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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26,345 approved · 2,540 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0833/FUL/94
Extension and alteration of front and rear elevations
3 Burnside Cottages, Threemiletown, EH49 6NR
Received 2 Nov 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0812/FUL/96
Upgrading of existing access to site from Bellsquarry South to vehicular & pedestrian access, with one way system
Newpark House Newpark Road, Livingston
Received 12 Sept 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0762/FUL/96
Erection of a house
Plot 1 Redhouse Road, Seafield
Received 28 Aug 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0762/FUL/94
Installation of bay window and formation of driveway
6 Colinshiel View, Armadale
Received 12 Oct 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0762/FUL/93
Extension to existing sun porch
15 Bellsburn Avenue, Linlithgow, EH49 7LD
Received 29 Oct 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0762/FUL/92
Installation of a port-a-cabin
7 Wilkieston, Wilkieston
Received 29 Oct 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0761/LBC/95
Listed building consent for internal alterations
11 The Cross, Linlithgow
Received 27 Oct 1995 - DecidedLIVE/1053/P/96
Outline planning permission for housing development
- Mungle Street, West Calder
Received 10 Dec 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0980/FUL/96
Substitution of house types on 21 plots
Kirkton South, Livingston
Received 12 Nov 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0979/FUL/96
Formation of flood relief ponds and realignment of the fairway adjacent to the Breich Watre (1st amendment)
Greenburn Golf Club, Greenburn Road, Fauldhouse
Received 12 Nov 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0754/FUL/95
Siting of L.P. Gas Storage Tank
Kingscavil, Linlithgow
Received 20 Oct 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0754/FUL/93
Proposed car boot sale on Saturday and Sunday
Old Shovel Works Glasgow Road, Bathgate
Received 27 Oct 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0754/FUL/92
Erection of a garage/store
1 Craigpark, Torphichen, EH48 4QJ
Received 23 Oct 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0753/H/96
Installation of solar heating
Gardners Hall, Linlithgow
Received 22 Aug 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0902/H/96
Erection of a double garage
24 Burngrange Gardens, West Calder
Received 11 Oct 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0902/FUL/94
Erection of a conservatory
04 Ennis Park, Polbeth
Received 30 Nov 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0902/FUL/93
Retrospective application to increase height of garden wall
11 Greenrigg Cottages, Harthill
Received 20 Dec 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0901/H/96
Erection of a conservatory
13 Harburn Avenue, Livingston
Received 11 Oct 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0901/FUL/94
Change of use from shop to licensed disco
44-46 Jarvey Street, Bathgate
Received 30 Nov 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0901/FUL/93
Erection of above ground agricultural slurry store and underground reception pit and effluent tank
Muldron Farm , Bathgate
Received 20 Dec 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0900/FUL/96
Change of use from Class 1 retail shop to Class 3 food and drink
4 East Main Street, Armadale
Received 11 Oct 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0900/FUL/94
Proposed house
Site At Bridge Place, Broxburn
Received 29 Nov 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0863/FUL/92
Extension to house
16 Bellsburn Avenue, Linlithgow, EH49 7LB
Received 18 Dec 1992 - DecidedLIVE/1052/H/96
Extension to house
23 West Glen Avenue, Livingston
Received 10 Dec 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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