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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26,342 approved · 2,539 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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/0189/H/01
Erection of a conservatory
6 Riverside Lea, Seafield
Received 23 Feb 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0793/P/00
Outline planning permission for the erection of a house and the formation of a small holding
Wester Briech Farm By, Blackburn
Received 16 Aug 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0775/H/00
Amendment to planning permissions 0463/00 to form a pitched roof
50 Harthill Road, Blackridge
Received 16 Aug 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0777/FUL/00
Change of use from General Industrial (Class 5) to Business, General Industrial & Storage or Distribution (Class 4,5 & 6)
- Starlaw Park, Starlaw Road, Livingston
Received 15 Aug 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0791/P/00
Outline planning permission for a residential development
80 Greendykes Road, Broxburn
Received 15 Aug 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0795/LBC/00
Listed building consent for the installation of replacement windows
28 The Maltings, Linlithgow
Received 15 Aug 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0676/A/00
Erection of signs
Almondvale Stadium South -, Almondvale, Livingston
Received 19 Jul 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0673/H/00
Proposed erection of a conservatory
26 Sarazen Green, Livingston
Received 19 Jul 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0700/FUL/00
Erection of a house
5 Burn Vale, East Burnside, Broxburn
Received 19 Jul 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0748/H/00
Erection of a conservatory
14 Murieston Green, Murieston, Livingston
Received 19 Jul 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0674/FUL/01
Erection of a 427sqm two storey extension with alterations to form health and community facilities and associated caf�
Swimming Pool West Main Street, Whitburn
Received 6 Jun 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0998/FUL/00
Formation of a skip hire base (with transfer building and ancillary offices)
- Camps Industrial Estate, East Calder
Received 26 Oct 2000 - DecidedLIVE/1047/FUL/00
Change of use from house (Class 9) to offices (Class 4)
91 Castle Terrace, Winchburgh
Received 26 Oct 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0093/H/01
Extension to house
125 East Main Street, Uphall
Received 6 Feb 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0133/FUL/01
Formation of bund for accoustic screening
28, 29 & 30 Clark Avenue, Linlithgow
Received 5 Feb 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0145/FUL/01
Construction of 260m of access road including associated works
- Oakbank Park Road, Williamston Industrial Park, Livingston
Received 5 Feb 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0930/NID/99
Change of use to form a public information/payments centre and offices
Unit 16A Almondvale Centre, Almondvale, Livingston
Received 24 Nov 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0917/H/99
Erection of a conservatory
'Inverkirk', Inch Crescent, Bathgate
Received 23 Nov 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0036/H/00
Erection of an aviary to house a redtailed hawk (in retrospect)
25 Bishops Park, Mid Calder
Received 23 Nov 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0565/FUL/99
Banana ripening, packaging and distribution warehouse/ancillary offices, service yard and parking areas
- Royston Road, Deans Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 21 Jul 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0567/FUL/99
Erection of 3 additional houses (new total 93)
- Park Terrace, Broxburn
Received 21 Jul 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0493/FUL/99
Erection of 25m high tower carrying antennae, installation of cabin and construction of palisade fence
Hoghill Oakbank Road, East Calder
Received 17 Jun 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0490/H/99
Erection of a conservatory
15 Beechwood Grove, Uphall Station
Received 17 Jun 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0474/FUL/99
Demolish multi storey car park and erect Class 1 ASDA with Post Office & restaurant. Refurbish existing ASDA to form Class 1 retail units & Class 3 food court. Restructure existing parking & access arrangments, form new access and associated landscaping
- Land Adjacent To Almondvale Centre, Almondvale, Livingston
Received 16 Jun 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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