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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26,345 approved · 2,540 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0112/FUL/00
Erection of 2 polytunnels
Land Former Woodthorpe Garden Centre Woodthorpe Gardens Bathgate West Lothian
Received 7 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0125/H/00
Erection of a timber balcony
18 Ecclesmachan Road, Uphall
Received 7 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0116/FUL/00
Change of use from bank to Turkish restaurant and take-away
15 Bank Street, Mid Calder
Received 7 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0120/H/00
Extension to house
16 Lyefield Place, Eliburn, Livingston
Received 7 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0117/H/00
Extension to house
51 Bankton Drive, Murieston, Livingston
Received 7 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0111/P/00
Outline Planning Permission for new country house estate with 36 executive houses, hotel, 18 hole golf course, woodland country walks and nature reserves
Torbane Hall, Northrigg, Armadale
Received 7 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0523/FUL/00
Extension to shop and post office and alterations to existing shop front
Seafield Store & Post Office Redhouse Road, Seafield
Received 26 May 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0550/A/00
Erection of an illuminated fascia sign
Kaim Park Hotel -, Bathgate
Received 26 May 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0580/FUL/00
Two storey extension to house and installation of dormers
Forfar House Ballencrieff Toll, Bathgate
Received 26 May 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0164/H/00
Extension to house
34 Reveston Lane, Whitburn
Received 21 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0166/FUL/00
Change of use from public house to restaurant (Class 3) and hot food take-away
25 Main Street, Deans, Livingston
Received 21 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0161/H/00
Installation of dormer window
79 Falside Crescent, Bathgate
Received 21 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0165/FUL/00
Erection of water storage tank and pump house for sprinkler system
Unit 5 West Almondvale Retail Park, Livingston
Received 21 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0162/FUL/00
Installation of a new shop front and additional extractor flue
95 Main Street, Fauldhouse
Received 21 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0160/H/00
Alterations to form porch and garage conversion
25 Acredales Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6HY
Received 21 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0163/H/00
Two storey extension to house
1 Greenhill Court, Fauldhouse
Received 21 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0076/FUL/00
Change of use from garage services to storage & distribution
Unit 16 Nettlehill Road, Houston Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 24 Jan 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0050/H/00
Erection of front porch
81 Gowanbank, Livingston
Received 24 Jan 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0353/LBC/99
Listed building consent and planning permission for extension to house
Harburn Stables -, West Calder
Received 14 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0271/H/99
Demolition of porch and erection of a conservatory
- Camilty Mill, Harburn
Received 14 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0285/A/99
Erection of various illuminated directory boards, road signage and orientation totems
Sites 1, 2 & 3 Kirkton Campus, Livingston
Received 14 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0278/P/99
Outline permission for construction of Class 4 or Class 5 newbuild facilities
Sites V2, V3 & V4, -, Kirkton Campus, Livingston
Received 14 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0291/FUL/99
Erection of an agricultural building
Drumcross Farm -, Bathgate
Received 14 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0619/A/99
Erection of a free standing illuminated tower sign
- Almondvale Avenue, Almondvale, Livingston
Received 6 Aug 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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