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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26,345 approved · 2,540 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0752/A/96
Erection of a signboard
A89 , Dechmont
Received 22 Aug 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0882/FUL/93
Extension to house
35 Broompark View, East Calder
Received 15 Dec 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0882/FUL/92
Installation of a satellite antenna
12/14 Goschen Terrace, Broxburn
Received 31 Dec 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0881/P/96
Outline planning permission for erection of a house
18 Newhouses Road, Broxburn, EH52 5NZ
Received 4 Oct 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0881/P/92
Outline planning permission for a house
Land Adj To Dreghorn Cottage Balmuir Road, Bathgate
Received 31 Dec 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0881/FUL/94
Erection of 4 stables and tack room
Champfleurie Riding Stables Champfleurie, Linlithgow, EH49 6NB
Received 22 Nov 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0881/FUL/93
Extension to house
11 Firbank Grove, East Calder, EH53 0DY
Received 15 Dec 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0880/M/92
Extraction of coal and fireclay by opencast methods
Woodbank Farm , Armadale, EH48 3BE
Received 30 Dec 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0880/FUL/96
Proposed new shop front
10/12 King Street, Bathgate
Received 4 Oct 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0811/A/92
Proposed lights above fascia board
245 High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7EW
Received 19 Nov 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0811/FUL/96
Erection of 6 semi-detached houses
Main Street, Fauldhouse
Received 11 Sept 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0811/FUL/95
Installation of compound and 25m telecommunications pole and apparatus
Whitburn Community Centre Manse Road, Whitburn
Received 21 Nov 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0811/FUL/93
Erection of a house
Plot 4 Redmill Court, East Whitburn
Received 18 Nov 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0828/H/96
Extension to house
127 Sheriffs Park, Linlithgow
Received 19 Sept 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0828/A/95
Erection of a signboard
Whitequarries Industrial Estate, Newton, EH52 6PZ
Received 1 Dec 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0828/FUL/93
Amendment to two house types and formation of 1 additional flat
67/77 South Bridge Street, Bathgate
Received 24 Nov 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0827/P/93
Outline planning permission for 2 houses
11 Limefield Road, Polbeth, EH55 8UD
Received 23 Nov 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0827/A/94
Proposed hoarding
Bathgate Motors Glasgow Road, Bathgate
Received 2 Nov 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0871/FUL/94
Erection of a conservatory
22 Lennox Gardens, Linlithgow, EH49 7QA
Received 17 Nov 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0871/FUL/93
Extension to house
The Stables -, Harburn
Received 10 Dec 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0871/FUL/92
Proposed distribution chill
Site At East Main Street, Broxburn
Received 22 Dec 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0870/H/95
Extension to house
Holm Cottage Main Street, Blackridge
Received 20 Dec 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0870/FUL/96
Erection of 1.1/2 storey house with integral garage and storage outbuilding
Croft 5 Hens Nest Road, East Whitburn
Received 2 Oct 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0870/FUL/93
Change of use from shop to betting shop
4-6 Greendykes Road, Broxburn
Received 10 Dec 1993
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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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