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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26,345 approved · 2,540 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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/0293/FUL/98
Substitution of 19 No house types on plots 711-730
Site KW5C, Thompson Green, Knightsridge, Livingston
Received 14 Apr 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0292/FUL/98
Erection of a 188 sqm office building
- Fairbairn Road, Kirkton, Livingston
Received 14 Apr 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0979/FUL/99
Erection of workshop/store
37 Glasgow Road, Bathgate
Received 13 Dec 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0975/FUL/99
Construction of 60 additional HGV trailer parking bays
- Deans Industrial Estate, Caputhall Road, Livingston
Received 13 Dec 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0982/FUL/99
Formation of 10 serviced house plots
Phase 2 Inchcross Park, Bathgate
Received 13 Dec 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0966/H/99
Extension to house, increase in roof height and relocation of garage
26 Braekirk Avenue, Kirknewton
Received 10 Dec 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0046/H/00
Proposed conversion of existing carport to utility/family room
3 Wallace Mill Gardens, Mid Calder
Received 10 Dec 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0847/H/99
Erection of a conservatory
1 Nicol Road, Broxburn
Received 2 Nov 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0846/H/99
Extension to house, installation of a dormer and erection of a garage
17 Wilson Terrace, Stoneyburn
Received 2 Nov 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0879/FUL/99
Erection of a 2.4m high fence
- Dunnet Way, East Mains Industrial Estate, Broxburn
Received 2 Nov 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0845/H/99
Two storey extension to house
22 Acredales Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6HY
Received 2 Nov 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0844/ARM/99
Erection of a house
7 Pardovan Holdings, Philpstoun
Received 2 Nov 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0262/P/00
Outline Planning Permission for the conversion of existing building to a house and garage
29 Main Street East Calder Livingston West Lothian EH53 0ES
Received 22 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0176/H/00
Erection of a door canopy
6 Greenside, Torphichen
Received 22 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0327/H/99
Extension to house
4 West Bankton Place, Murieston, Livingston
Received 30 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0329/H/99
Erection of a double garage and alterations to house
3 Crofters Way, East Whitburn, EH47 8ES
Received 29 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0320/FUL/99
Change of use from woodland strip to private garden ground
14-20 Graham Court, Blackburn
Received 29 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0237/H/99
Erection of a conservatory
73 Kepscaith Road, Whitburn
Received 29 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0236/H/99
Extension to house
102A Sheephousehill Road, Fauldhouse
Received 29 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0238/H/99
Extension to house
78 Sheriffs Park, Linlithgow
Received 29 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0235/H/99
Installation of a bay window
11 Palmer Rise, Livingston
Received 29 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0233/FUL/99
Erection of a scout hall
- Bankton Walk, Murieston, Livingston
Received 29 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0280/FUL/99
Substitution of house types on plots 699, 705, 706, 709 & 809
- Waverley Crescent, Eliburn, Livingston
Received 29 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0234/FUL/99
Change of use from Class 1 to Class 2 (Estate Agents) and installation of new frontage
Unit 4 Almondvale Centre (PH2), Almondvale, Livingston
Received 29 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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