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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 dates31,672Searchable applications
266Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 28,890 approved or refused records
2,542Refused applications
26,348 approved · 2,542 refused · 1,684 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Jan 1992 to 30 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0884/H/97
Extension to house
69 Croftfoot Drive, Fauldhouse
Received 18 Nov 1997 - DecidedLIVE/1089/FUL/96
Change of use from office to residential
22 Hopetoun Street, Bathgate
Received 19 Dec 1996 - DecidedLIVE/1088/A/96
Erection of signboards
25 Mill Road, Linlithgow Bridge
Received 19 Dec 1996 - DecidedLIVE/1087/P/96
Erection of a house and garage
3 The Glen/Athol Terrace, Bathgate
Received 19 Dec 1996 - DecidedLIVE/1086/NID/96
Proposed car park, associated road improvements and parking barrier
St. Ninians Way, Linlithgow
Received 19 Dec 1996 - DecidedLIVE/1085/H/96
Extension to house
3 Inch Crescent, Bathgate, EH48 1EU
Received 19 Dec 1996 - DecidedLIVE/1084/M/96
Variation of conditions of planning permission to allow extraction of material from 7pm to 5am (for 14 weeks) and the importation and storage of soil prior in advance of approval of restoration details
The Green Bing , Broxburn
Received 16 Dec 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0904/H/96
Erection of 6 foot high wall
2 Dovecot Park, Linlithgow, EH49 7LU
Received 11 Oct 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0904/A/94
Erection of signs
4 Regent Centre, Linlithgow
Received 1 Dec 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0904/P/93
Outline planning permission for subdivision of Plot 6 to form 2 house plots
Plot 6 Meadowhead Road, Addiewell
Received 21 Dec 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0903/H/96
Dormer extension to house
18 Loch Maree Way, Whitburn
Received 11 Oct 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0853/FUL/93
Planning permission to form lower floor facilities for disabled child
67 Turnhigh Road, Whitburn
Received 3 Dec 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0853/FUL/92
Change of use from hauliers yard to coal yard
Kalamunda Farm Bridgecastle Road, Bridgecastle
Received 11 Dec 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0789/NPD/94
Notice of Proposed Development for Army Cadet Force building
Site Ash Grove, Blackburn
Received 20 Oct 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0789/H/95
Erection of a pergola
7 Durham Drive, Bathgate, EH48 2BY
Received 9 Nov 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0789/H/96
Erection of a conservatory
165 Raeburn Rigg, Livingston
Received 6 Sept 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0789/FUL/93
Extension to house
1 Hillside Cottages, Linlithgow, EH49 6AB
Received 8 Nov 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0789/FUL/92
Installation of a dormer
Millbank Cottage Niddrie Road, Winchburgh
Received 11 Nov 1992 - DecidedLIVE/1067/FUL/96
Erection of mobile office
11B Mansefield Street, Bathgate, EH48 4HU
Received 11 Dec 1996 - DecidedLIVE/1066/H/96
Erection of two garages
Overshiel Farm , East Calder, EH53 0HT
Received 11 Dec 1996 - DecidedLIVE/1065/A/96
Erection of 2 signboards at Livingston Cricket Club Car Park
Murieston Valley, Livingston
Received 11 Dec 1996 - DecidedLIVE/1064/FUL/96
Installation of a temporary sales cabin and associated parking at Livingston Cricket Club Car Park
Murieston Valley, Livingston
Received 11 Dec 1996 - DecidedLIVE/1063/FUL/96
Environmental improvements to shop fronts
The Steelyard, Bathgate
Received 11 Dec 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0119/FUL/98
Substitution of house type
Plot 8 Newlands (Birchwood Grange), Ritchie Camp, Kirknewton
Received 19 Feb 1998
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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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