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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26,342 approved · 2,539 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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/0363/FUL/01
Erection of a house with garage
36 Woodlands Park, Deans, Livingston
Received 24 Apr 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0345/H/01
First floor extension to house
16 Fells Road, Polbeth
Received 24 Apr 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0249/H/01
Erection of a conservatory
77 Ryebank, Ladywell, Livingston
Received 26 Mar 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0244/FUL/01
Erection of stone entrance feature
- Starlaw Park, Starlaw Road, Livingston
Received 26 Mar 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0242/NID/01
Extension to primary school to house 2 additional classrooms and formation of 10 additional car parking spaces to the north of Knowe Top
Bellsquarry Primary School, Calder Road, Bellsquarry, Livingston
Received 26 Mar 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0245/H/00
Erection of a conservatory
91 Lenzie Avenue, Deans, Livingston
Received 6 Mar 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0938/FUL/00
Erection of a 600 sqm single storey (Class 11) health and fitness centre with 44 dedicated car parking spaces
Plot A Alba Campus, Livingston
Received 9 Oct 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0939/FUL/00
Erection of a 3700 sqm building for Class 4 use (Business) with 117 dedicated car parking spaces and ancillary landscaping
Plot A Alba Campus, Livingston
Received 9 Oct 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0937/FUL/00
Erection of a 240 sqm single storey (Class 10) day care nursery with 17 associated parking spaces
Plot A Alba Campus, Livingston
Received 9 Oct 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0943/A/00
Erection of illuminated projecting and fascia signs
92 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 9 Oct 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0942/A/00
Erection of a temporary signboard
- Howden South Road, Almondvale, Livingston
Received 9 Oct 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0849/FUL/00
Change of use from restaurant to restaurant/public house with licensed mall seating area
Units 27, 28 & 29 Almondvale Centre (PH3), Almondvale, Livingston
Received 8 Sept 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0876/H/00
Extension to houses
34 & 36 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston
Received 7 Sept 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0433/P/00
Outline permission for the erection of a golf driving range
19 Houston Mains, Uphall
Received 8 May 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0432/FUL/00
Siting of a mobile snack bar
- Whiteside Industrial Estate, Whitburn Road, Bathgate
Received 8 May 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0434/FUL/00
Formation of a landscaping bund
Belstane Farm South -, Leyden Road, Kirknewton
Received 8 May 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0234/A/00
Listed building and advertisement consent for the erection of illuminated fascia and projecting signs
19/21 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 3 Mar 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0803/FUL/99
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground and erection of a garage
25 Pumpherston Road, Mid Calder
Received 27 Sept 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0741/FUL/99
Erection of house with garage
24 East Main Street, Blackburn
Received 27 Sept 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0748/LBC/99
Listed Building Consent & Planning Permission for the erection of a conservatory
11 Main Street, Livingston Village, Livingston, EH54 7AF
Received 27 Sept 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0706/FUL/99
Construction of a temporary road access
- Ogilvie Way, Knightsridge East, Livingston
Received 26 Aug 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0733/FUL/99
Alteration and extension to flat to form an additional flat
10 East Main Street, Uphall
Received 25 Aug 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0001/P/00
Outline permission for the erection of 13 houses
- Harthill Road, Benthead, Fauldhouse
Received 24 Nov 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0999/H/00
Extension to house to form granny flat
Dovetshill -, Harburn
Received 30 Oct 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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