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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26,345 approved · 2,540 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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/0870/FUL/92
Extension to house
3 Calder Road, Bellsquarry
Received 22 Dec 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0685/A/97
Illuminated fascia sign
Unit 1/1A, Norwood Industrial Estate, Longridge Road, Whitburn
Received 4 Sept 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0724/FUL/97
Substitution of 3 No. house types
Plots 2, 35 & 36 Lady Place, Eliburn, Livingston
Received 4 Sept 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0687/NID/97
Replacement of existing roof tiling (excluding 57 to 71), roughcast, windows, external doors, downpipes and gutters
1-71 And 2-56 Chapelton Drive, Polbeth
Received 4 Sept 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0693/FUL/97
Erection of toilet block and workshop/stores outbuilding
Factory (Ewos) Torphichen Road, Westfield, EH48 3BP
Received 3 Sept 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0977/H/96
House extension and alterations
16 Edinburgh Road, Bathgate
Received 11 Nov 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0976/FUL/96
Extension to office
Muir Road, Houstoun Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 8 Nov 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0975/A/96
Erection of a sign
135/137 Main Street, East Calder
Received 8 Nov 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0974/H/96
Erection of a conservatory
29 Firbank Grove, East Calder, EH53 0DY
Received 8 Nov 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0973/FUL/96
Substitution of house types on plots 701, 702 and 741 to 750
Site KW5C, Thompson Green, Knightsridge, Livingston
Received 8 Nov 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0879/LBC/92
Listed Building Consent for alterations
Loganlea House , Loganlea
Received 30 Dec 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0879/FUL/96
Construction of a 10 screen multiflex cinema and associated site works
Almondvale, Livingston
Received 4 Oct 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0922/H/96
Formation of a new access
18 West Main Street, Broxburn, EH52 5RH
Received 16 Oct 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0921/H/96
Erection of a garage
Burnside Cottage Greenburn Road, Fauldhouse
Received 16 Oct 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0921/FUL/94
Change of use of open space to garden ground
36 Drummond Place, Blackridge, EH48 3SF
Received 8 Dec 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0920/A/96
Proposed erection of 3 fascia signs and 1 pylon sign
West Main Street, Uphall
Received 16 Oct 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0920/FUL/94
Erection of a house
Plot 3 Swinabbey Farm, East Whitburn
Received 8 Dec 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0919/H/96
Erection of a porch
69 Houston Gardens, Uphall
Received 16 Oct 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0919/FUL/94
Extension to house
58 Burns Avenue, Armadale
Received 8 Dec 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0845/H/96
Erection of a garage
24 Ballantyne Place, Livingston
Received 23 Sept 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0845/FUL/94
Erection of a house and garage
16 Westwood View, West Calder
Received 7 Nov 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0845/FUL/92
Extension to house
8 Parkhead Holdings, Linlithgow
Received 8 Dec 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0844/H/95
Erection of a conservatory
4 Webster Court, Broxburn
Received 7 Dec 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0844/H/96
Erection of garage
88 Ravenswood Rise, Livingston
Received 23 Sept 1996
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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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