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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26,345 approved · 2,540 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0879/FUL/93
Extension to house
21 The Green, Bathgate
Received 15 Dec 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0878/P/93
Outline planning permission for a residential development
Site At Balmuir Road, Bathgate
Received 15 Dec 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0878/FUL/96
Installation of new entrance and alterations (to form Bingo Hall)
The Forum Arena Almondvale Boulevard, Livingston
Received 4 Oct 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0878/FUL/94
Extension of clubhouse
Bowling Club South Street, Armadale, EH48 3JU
Received 21 Nov 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0878/FUL/92
Amendment to existing permission to erect 3 terraced houses
Plots 47, 48 And 49 Raeburn Park, Polbeth
Received 29 Dec 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0803/FUL/97
Installation of new shop front
Unit B6, Freeport Shopping & Leisure Village, Westwood, West Calder
Received 15 Oct 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0806/FUL/97
Alterations to elevations
1 Bain Square, Kirkton Campus, Livingston
Received 14 Oct 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0799/H/97
Extension to house
86 Primrose Place, Livingston
Received 14 Oct 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0798/FUL/97
Demolition of existing building and erection of a house and garage
13 North Street, Armadale
Received 13 Oct 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0796/FUL/97
Erection of a non-food retail warehouse with associated service area, car parking, landscaping and adjustment to car park access
- Almondvale Retail Park, Almondvale, Livingston
Received 13 Oct 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0844/FUL/94
Extension to house
11 Craig Road, Whitburn
Received 7 Nov 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0844/FUL/93
Alterations to and installation of roller shutters to retail unit
Site At West Main Street, Fauldhouse
Received 2 Dec 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0844/FUL/92
Extension to house
112 Langton View, East Calder
Received 8 Dec 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0843/LBC/95
Listed building consent and planning permission for alteration from an existing window opening to a door opening
Hopetoun House Hopetoun Estate, South Queensferry, EH30 9SL
Received 7 Dec 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0843/A/96
Erection of 2 illuminated facia signs
21 Grange Road, Livingston, EH54 5DD
Received 23 Sept 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0843/FUL/94
Extension to house
2 Humbie Holdings, Kirknewton
Received 7 Nov 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0843/FUL/93
Creation of an access
Garnock House Kirkton Avenue, Bathgate, EH48 1EW
Received 2 Dec 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0843/FUL/92
Extension to house
26 Fountainhead Road, Bathgate, EH48 4OG
Received 8 Dec 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0833/FUL/93
Proposed dormer extension
127 Craigton Place, Winchburgh
Received 30 Nov 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0833/FUL/92
Erection of a house
Site At Balmuir Road, Bathgate
Received 1 Dec 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0832/A/95
Erection of free standing and wall mounted signs
Tesco Distribution Warehouse Caputhall Road, Livingston
Received 4 Dec 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0832/FUL/94
Erection of an aviary
9 Birniehill Avenue, Bathgate
Received 2 Nov 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0799/FUL/94
Erection of a house
3 Manse Grove, Stoneyburn
Received 24 Oct 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0749/FUL/93
Proposed replacement windows
11 Carlyle Terrace, Bathgate, EH48 1BX
Received 25 Oct 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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