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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26,345 approved · 2,540 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0476/P/00
Outline Planning Permissin for conversion of former grain mill to a house
Strathmill -, Westfield
Received 17 May 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0474/H/00
Two storey extension to house
30 Sommers Park, Mid Calder
Received 17 May 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0473/LBC/00
Planning Permission and Listed Building Consent for the installation of an ATM
19/21 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 28 Apr 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0467/H/00
Erection of a garage
2A Newhouses Road, Broxburn
Received 16 May 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0381/H/00
Erection of a garage
19 Willow Park, Fauldhouse
Received 17 Apr 2000 - DecidedLIVE/1010/FUL/98
Alterations to existing workshop and showroom
144A West Main Street, Broxburn
Received 21 Dec 1998 - DecidedLIVE/1005/H/98
Extension to house
36 Muir Road, Bathgate
Received 21 Dec 1998 - DecidedLIVE/1009/H/98
Erection of a conservatory
77 Belsyde Court, Linlithgow
Received 21 Dec 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0997/NID/98
Installation of CCTV cameras
- High Street, Linlithgow
Received 18 Dec 1998 - DecidedLIVE/1002/H/98
Erection of a garage
97 Bankton Brae, Murieston, Livingston
Received 18 Dec 1998 - DecidedLIVE/1001/H/98
Erection of a garage
96 Bankton Brae, Murieston, Livingston
Received 18 Dec 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0682/H/99
Erection of a conservatory
31 Mansewood Crescent, Whitburn
Received 12 Aug 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0634/P/99
Outline planning permission for the conversion of a barn into a house
55 Pumpherston Road, Mid Calder
Received 12 Aug 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0630/H/99
Extension to house
39 Herd Green, Knightsridge, Livingston
Received 12 Aug 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0635/LBC/99
Internal alterations to existing estate agents to convert into turf accountants
39 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 12 Aug 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0276/FUL/99
Erection of a house and re-location of a shed
6B Houston Mains, Dechmont
Received 13 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0217/FUL/99
Proposed new non illuminated sign and clear perspex canopy
1A Avon Drive, Linlithgow Bridge
Received 10 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0335/FUL/99
Erection of a house with linked cattery and change of use of garage to form dog grooming parlour
- The Spinney, Royston, Bathgate, EH48 1JX
Received 28 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0322/FUL/99
Installation of car park entry and exit barriers
- Whitburn Road, Bathgate Retail Park, Bathgate
Received 28 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0323/ARM/99
Erection of 8 houses
- West Dyke Holdings, Greenrigg
Received 28 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0905/FUL/99
Change of use to private garden ground and erection of a garage
51 Kirkfield View, Kirkton, Livingston
Received 5 Nov 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0177/FUL/00
Installation of externally sited air handling unit and screen
- Headrig Road, South Queensferry
Received 24 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0173/H/00
Two storey extension to house
16 Dovecot Park Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7LH
Received 23 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0223/FUL/00
Erection of a 2.4m high security fence
- Westrigg, Blackridge
Received 3 Mar 2000
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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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