens, Whitburn
Received 10 Apr 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0991/FUL/99
Formation of a new access road and 150 car parking spaces
- Springfield, Linlithgow
Received 21 Dec 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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