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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26,345 approved · 2,540 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0805/FUL/99
Conversion of existing building to form 2 flats including first floor extension
- Union Road, Bathgate
Received 15 Oct 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0804/FUL/99
Substitution of house types on plots 699-706 (renumbered 901-912), introduction of new house type and overall increase of 4 houses
- Waverley Crescent, Eliburn, Livingston
Received 15 Oct 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0704/FUL/99
Erection of a house and garage
- Duddingston Crescent, Newton
Received 9 Sept 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0708/H/99
Two storey extension to house
91 Sheephousehill, Fauldhouse
Received 8 Sept 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0702/H/99
Erection of a conservatory and boundary wall
22 Bailielands, Linlithgow
Received 8 Sept 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0699/FUL/99
Change of use of first floor offices to flatted house
8 George Place, The Steelyard, Bathgate
Received 7 Sept 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0698/H/99
Erection of a double garage
46 Hardhill Road, Bathgate
Received 7 Sept 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0415/H/00
Extension to house
43 Edinburgh Road, Linlithgow
Received 2 May 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0417/H/00
Installation of a dormer
6 New Holygate, Broxburn
Received 2 May 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0319/LBC/00
Listed building consent and planning permision for the Installation of replacement windows
Westerpark House Falkirk Road, Linlithgow
Received 23 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0174/H/00
First floor extension to house
44 Kilne Place Eliburn Livingston West Lothian EH54 6SG
Received 23 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0063/FUL/00
Replace existing wire mesh boundary fencing with new boundary fencing
2 Whitestone Place, Whitehill Industrial Estate, Bathgate
Received 26 Jan 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0593/FUL/00
Erection of industrial unit to house plant and tool hire/sales depot including surrounding external works
- East Mains Industrial Estate, Broxburn
Received 12 Jun 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0570/FUL/00
Erection of a 900sqm factory extension
New Calder Paper Mills -, Livingston
Received 12 Jun 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0571/FUL/00
Erection of a house
Plot 25 Inchcross Park, Bathgate
Received 12 Jun 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0462/FUL/00
Erection of a house
Plot 4 Easter Longridge Farm, Longridge
Received 15 May 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0464/H/00
Two storey extension to house
117 East Main Street, Broxburn
Received 15 May 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0465/H/00
Two storey extension to house
50 Houstoun Gardens, Uphall
Received 15 May 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0548/H/00
Erection of a conservatory
68 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston
Received 15 May 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0526/LBC/00
Listed Building Consent for the erection of fascia signs and formation of a new fire escape door and extractor fan
15 Bank Street, Mid Calder
Received 26 May 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0562/LBC/00
Planning permission and listed building consent for the installation of a replacement window and internal alterations
24 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 26 May 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0561/A/00
Advertisement consent and Listed Building Consent for the erection of a projecting sign
24 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 26 May 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0403/FUL/00
Erection of a 348 sqm office extension
- Avonmill Industrial Estate, Mill Road, Linlithgow Bridge
Received 27 Apr 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0715/H/99
Installation of a dormer
26 New Holygate, Broxburn
Received 16 Sept 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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