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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26,342 approved · 2,539 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0013/H/00
Erection of a conservatory
91 Overton Crescent, East Calder
Received 11 Jan 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0103/H/01
Erection of a 1.8m high replacement retaining wall & fence
1 Golf Course Road, Linlithgow
Received 5 Feb 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0267/LBC/01
Listed building consent for the installation of security grilles
Newyearfield Farm Business Units, Hawk Brae, Ladywell West, Livingston
Received 5 Feb 2001 - DecidedLIVE/1163/H/00
Extension to house
46 Oatlands Park, Linlithgow
Received 29 Dec 2000 - DecidedLIVE/1083/H/00
Installation of dormers and erection of boundary walls
17 Strawberry Bank, Linlithgow
Received 29 Nov 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0039/H/00
Erection of a garage
5 Goldpark Place, Eliburn, Livingston
Received 17 Jan 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0038/FUL/00
Erection of pitched roofs to 10 existing flat roofed houses
1, 4, 6-9, 11-13 & 20 Chestnut Grove, Craigshill, Livingston
Received 17 Jan 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0037/FUL/00
Alterations to external finishes of building
The Westport Hotel -, Westport, Linlithgow
Received 17 Jan 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0137/FUL/00
Erection of 6 No. 6m high floodlighting columns
6-8 Cochrane Square, Brucefield Industrial Park, Livingston
Received 17 Jan 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0769/FUL/99
Erection of a house, garage and relocation of turning area
Plot 11 Priors Grange, Torphichen
Received 4 Oct 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0087/FUL/00
Extension to paint workshop
Unit 6 Mill Road Industrial Estate, Linlithgow Bridge
Received 2 Sept 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0678/H/99
Extension and alterations to house
8 Kirkhill Court, Broxburn
Received 2 Sept 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0925/H/99
Erection of a conservatory
7 Newlands, Ritchie Camp, Kirknewton
Received 2 Sept 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0681/H/99
Extension to house
3 Birniehill Road, Bathgate
Received 1 Sept 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0686/H/99
Extension to house
20 Curran Crescent, Broxburn
Received 1 Sept 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0680/H/99
Erection of a garage
32 Newhouses Road, Broxburn
Received 1 Sept 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0581/FUL/99
Siting of a portacabin for youth work/community use
- Craigton Place, Winchburgh
Received 28 Jul 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0931/H/99
Erection of a conservatory
2 Bog Road, Whitburn
Received 24 Nov 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0645/FUL/00
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground
116 Nelson Avenue, Livingston
Received 3 Jul 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0930/H/00
Erection of a garage
15 Leishman Court, Blackridge
Received 21 Sept 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0950/FUL/00
Extension to kitchen
Brucefield Church, East Main Street, Whitburn
Received 21 Sept 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0302/A/00
Erection of 4 prefabricated illuminated 'totems'
Sites V1, V5A, V7 & D1 -, Kirkton Campus, Livingston
Received 27 Mar 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0297/H/00
Two storey extension to house
8 Wallacemill Gardens, Mid Calder
Received 27 Mar 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0299/H/00
Alterations to roof to accommodate attic conversion
23B Gloag Place West Calder West Lothian EH55 8DW
Received 27 Mar 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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