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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26,345 approved · 2,540 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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/0801/FUL/94
Formation of pallet storage yard, erection of 6ft high mech fence and siting of accommodation hut
Drovers Road East Mains Industrial Estate, Broxburn
Received 25 Oct 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0872/FUL/93
Extension to house
6 Harburn Village, West Calder, EH55 8RP
Received 15 Dec 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0871/H/96
Erection of a conservatory
22 Murieston Gardens, Livingston, EH54 9BA
Received 2 Oct 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0871/FUL/95
Change of use to office accommodation and erection of two dwelling houses
129 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 28 Dec 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0944/H/97
Erection of a double garage
11A Preston Park, Linlithgow
Received 11 Dec 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0954/P/97
Renewal of planning permission 850/P/94, outline permission for the erection of a nursery
23 Main Street, Deans, Livingston, EH54 8BE
Received 11 Dec 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0948/NID/97
Change of use from recreation ground to provide extension to existing highways depot and extension to security fence
Guildyhaugh, Blackburn Road, Bathgate
Received 11 Dec 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0950/FUL/97
Erection of a house with garage
Plot 13 Muriston South 1D, Murieston, Livingston
Received 10 Dec 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0945/FUL/97
Erection of a dry store
Broadmeadow -, Harburn, EH55 8RT
Received 10 Dec 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0943/A/97
Fascia sign and projecting sign
19/21 Hopetoun Street, Bathgate
Received 10 Dec 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0758/LBC/97
Listed building consent and planning permission for the erection of 5 houses and garages and removal of sheds and alterations to existing masonry wall
Site To South Of Murieston House, Murieston, Livingston
Received 25 Sept 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0763/FUL/97
Installation of communications satellite antenna
39/43 South Street, Armadale
Received 25 Sept 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0978/FUL/96
Extension to freezer store
43 Inchmuir Road, Bathgate, EH48 2EW
Received 12 Nov 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0021/A/98
Erection of free standing monolith sign in association with environmental improvements
- Brucefield Park North, Brucefield Industrial Park, Livingston
Received 9 Jan 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0010/ARM/98
Erection of 14 flats
- Mungle Street, West Calder
Received 9 Jan 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0008/FUL/98
Erection of an office building
- Dunnet Way, East Mains Industrial Estate, Broxburn
Received 8 Jan 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0007/FUL/98
Erection of a house with garage
Braehead Cottages -, Mossend, West Calder
Received 8 Jan 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0011/P/98
Outline planning permission for the erection of a house
46 Main Street, East Calder
Received 7 Jan 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0004/FUL/98
Substitution of house type
Plot 10 Newlands (Birchwood Grange), Ritchie Camp, Kirknewton
Received 7 Jan 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0002/ARM/98
Conversion of existing farm steading to form 4 houses
- South Couston Farm, Bathgate
Received 6 Jan 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0003/FUL/98
Erection of a house
Plot 6 Riverside Lea, Blackburn House Farm, Seafield
Received 6 Jan 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0900/FUL/93
Formation of additional car parking spaces
Glacier Vandervill Whitehill Industrial Estate, Bathgate
Received 20 Dec 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0899/FUL/96
Amendment to the conditions of planning permission relating to external finishing materials and other minor alterations for the erection of a house
Old Edinburgh Road, Linlithgow
Received 11 Oct 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0845/P/95
Outline planning permission for a Class IV use and associated works
Easter Inch Blackburn Road, Bathgate, EH48 2EH
Received 7 Dec 1995
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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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