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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26,345 approved · 2,540 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0414/H/00
Erection of a conservatory
4 Pilgrims Hill, Linlithgow
Received 28 Apr 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0726/FUL/99
Construction of incinerator/oxidiser system plus small bund for solvent barrel storage
Intaglio House -, Brucefield Industrial Park, Livingston
Received 17 Sept 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0655/FUL/99
Erection of a single storey office building
Plot 3 Dunnet Way, East Mains Industrial Estate, Broxburn
Received 12 Aug 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0196/NID/99
Provision of play area
- Ash Grove, Blackburn
Received 11 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0185/FUL/99
Erection of 50 houses
- Adambrae, Livingston
Received 11 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0187/FUL/99
Formation of beer garden
46-48 West Main Street (Chenzo's), Uphall
Received 11 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0188/H/99
Extension to house
9 Riverside Court Livingston Village Livingston West Lothian EH54 7BY
Received 11 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0215/H/99
Erection of a garage
59 Avondale Crescent Armadale Bathgate West Lothian EH48 3HN
Received 11 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0078/H/99
Erection of a conservatory
13 Duncan Green, Knightsridge, Livingston
Received 9 Feb 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0079/H/99
Erection of a 1.8 metre high fence
1-3 McIntosh Court, Broxburn
Received 9 Feb 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0080/H/99
Erection of a conservatory
52 Thomson Grove, Uphall
Received 9 Feb 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0077/H/99
Erection of a conservatory
23 Kepscaith Grove, Whitburn
Received 9 Feb 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0076/FUL/99
Change of use from a shop to Class 2 for office use
44 East Main Street, Broxburn
Received 8 Feb 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0073/M/99
Reinstatement of abandoned opencast clay pit by upfilling and resoiling
- New Road, Nethermuir, Bathgate
Received 8 Feb 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0277/FUL/98
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground
1 Elm Park, Blackburn
Received 7 Apr 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0281/FUL/98
Erect portacabin for offices and container for storage
189 West Main Street, Broxburn
Received 6 Apr 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0610/H/99
Extension to house
49 Glenisla Court, Whitburn
Received 9 Aug 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0621/FUL/99
Erection of 15 detached houses & four serviced plots
- Redmill Park, East Whitburn
Received 9 Aug 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0613/FUL/99
Substitution of house type
Plot 39 Glenisla Court, Blaeberryhill Road, Whitburn
Received 9 Aug 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0615/H/99
First floor extension to house
8 Fauldhouse Road, Longridge
Received 9 Aug 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0614/FUL/99
Erection of a house
3 Mungle Street, West Calder
Received 9 Aug 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0611/H/99
Erection of a garage/utility room and conservatory
4 Freeland Avenue, Broxburn
Received 9 Aug 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0578/P/99
Formation of a livestock auction market
Powflats Farm -, Broxburn
Received 1 Jul 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0521/LBC/99
Listed Building Consent & Planning Permission for replacement windows and door and refurbishment of house
15 Main Street, Livingston Village, Livingston
Received 30 Jun 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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