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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 dates31,669Searchable applications
269Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 28,885 approved or refused records
2,540Refused applications
26,345 approved · 2,540 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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/0090/FUL/99
Erection of 4 houses
26 Newhouses Road, Broxburn
Received 11 Feb 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0097/M/99
Part change of use under existing planning permission MCC 0104/75 to include recycling of waste material
- Muldron Landfill, Headless Cross, Fauldhouse
Received 11 Feb 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0346/FUL/99
Alterations to shop front and decoration of west elevation
115 East Main Street, Broxburn
Received 5 May 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0261/FUL/99
Erection of a house
1 Jockshill Crescent, Linlithgow
Received 6 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0248/H/99
Extension to house
Plot 71B Park Avenue, Knightsridge, Livingston
Received 6 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0249/H/99
Extension to house
15 Alberta Avenue, Howden, Livingston
Received 6 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0274/LBC/99
Advertisement consent and listed building consent for the erection of a projecting hanging sign
100 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 6 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0856/P/99
Renewal of outline planning permission for a residential development
- Balmuir Road, Bathgate
Received 28 Oct 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0838/P/99
Outline planning permission for the formation of 6 lowland crofts and additional house to serve equestrian centre and additional planting and bridleway
South Couston Farm, New Road, Bathgate
Received 28 Oct 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0836/FUL/99
Part change of use to form HGV parking area and location of a portacabin (in retrospect)
- Avontoun Works, Linlithgow
Received 28 Oct 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0885/P/99
Outline permission for a residential development
23 9, Blackburn
Received 28 Oct 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0749/FUL/99
Erection of 6 houses
Builders Yard Gallowsknowe, Linlithgow
Received 21 Sept 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0189/H/99
Erection of a conservatory
21 Graham Court Blackburn Bathgate West Lothian EH47 7BT
Received 15 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0192/FUL/99
Change of use to Class 2 office
23 Hopetoun Street Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4PA
Received 15 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0082/H/99
Erection of a pitched roof over existing flat roofs
7 & 8 Cannop Crescent, Stoneyburn
Received 10 Feb 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0085/H/99
Erection of a pitched roof over existing flat roof
6 Deanburn Road, Linlithgow
Received 10 Feb 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0081/P/99
Outline Planning Permission for 5 house plots
The New Inn, Auldhill Road, Bridgend
Received 10 Feb 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0095/FUL/99
Change of use from barn to residential annexe and reconstruction of garage
Kepscaith Farm Steading -, Longridge
Received 10 Feb 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0640/FUL/97
Erection of a house and garage and temporay siting of a caravan
Plot 13 Murieston Woods, Murieston, Livingston
Received 8 Aug 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0673/FUL/97
Sub-division of inustrial units to form 4 No. individual units
Unit 3 Brewster Square, Brucefield Industrial Park, Livingston
Received 8 Aug 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0635/H/97
Erection of a conservatory
12 Queens Gardens, East Calder
Received 7 Aug 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0636/FUL/97
Erection of a house
'Inchmore' Standhill, Bathgate
Received 6 Aug 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0647/FUL/97
Change of use to form a house
91 Castle Terrace, Winchburgh
Received 6 Aug 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0462/FUL/98
Erection of a timber fence and alterations to fire escape
Kingdom Hall, Nigel Rise, Dedridge, Livingston
Received 1 Jun 1998
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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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