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Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
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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
270Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 28,882 approved or refused records
2,540Refused applications
26,342 approved · 2,540 refused · 1,684 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Jan 1992 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 5 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0695/P/98
Renewal of outline planning permission for erection of a house
58 Sheephousehill, Fauldhouse
Received 25 Aug 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0694/H/98
Installation of replacement windows
9A Strawberry Bank, Elcho Cottage, Linlithgow
Received 24 Aug 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0688/FUL/98
Formation of an additional 2No. 2 bed flats and substitution of 3No. 3 bed flats for 2 bed flats
- Taylor Green, Knightsridge, Livingston
Received 24 Aug 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0693/FUL/98
Erection of a house
13C Ecclesmachan Road, Uphall
Received 24 Aug 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0689/LBC/98
Listed Building Consent and Planning Permission for the installation of security shutters
Unit 4 Newyearfield Business Park, Ladywell, Livingston, EH54 6TW
Received 24 Aug 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0690/H/98
Erection of a garage
Plot 1 Roy Drive, Murieston, Livingston
Received 24 Aug 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0691/H/98
Erection of a conservatory
240 Norman Rise, Dedridge, Livingston, EH54 6NW
Received 24 Aug 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0692/A/98
Erection of 2No. illuminated box signs
3 Dunlop Square, Deans Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 24 Aug 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0551/FUL/98
Erection of 10 houses
- Mooreland Gardens, Addiewell
Received 3 Jul 1998 - UnknownLIVE/0559/NPD/98
Erection of first floor extension to existing offices
- Grange Road, Houstoun Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 3 Jul 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0553/P/98
Outline permission for Class 4 (Business), Class 5 (General Industrial) and Class 6 (Storage and distribution) uses
- Mill Road Industrial Estate, Linlithgow
Received 3 Jul 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0541/A/98
Erection of a Fascia Sign (in retrospect)
45 East Main Street, Broxburn
Received 2 Jul 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0392/FUL/00
Erection of house and garage/stables
Plot 2 Easter Longridge Farm, Longridge
Received 20 Apr 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0498/FUL/00
Erection of a replacement bowling club
253 Main Street, East Calder
Received 20 Apr 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0391/FUL/00
Erection of 2 houses
Plots 3 & 4 Daisyhill Court, East Main Street, Blackburn
Received 20 Apr 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0390/H/00
Erection of a conservatory
20 Mansfield Court, Kirkton, Livingston
Received 20 Apr 2000 - DecidedLIVE/1003/H/00
Erection of a conservatory
Plot 2 Auldhill Road, Bridgend
Received 2 Nov 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0116/H/01
Extension to house
3 Sarazen Green, Knightsridge, Livingston
Received 13 Feb 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0037/H/01
Erection of a conservatory
15 Willow Park, Fauldhouse
Received 12 Jan 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0018/FUL/01
Erection of an administration/servicing/training centre and distribution warehouse
- Inchmuir Road, Whitehill Industrial Estate, Bathgate
Received 12 Jan 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0016/H/01
Part demolition and extension to house
Crawhill Manor -, Westfield
Received 12 Jan 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0700/LBC/01
Listed Building Consent for the conversion and extension of public house to form a dwelling house
The Hunting Tower Whitemoss Road, Kirknewton
Received 3 Aug 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0716/H/01
Extension to house, conversion of stable to form house extension and formation of new access
52 Kirk Road, Bathgate
Received 3 Aug 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0629/LBC/01
Listed Building Consent for the erection of brewery signage
36 Bank Street (Torphichen Arms), Mid Calder
Received 10 Jul 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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