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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26,342 approved · 2,539 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0097/A/00
Erection of signboard
16 Union Square, West Calder
Received 3 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0104/FUL/00
Erection of a house
- Champfleurie, Linlithgow
Received 2 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0094/FUL/00
Erection of a house and garage (Plot 27)
20 Newlands (Birchwood Grange), Ritchie Camp, Kirknewton
Received 2 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/1000/FUL/99
Erection of a house with garage
Plot 4 Birch Grove, Fauldhouse
Received 23 Dec 1999 - DecidedLIVE/1005/FUL/99
Erection of a house
Plot 24 Inchcross, Bathgate
Received 23 Dec 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0031/FUL/00
Erection of a 435 sqm light industrial unit with associated yard and car parking
- Firth Road, Houstoun Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 17 Jan 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0941/FUL/99
Erection of a house
222 (Plot 2) East Main Street, Broxburn
Received 30 Nov 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0944/H/99
Replace existing 4 inch gas flue with 5 inch gas multi-flue
3 Greenpark Cottages, Edinburgh Road, Linlithgow
Received 30 Nov 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0945/H/99
Erection of a porch
65 Shaw Avenue, Armadale
Received 30 Nov 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0077/H/00
Extension to house
17 Burnside Terrace, Polbeth
Received 28 Jan 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0113/FUL/00
Change of use from shop to hot food takeaway and installation of new shop front
58 North Bridge Street, Bathgate
Received 28 Jan 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0084/H/00
Extension to house
11 Clova Drive, Livingston
Received 28 Jan 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0086/FUL/00
Erection of 21 houses
Plots 5-25 Bankton Avenue, Livingston
Received 27 Jan 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0983/NID/99
Change of use from ground floor flat (residential) to form an office for community use
4 Elizabeth Lane, Boghall, Bathgate
Received 15 Dec 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0916/A/99
Erection of illuminated fascia and projecting sign
9-11 West Main Street (Unit 1), Armadale
Received 23 Nov 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0915/FUL/99
Erection of 55 houses with associated roads and services
- Site SF4, Seafield
Received 23 Nov 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0927/FUL/99
Refurbishment and recladding of 12 factory units, erection of one new unit and formation of new access road, car parking and landscaping
3-12 Brewster Square, Brucefield Industrial Park, Livingston
Received 23 Nov 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0227/FUL/00
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground
12 Stewart Way, Knightsridge, Livingston
Received 7 Mar 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0229/H/00
Erection of a conservatory
Brackendale Addiewell Station, West Calder
Received 7 Mar 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0218/H/00
Installation of dormers
10 Abercorn Place Winchburgh Broxburn West Lothian EH52 6RL
Received 6 Mar 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0235/H/00
Erection of a conservatory
35 Queens Road, Broxburn
Received 6 Mar 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0012/FUL/01
Change of use and extension to workshop to form a house and garage
Stonerigg Farm Upper Bathville, Armadale
Received 9 Jan 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0010/FUL/01
Alter existing shopping mall to form 11 shop units and construct 4 new shop units with carpark areas and pedestrian walkways
Craigshill Shopping Centre The Mall, Livingston
Received 9 Jan 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0005/H/01
Demolition of garage/outhouse and erection of new garage with attic accommodation
West Ochiltree Cottages -, Linlithgow
Received 8 Jan 2001
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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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