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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26,345 approved · 2,540 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0257/FUL/99
Extension to shop
2 Glass Crescent, Winchburgh
Received 8 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0250/H/99
Extension and alterations to house, erection of a conservatory and replacement of timber garage
117 Glasgow Road, Bathgate
Received 8 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0277/FUL/99
Erection of a plant room and associated stack chimney to comply with emission regulations
- Headrig Road, South Queensferry
Received 8 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0650/LBC/99
Listed Building Consent for access ramp for wheelchairs, prams etc
West Calder Library, East End, West Calder
Received 20 Aug 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0700/FUL/99
Change of use from vehicle repair garage to storage, erection of fencing and siting of office portacabin
East End Garage Sheephousehill, Fauldhouse
Received 15 Jul 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0552/FUL/99
Erection of a food store and associated car parking
- Longridge Road, Whitburn
Received 15 Jul 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0554/H/99
Erection of a garage
41 Main Street, Stoneyburn
Received 14 Jul 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0473/FUL/99
Erection of an agricultural building
Coxydene Farm -, Kirknewton
Received 11 Jun 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0272/H/99
Erection of a garage
13 Calderburn Road, Polbeth
Received 13 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0275/FUL/99
Disabled access ramp to shop front entrance
6 Northfield Court West Calder West Lothian EH55 8DS
Received 13 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0273/A/99
Retention of existing market site entrance signs
- Whitburn Road, Bathgate
Received 13 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0326/FUL/99
Change of use from garage to form a gym/study
Myreside, Beatly Road, Winchburgh
Received 8 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0243/FUL/99
Change of use from woodland strip to private garden ground
33-40 Dunvegan Gardens, Livingston
Received 8 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0174/FUL/99
Erection of a stable block
South Hill Cottage, Wester Breich Rd, Blackburn
Received 8 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0177/FUL/99
Formation of a conservatory display area
Williamswood Garden Centre -, Beechwood Nurseries, Uphall
Received 8 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0176/H/99
Erection of 1.8m high fence and extension to house
47 Bankton Drive Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9EH
Received 8 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0307/H/98
Extension to house
1 Bankton Glade Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9DG
Received 14 Apr 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0743/A/98
Erection of an illuminated wall mounted advertising display unit
18 Main Street (Post Office), Longridge
Received 9 Sept 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0742/H/98
Extension to house
63 Riccarton Road, Linlithgow
Received 9 Sept 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0739/FUL/98
Substitution of house types on plots 19, 22 & 37
- Kirkton South 1A(1), Kirkton, Livingston
Received 9 Sept 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0737/FUL/98
Removal of condition No 5 in original planning permission 21/2/85/049 limiting the type of goods which can be sold
1-4 Almondvale West Retail Park, Adambrae Road, Livingston
Received 9 Sept 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0738/FUL/98
Alter and extend clubhouse
- Airngarth Hill, Linlithgow, EH49 7RH
Received 8 Sept 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0730/H/98
Erection of a 6ft fence (in retrospect)
23 Beechwood, Linlithgow
Received 8 Sept 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0741/H/98
Erection of a garage
19 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston
Received 8 Sept 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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