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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26,345 approved · 2,540 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0841/FUL/99
Change of use to scaffolding, storage and distribution yard
50 East Main Street, Armadale
Received 1 Nov 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0842/FUL/99
Change of use to form a house and elevation changes including new glazed screen and window cleaning balcony
9A Main Street, Blackridge
Received 1 Nov 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0843/H/99
Installation of a dormer
119 Glasgow Road, Bathgate
Received 1 Nov 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0840/FUL/99
Erection of a house with garage
Plot 9 Daisy Hill, Blackburn
Received 29 Oct 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0181/FUL/99
Erection of a telecommunications equipment housing and 2.5m high security fence
- Howden East, Livingston
Received 10 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0182/A/99
Erection of illuminated fascia and free standing signs
Beefeater & Travel Inn, Deer Park, Livingston
Received 10 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0178/FUL/99
Variation of Condition No.4 of original consent 0441/94 and consent 0649/97 relating to external finishes to housing development
- Standhill Road, Inchcross, Bathgate
Received 10 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0075/FUL/99
Demolition of cottage
13 Raw Holdings, East Calder
Received 3 Feb 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0066/FUL/99
Erection of new pavillion including sports changing room, kitchen facilities, external covered seating area and flood lighting
- Beechwood Park, Strathyre Drive, Stoneyburn
Received 2 Feb 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0372/H/99
Relocation of boundary fence
58 Robertson Way, Livingston
Received 17 May 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0370/M/99
Re-cycling facility for the processing of demolition material for the duration of site operations
- Torphin Quarry, West Calder
Received 17 May 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0382/H/99
Extension and alteration to house and relocation of garage
Braecroft St Ninians Road, Linlithgow
Received 17 May 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0379/H/99
Formation of a driveway
82 Burngrange Cottages, West Calder
Received 17 May 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0436/FUL/99
Erection of a house
- Belsyde, Linlithgow
Received 17 May 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0226/H/99
Two storey extension to house
100 Boghall Drive, Bathgate
Received 25 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0229/H/99
Erection of a satellite dish
Plot 1C 1 Priorscroft, Torphichen
Received 25 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0813/FUL/92
Extension to house
22 Parkwood Crescent, Broxburn
Received 25 Nov 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0812/LBC/94
Application for retrospective LBC for demolition of west wing of building and PP and LBC for the reconstruction of the building to form a house
Skivo Farm Murieston, Livingston
Received 27 Oct 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0812/H/95
Erection of a garage
48 Braehead Road, Linlithgow, EH49 6DY
Received 21 Nov 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0802/A/92
Erection of signs
Overshiel Farm , East Calder, EH53 0HT
Received 17 Nov 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0802/FUL/94
Siting of port-a-cabin and erection of pigeon loft
16 Bathgate Road, Blackburn, EH47 7LW
Received 25 Oct 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0755/H/96
Erection of a garage
1 Letham Terrace, Pumpherston, EH53 One
Received 22 Aug 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0755/A/94
Erection of signs
Lex Rover West Main Street, Uphall, EH52 5DZ
Received 11 Oct 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0317/FUL/99
Erection of a house and garage
Plot 1, The Fieldings Hens Nest Road, Whitburn
Received 27 Apr 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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