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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
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26,342 approved · 2,540 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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/0269/FUL/99
Installation of roller shutters
6 Livery Street, Bathgate
Received 9 Oct 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0834/P/97
Outline permission for a residential development
Preston House Walled Garden, Linlithgow
Received 28 Oct 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0645/FUL/97
Installation of new shop front & erection of 2 No flues
Unit 1 Newyearfield Farm, Ladywell, Livingston
Received 12 Aug 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0667/FUL/97
Substitution of 4 no. house types on plots 38 - 41 (in retrospect)
- Kirkton South 1B, Kirkton, Livingston
Received 12 Aug 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0643/H/97
Installation of a dormer
10 Laverock Park, Linlithgow
Received 12 Aug 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0641/H/97
Planning permission and application for conservation area consent for the part re-build of porch, installation of replacement windows and formation of a gate in rear wall
132 West Main Street, Uphall
Received 12 Aug 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0639/H/97
Extension to house
8 Malcolm Court, Bathgate
Received 11 Aug 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0661/FUL/97
Substitution of house types to plots 9 & 10 and erection of additional house at plot 11
- Station Road, Addiewell
Received 8 Aug 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0633/FUL/98
Installation of an ATM cash machine
- Bankton Centre, Murieston, Livingston
Received 31 Jul 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0637/FUL/98
Erection of a house with garage
Plot 3 Badger Wood, Dechmont
Received 31 Jul 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0641/FUL/98
Erection of an administration building and a 22m diameter 7m high steel tank as Nitrifying Filter
- Waste Water Treatment Works, Bathgate
Received 31 Jul 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0638/FUL/98
Extension to industrial unit to provide additional storage with associated goods servicing and car parking
2 Fraser Road, Kirkton Campus, Livingston
Received 31 Jul 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0668/FUL/98
Erection of a conservatory to rear of licensed premises
- Strathalmond Hotel, Whitburn
Received 31 Jul 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0309/H/98
Installation of replacement windows and patio doors
33 Main Street, Kirknewton
Received 16 Apr 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0308/H/98
Erection of pitched roof over existing flat roof
1A Craiglaw, Dechmont
Received 16 Apr 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0009/NID/99
Extension to Primary School
Bellsquarry Primary School, Calder Road, Bellsquarry, Bellsquarry
Received 14 Jan 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0010/FUL/99
Conversion of farm steading to form a house
Steading C, South Cobbinshaw, West Calder
Received 13 Jan 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0011/FUL/99
Conversion of a farm steading to form a house
Steading A, South Cobbinshaw, West Calder
Received 13 Jan 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0017/FUL/99
Erection of a house
Plot 2 Cuthill Crescent, Stoneyburn
Received 13 Jan 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0018/FUL/99
Erection of a house
Plot 5 Cuthill Crescent, Stoneyburn
Received 13 Jan 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0203/H/99
Erection of a garage
26 Baird Road Armadale Bathgate West Lothian EH48 3NT
Received 19 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0207/P/99
Outline planning permission for the erection of a bus depot with parking, feulling and washing facilities for 30 buses and ancillary drivers' building
- Mill Road, Linlithgow Bridge
Received 19 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0206/FUL/99
Substitution of house types on Plots 61, 69, 82, 91, 94 & 98
- Bankton Brae (MW5), Murieston, Livingston
Received 19 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0201/H/99
Front & rear extensions to house
42 Gleneagles Court Whitburn Bathgate West Lothian EH47 8PG
Received 18 Mar 1999
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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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