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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26,345 approved · 2,540 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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: 6 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0717/H/99
Erection of a conservatory
2 Mill Road, Linlithgow
Received 15 Sept 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0881/H/97
Extension to house
11 Houston Mains, Dechmont
Received 18 Nov 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0772/H/96
Formation of a roof terrace and dormer
7 Friars Loan, Linlithgow, EH49 6BE
Received 30 Aug 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0988/FUL/96
Extension to Masonic Hall
77 Main Street, Stoneyburn
Received 13 Nov 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0986/H/96
Extension to house
4 Polbeth Avenue, Polbeth
Received 13 Nov 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0985/H/96
Formation of a driveway and erection of a garage
77 Burngrange Cottages, West Calder, EH55 8ER
Received 13 Nov 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0984/FUL/96
Erection of sectional buildings
1 Fleming Road, Livingston, EH54 7BH
Received 13 Nov 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0983/H/96
Extension to house including formation of a garage
Ormiston Hill , Kirknewton, EH27 8DG
Received 12 Nov 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0982/FUL/96
Erection of a house
12 (Plot 6) Old Mill Grove, East Whitburn
Received 12 Nov 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0981/H/96
Extension to house
21 Torphichen Avenue, Mid Calder
Received 12 Nov 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0755/FUL/95
Siting of a mobile snack bar to rear
Ducana Liggat Syke Place, Broxburn
Received 25 Oct 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0755/FUL/93
Installation of french doors
64 Middleton Avenue, Uphall
Received 27 Oct 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0755/FUL/92
Change of use of public open space to garden ground and erect 6'fence
147 Overton Crescent, East Calder, EH53 0RJ
Received 27 Oct 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0754/H/96
Erection of a conservatory
69 Bankton Park West, Livingston
Received 22 Aug 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0754/A/94
Erection of signs
Distribution Warehouse (Glass Glover) Blackburn Road, Bathgate
Received 11 Oct 1994 - DecidedLIVE/1006/FUL/96
Substitution of house types on plots 40 & 42
Eliburn East 9A, Livingston
Received 18 Nov 1996 - DecidedLIVE/1005/H/96
Extension to house
25 Burghmuir Court, Linlithgow, EH49 7LS
Received 15 Nov 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0884/FUL/92
Extensions to hatchery building and creation of entrance and staff/visitor parking
Whitburn Hatchery Dixon Terrace, Whitburn
Received 31 Dec 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0883/H/96
Erection of a garage
9 Burnside Avenue, Armadale, EH48 3RE
Received 4 Oct 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0864/H/95
Installation of 2 velux windows
Plot 1 The Steading, South Lodge Avenue, Mid Calder
Received 18 Dec 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0864/A/96
Erection of 3 no. projecting poster box signs
Unit 43 Almondvale Centre, Almondvale, Livingston
Received 27 Sept 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0864/A/93
Erection of hoardings
Eliburn East 8B , Livingston
Received 8 Dec 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0864/FUL/92
Extension to house
93 Riccarton Road, Linlithgow, EH49 6HX
Received 18 Dec 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0863/A/94
Erection of sheet hoarding
14 East Main Street, Harthill
Received 15 Nov 1994
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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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