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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.
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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26,345 approved · 2,540 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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/0845/P/93
Outline planning permission for a housing development
Catrina Poultry Farm Pyothall, Broxburn
Received 2 Dec 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0884/FUL/94
Change of use from shop to licenced disco on ground floor
32-38 Jarvey Street, Bathgate
Received 22 Nov 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0835/A/92
Erection of a signboard
Storage And Distribution Depot , Bathgate
Received 2 Dec 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0835/FUL/96
Erection of a house
Hartwood Mains, West Calder, EH55 8LE
Received 19 Sept 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0835/FUL/95
Temporary siting of a residential caravan
2 Quarry Cottages, Blackridge, EH48 3RJ
Received 4 Dec 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0835/FUL/94
Alterations to fascade and rear extension
75-77 East Main Street, Broxburn
Received 3 Nov 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0834/P/92
Outline planning permission for a residential development
Site At Station Road/Livingston Street, Addiewell
Received 1 Dec 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0834/LBC/96
Planning Permission and Listed Building Consent for conversion of steading to form two houses
Hartwood Mains, West Calder, EH55 8LE
Received 19 Sept 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0801/FUL/93
Change of use from open space to garden ground
5A Easton Road, Bathgate
Received 15 Nov 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0800/LBC/93
Listed Building Consent for proposed alterations to existing workshop
Hopetoun House , South Queensferry
Received 12 Nov 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0800/H/95
Installation of 5 velux windows
2 St. Michaels Lane, Linlithgow
Received 14 Nov 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0800/FUL/96
Extension to clubhouse to form locker room and provision of disabled access
Greenburn Golf Club, Greenburn Road, Fauldhouse, EH47 8NL
Received 9 Sept 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0800/FUL/94
Placement of residential caravan for 12 months
Plot 2 Blackfaulds Farm, Avonbridge
Received 25 Oct 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0800/FUL/92
Conversion of disused railway into cycleway/footpath/bridleway
Site At Disused Railway, Blackridge
Received 17 Nov 1992 - DecidedLIVE/1059/FUL/96
Removal of existing house and erection of house
4 Houston Mains, Dechmont
Received 10 Dec 1996 - DecidedLIVE/1058/H/96
Extension to house
43 Dunvegan Gardens, Livingston
Received 10 Dec 1996 - DecidedLIVE/1057/FUL/96
Erection of a house
9 Holmes Holdings, Broxburn
Received 10 Dec 1996 - DecidedLIVE/1056/FUL/96
Erection of a house
Plot 8 Murieston South 1D, Murieston, Livingston
Received 10 Dec 1996 - DecidedLIVE/1055/H/96
Erection of a garage
Beech Cottage , Ecclesmachan
Received 10 Dec 1996 - DecidedLIVE/1054/FUL/96
Erection of portacabin for office accommodation
52 Main Street, Stoneyburn, EH47 8EL
Received 10 Dec 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0768/FUL/97
Change of use to form licensed restaurant, take-away & home delivery service and licensed snooker/american pool club
Ochil House, Owen Square, Dedridge, Livingston
Received 25 Sept 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0777/FUL/97
Construction of a roundabout & access road and alterations to slip roads & associated landscaping at B792 & A7066
Easter Inch Blackburn Road, Bathgate
Received 25 Sept 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0897/FUL/97
Extension to factory
Unit 6, Mosshall Industrial Estate, Blackburn
Received 25 Nov 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0927/FUL/97
Variation of condition 5 of planning permission 275/97 to allow opening hours until 1am
Unit 1, Newyearfield Farm, Ladywell, Livingston
Received 25 Nov 1997
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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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