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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26,342 approved · 2,539 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0471/FUL/00
Amendment to houses
Plots 74-87 & 171-185 Loaninghill, Uphall
Received 11 May 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0557/P/00
Outline planning permission for extension to shop and part change of use to form a hot food take-away
46A Onslow Street, Craigshill, Livingston
Received 11 May 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0458/H/00
Erection of a garage
23 Biar Hope Road, Uphall
Received 11 May 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0457/FUL/00
Change of use from domestic garage to workshop for lawnmower repairs
Balmuir House -, Bridgecastle
Received 11 May 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0755/FUL/99
Alteration to approved traffic calming proposals and deletion of junction improvement measures
- Golf Course Road/Gallagher Green, Knightsridge, Livingston
Received 28 Sept 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0827/FUL/99
Erection of a house, formation of a small holding and erection of outbuildings
5 Pardovan Holding Philpstoun Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6QZ
Received 28 Sept 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0752/FUL/99
Installation of a new shopfront
Unit 107 Almondvale Centre, Almondvale, Livingston
Received 26 Aug 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0343/H/00
Erection of a conservatory
61 Kaimes Gardens, Kirkton, Livingston
Received 10 Apr 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0369/FUL/00
Change of use to form caf�/sandwich bar
234 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 10 Apr 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0344/ARM/00
Erection of 5 houses
Plots 5,6,7,12 & 13 Meadow Park Estate, Seafield
Received 10 Apr 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0346/FUL/00
Erection of a house and garage
13 Station Road, Westcraigs, Blackridge
Received 10 Apr 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0348/FUL/00
Erection of a house, garage and kennels and temporary siting of a caravan
Plot 6 Easter Longridge Farm, Longridge
Received 10 Apr 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0649/H/00
Erection of a garage and utility room
97 Ballantyne Place, Eliburn, Livingston
Received 3 Jul 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0539/NID/00
Extension to school to form additional classroom and nursery facilities
Seafield Primary School, Redhouse Road, Seafield
Received 1 Jun 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0533/H/00
First floor extension to house
56 Sheriffs Park, Linlithgow
Received 1 Jun 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0538/FUL/00
Erection of 2 houses with garages
- Dyke Brow, Greenrigg
Received 1 Jun 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0877/FUL/99
Erection of a house and garage
Plot 2 Murieston Mews, Murieston, Livingston
Received 10 Nov 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0181/H/00
Extension to front of house
7 Loaninghill Park, Uphall
Received 28 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0179/FUL/00
Substitution of house types on plots 39-41
- Edinburgh Road, Bathgate
Received 28 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0185/FUL/00
Extension and refurbishment of house
West Cairns Cottage -, Kirknewton
Received 28 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0082/LBC/00
Alterations and refurbishment of external facade
111-113 High Street (Footballers & Cricketers), Linlithgow
Received 31 Jan 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0074/FUL/00
Erection of office building
- Westwood Works, West Calder
Received 31 Jan 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0096/FUL/00
Erection of vehicle storage shed
Pardovan Yard -, Philpstoun
Received 31 Jan 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0514/FUL/00
Change of use from shop to hot food take-away
47 West Main Street, Armadale
Received 18 May 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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