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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26,345 approved · 2,540 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0787/H/99
Erection of a garage
3 Burns Crescent, Greenrigg
Received 11 Oct 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0789/H/99
Erection of a porch
10 Huntburn Avenue, Linlithgow
Received 11 Oct 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0817/FUL/99
Installation of a new shop front
10 West Main Street, Uphall
Received 11 Oct 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0319/H/99
Erection of a conservatory
Ormiston Farm -, Kirknewton
Received 27 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0316/LBC/99
Listed building consent and planning permission for the installation of replacement windows
63 High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7ED
Received 27 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0318/FUL/99
Conversion of farm steading to form a house
1 New Road, South Couston Steading, Bathgate
Received 27 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0230/H/99
Erection of a garage and alterations to house
50 Overton Crescent, East Calder
Received 26 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0231/H/99
Extension to house
47 Greenburn Road, Fauldhouse
Received 26 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0387/FUL/99
Change of use of public open space to private garden ground, formation of a driveway and erection of a garage
98 Elie Avenue, Deans, Livingston
Received 26 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0227/H/99
Extension to house
26 Deanburn Road, Linlithgow
Received 26 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0252/FUL/99
Renewal of planning permission for the storage of a residential caravan for owner/staff use and portakabin office
The Breich Inns -, Breich
Received 25 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/1016/FUL/98
Change of use from a shop (class 1) to food & drink (class 3)
1 Whitburn Road, Bathgate
Received 18 Dec 1998 - DecidedLIVE/1003/H/98
Erection of a garage and conservatory
4 Westhall Gardens, Uphall
Received 17 Dec 1998 - DecidedLIVE/1015/FUL/98
Erection of a manager's office and hot food take-away snack bar
- Brucefield Park North, Brucefield Industrial Park, Livingston
Received 17 Dec 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0301/H/99
Installation of replacement windows
25 The Loan, Torphichen
Received 9 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0170/FUL/99
Erection of a house and detached garage and change of use to form extension to horticultural nursery
Ridgeview Nurseries, Stoneyburn Road (B7015), Fauldhouse
Received 8 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0205/FUL/99
Siting of 2 No. portacabins for use as changing rooms & canteen
- Murieston Valley Road, Murieston, Livingston
Received 8 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0171/FUL/99
Erection of a house with integral granny flat and change of use of public open space to form additional garden ground
46 Hardhill Road, Bathgate
Received 8 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0172/FUL/99
Reconstruction of partially demolished public house
3-7 King Street, Bathgate
Received 8 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0173/FUL/99
Change of use from domestic garage to commercial operation of steel fabrication business
1 Letham Holdings, Pumpherston
Received 8 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0478/A/99
Erection of a signboard
12 Tartraven Place, East Mains Industrial Estate, Broxburn
Received 8 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0557/ARM/98
Erection of a house
Plot 8 Willow Park, Fauldhouse
Received 10 Jul 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0561/FUL/98
Erection of a function room/bistro extension
The Firs, Langside Gardens, Polbeth
Received 10 Jul 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0558/FUL/98
Alterations & change of use to form office with sleeping accommodation
Kilpunt Farm -, Broxburn
Received 8 Jul 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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