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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26,348 approved · 2,542 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0120/FUL/98
Alterations and change of use to Residential Institution (Class 8)
100 Barton Terrace, Fauldhouse
Received 19 Feb 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0118/FUL/98
Erection of a house
- Faraday Place, Addiewell
Received 19 Feb 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0116/FUL/98
Change of use from class 1 (retail) to class 2 (betting office)
19/21 Hopetoun Street, Bathgate
Received 19 Feb 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0115/FUL/98
Ecological treatment system comprising 1 pond, 3 wetlands and a willow soakaway
Factory (Ewos) Torphichen Road, Westfield
Received 19 Feb 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0922/P/97
Outline permission for the erection of a house
8 Kirk Lane, Livingston Village, Livingston
Received 27 Nov 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0908/H/97
Erection of a garage
65 Parklands, Broxburn
Received 27 Nov 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0905/FUL/97
Formation of yard and erection of storage shed and office
Units 1 & 2, Armadale Industrial Estate, Bathville, Armadale
Received 27 Nov 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0907/FUL/97
Erection of garage block and material bin store and refurbishment of office building
West Lothian Depot, Muir Road, Houston Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 26 Nov 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0902/FUL/97
Removal of condition No.4 of planning permission 568/94 restricting the ridge and wallhead heights of a house to 6m and 2.8m respectively
Plot 6 The Steading, South Lodge Avenue, Mid Calder
Received 26 Nov 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0903/H/97
Proposed conservatory
2 Eastfield View, Fauldhouse
Received 26 Nov 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0901/P/97
Outline permission for the erection of two houses
- Barns Court, West Lothian, East Whitburn
Received 25 Nov 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0151/H/98
Extension to house
3 Harburn Road, Harburn
Received 3 Mar 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0774/FUL/95
Extension to house
55 Station Road, Armadale
Received 31 Oct 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0774/FUL/94
Erection of a house and garage
Plot 3 Edinburgh Road, Bathgate
Received 18 Oct 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0774/FUL/93
Installation of fibre optic cable along route of Union Canal Towing Path
Union Canal , Broxburn
Received 2 Nov 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0774/FUL/92
Erection of stores and installation of oil storage tank
44 East Mains Industrial Estate, Broxburn
Received 3 Nov 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0773/H/96
Erection of wall and fence
1 Bridgend Place, Whitburn
Received 30 Aug 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0773/A/95
Erection of various facia signs
Woods Garage Main Street, West Calder, EH55 8AD
Received 31 Oct 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0773/FUL/94
Change of use of public open space to private garden ground and erection of garages
69 Drummond Place, Blackridge, EH48 3SE
Received 18 Oct 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0773/FUL/92
Erection of 3 houses and garages
Plots 7,8,And 9 Windyknowe Park, Bathgate
Received 3 Nov 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0772/P/92
Outline planning permission for erection of a house
4 Parkhead Holdings, Linlithgow
Received 2 Nov 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0815/LBC/95
Listed building consent for demolition of agricultural outbuilding
Raw Farm -, East Calder
Received 23 Nov 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0096/H/98
Extension to house
Glendower -, Bridgecastle
Received 13 Feb 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0101/H/98
Erection of a conservatory
80 Jones Green, Knightsridge, Livingston
Received 13 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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