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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26,345 approved · 2,540 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0830/FUL/99
Part change of use and extension to form licensed public house
- Kingsport Avenue, Howden, Livingston
Received 26 Oct 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0831/FUL/99
Erection of a house with garage
Plot 12 Meadow Park Estate, Seafield Farm, Seafield
Received 26 Oct 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0861/P/99
Outline planning permission for the erection of 2 house
- Westcraigs Road, Blackridge
Received 26 Oct 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0839/H/99
Extension and alterations to house
32 Ormiston Drive, East Calder
Received 25 Oct 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0823/H/99
Erection of a conservatory
139 Spottiswoode Gardens, Mid Calder
Received 25 Oct 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0822/H/99
Erection of a conservatory
11 Kaims Gardens, Kirkton, Livingston
Received 25 Oct 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0725/H/99
Demolition of existing garage and erection of a replacement garage
46A Mains Road, Linlithgow
Received 17 Sept 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0724/FUL/99
Erection of 21 houses and garages
- Glenwood Drive, Armadale
Received 17 Sept 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0801/H/98
Increase height of garage to form a bedroom
8 Jock's Hill Crescent, Linlithgow
Received 1 Oct 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0802/H/98
Ground floor alterations & first floor extension to house
118 Bailielands, Linlithgow
Received 1 Oct 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0519/ARM/98
Application for approval of reserved matters for landscape works and formation of equipped play area and kick pitch
- Adambrae, Livingston
Received 19 Jun 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0507/FUL/98
Change of use from public open space to private garden area
106-108 Staunton Rise, Livingston
Received 18 Jun 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0509/H/98
Dormer roof extension
Nirvana, Canal Side, Winchburgh
Received 18 Jun 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0505/FUL/98
Amendment to housing development into separate plots plus detailed house type for plot 4
The Old Fire House, Bathgate Road, Blackburn
Received 17 Jun 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0499/FUL/98
Erection of an office building
13 Fairbairn Road, Livingston
Received 17 Jun 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0502/H/98
Erection of a conservatory
35 Kaims Brae, Kirkton, Livingston
Received 17 Jun 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0501/H/98
Extension to house
103 Braeside Park, Mid Calder
Received 17 Jun 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0306/FUL/98
Change of use to form a hot food take-away
63(2) Bathgate Road, Happy Valley Hotel, Blackburn
Received 7 Apr 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0275/FUL/98
Erection of a 2378 square metre warehouse/factory unit & offices
- Mill Road Industrial Estate, Linlithgow
Received 7 Apr 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0279/H/98
Erection of a conservatory
3/4 Blythsfield Cottage, Bellsquarry
Received 7 Apr 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0120/H/99
Extension to house and installation of an oil storage tank
New Midhope Cottage Hopetoun Estate, South Queensferry
Received 16 Feb 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0121/FUL/99
Erection of a house
Plot 47 Glenisla Court, Whitburn
Received 16 Feb 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0417/H/99
Erection of a garage
38 Gleneagles Court, Whitburn
Received 26 May 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0416/H/99
Erection of a garage
5 Whitelaw Street, Blackridge
Received 26 May 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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