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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26,345 approved · 2,540 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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/0341/H/00
Re-roofing and removal of chimney stacks
22 Bridge Street, Fauldhouse
Received 30 Mar 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0618/FUL/00
Formation of ramped access and external fire escape
- Starlaw Park, Starlaw Road, Livingston
Received 26 Jun 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0607/FUL/00
Amendment to Planning Permission 0368/97 to reduce the number of houses from 72 to 50
- Hunter Grove, Bathgate
Received 26 Jun 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0686/A/00
Erection of a fascia sign
1 Bell Square, Brucefield Industrial Park, Livingston
Received 26 Jun 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0630/FUL/00
Erection of a 19575sqm extension to manufacturing and office facilities including additional parking
Electronic Manufacturing Unit Blackness Road, Linlithgow
Received 23 Jun 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0636/H/00
Extension to garage
Easter Breich Farm -, West Calder
Received 23 Jun 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0695/FUL/00
Extension to club house to form locker room, erection of a pitched roof and blockwork/roughcast cladding
Bridgecastle Golf Course -, Armadale
Received 26 May 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0519/H/00
Extension to house
North Reeves Cottage North Reeves, Whitburn
Received 26 May 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0534/H/99
Erection of a garage and sun room
28 Newhouses Road, Broxburn
Received 7 Jul 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0531/FUL/99
Change of use to form Class 2 Betting Office
Units 11 & 12 Town Centre, Blackburn
Received 7 Jul 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0535/H/99
Erection of a triple garage, boundary walls, gates and associated works
Woodlands House Hardhill Road, Armadale
Received 7 Jul 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0824/FUL/99
Erection of 2 Class 4 business units plus new access road, infrastructure and landscape
Site V7, Charlesfield Road, Kirkton Campus, Livingston
Received 22 Oct 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0819/FUL/99
Substitution of 43 house types on plots 74-87 and 171-199
- Loaninghill Road, Loaninghill, Uphall
Received 21 Oct 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0818/FUL/99
Alterations to form hipped roof
- Shrine Place, Broxburn
Received 21 Oct 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0465/FUL/99
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground
11 Manitoba Avenue, Howden, Livingston
Received 18 May 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0302/A/99
Erection of various illuminated free standing, wall mounted and panel signs
Travel Inn Deer Park, Livingston
Received 15 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0283/H/99
Erection of a conservatory
15 Parkhead Gardens West Calder West Lothian EH55 8AY
Received 15 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0282/FUL/99
Erection of a Class 1 food retail unit (1241sqm gross internal floor area) with associated car parking, service arrangement, landscaping and formation of an access
28 Falkirk Road, Linlithgow
Received 14 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0265/A/98
Replacement of existing filling station signage
3 Main Street, Newton Filling Station, Newton
Received 3 Apr 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0266/A/98
Replacement of existing filling station signage
Royston Service Station -, Wester Dechmont, Dechmont
Received 3 Apr 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0303/LBC/98
Listed Building Consent & Planning Permission for conversion of distillery & kiln to form 33 flats and associated car parking
- St Magdalenes Distillery, Linlithgow
Received 3 Apr 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0991/FUL/98
Erection of a house and garage
Plot 3 The Fieldings, East Whitburn
Received 16 Dec 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0992/FUL/98
Erection of a garage
- Almondvale, Livingston
Received 16 Dec 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0993/FUL/98
Proposed residential development to form 90 houses and associated roads and parking
- Park Terrace, Broxburn
Received 16 Dec 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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