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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26,348 approved · 2,542 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0940/FUL/96
Erection of a water treatment enclosure
Hilton National , Livingston
Received 24 Oct 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0940/FUL/94
Proposed dormer extension
42 Hardhill Road, Bathgate
Received 15 Dec 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0939/H/96
Installation of replacement windows
3 St. Johns Place, Torphichen
Received 24 Oct 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0938/H/96
Erection of a fence
21 Harthill Road, Westcraigs
Received 24 Oct 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0865/P/93
Outline planning permission for 3 houses
Whitburn Road, Bathgate, EH48 2RB
Received 8 Dec 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0865/H/96
Erection of a boundary wall
14 Murieston Walk, Livingston, EH54 9EW
Received 27 Sept 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0865/H/95
Extension to house
47 Priory Road, Linlithgow, EH49 6BP
Received 18 Dec 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0865/FUL/94
Proposed amenity and general needs housing
Site At North Main Street, Winchburgh
Received 14 Nov 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0816/A/96
Proposed signboard
13 The Cross, Linlithgow
Received 13 Sept 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0816/FUL/94
Provision of thirty bay temporary car park
2 Holmes Road, Broxburn
Received 31 Oct 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0816/FUL/93
Erection of a house
7 Heatherpark, Seafield
Received 19 Nov 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0816/FUL/92
Replacement of slates
4 Holmes Farm Lane, Broxburn, EH52 5LA
Received 24 Nov 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0573/FUL/97
Erection of a garage/workshop and offices with ancillary van & truck sales and rental
Former Halls Of Broxburn Site East Mains Industrial Estate, Broxburn
Received 9 Jul 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0560/FUL/97
Erection of 4 office blocks
Almondview Almondvale, Livingston
Received 9 Jul 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0564/P/97
Outline permission for business and general industrial use
- Camps Industrial Estate, East Calder
Received 9 Jul 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0877/FUL/94
Construction of new access road and car park and extend existing access road
- Inchmuir Road,, Whitehill Industrial Estate, Bathgate
Received 21 Nov 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0877/FUL/93
Erection of kennel block
Milrig Farmhouse , Kirknewton
Received 15 Dec 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0876/NID/96
Extension to school annexe to form premises for a bowling club - Mid Calder Primary School Annexe
9 School Lane, Mid Calder
Received 4 Oct 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0876/A/93
Erection of signboards
Coxydene Farm , Kirknewton, EH27 8BB
Received 15 Dec 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0876/FUL/94
Access road construction and landscape works
Clifton View East Mains Industrial Estate, Broxburn
Received 21 Nov 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0876/FUL/92
Extension to house
2 Goschen Terrace, Broxburn
Received 29 Dec 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0825/H/96
Erection of a conservatory
23 Roman Camp Cottages, Broxburn
Received 17 Sept 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0825/FUL/95
Location of temporary buildings in car park
Polbeth Industrial Estate, Polbeth, EH55 8SD
Received 1 Dec 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0825/FUL/92
Erection of a 25m radio mast and related compound
Riccarton Farm Cairnpapple Hill, Linlithgow
Received 25 Nov 1992
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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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