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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26,348 approved · 2,542 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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/0441/H/98
Extension to house
29 Hill Crescent, Bathgate
Received 27 May 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0560/FUL/98
Formation of a stockpile and yard area
Wester Blacklaws Farm -, Longridge
Received 27 May 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0440/FUL/98
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground
44 Torridon Walk, Livingston
Received 26 May 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0438/H/98
Erection of a double garage
3A Burnside View, Addiewell
Received 26 May 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0435/FUL/98
Waiver of Condition 5 of Outline Planning Application 0591/P/1997 restricting new house occupations to 45 houses per academic year
- Adambrae, Livingston
Received 26 May 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0220/H/98
Extension to dwelling house
66 Wester Bankton, Murieston, Livingston
Received 23 Mar 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0229/LBC/98
Listed Building Consent for internal alterations and Listed Building Consent & Planning Permission for rendering to rear of property and to front of No. 80A
78-80 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 20 Mar 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0631/H/98
Removal of oil storage tank and installation of LPG tank
1 Kaemuir Court, Westfield
Received 31 Jul 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0624/FUL/98
Alterations and extension to cottage and change of use from agricultural land to private garden ground
2 Atholl Cottage, Westfield
Received 30 Jul 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0623/H/98
Erection of a garage
7 Avenue Park, Mid Calder
Received 30 Jul 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0627/FUL/98
Siting of 2 temporary portacabins and residential caravan at development site
- Willow Park, Fauldhouse
Received 30 Jul 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0748/H/98
Erection of a conservatory
39 Drummond Place, Blackridge
Received 7 Sept 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0727/LBC/98
Listed Building Consent for internal & external alterations/Planning Permission for the change of use of stable block to ancillary accommodation allied to the staging of corporate hospitality
Kirknewton House -, Kirknewton
Received 7 Sept 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0733/FUL/98
Construction of a 5-a-side football pitch and installation of floodlight towers and lights
Football GRND, Drumshoreland Rd, Pumpherston
Received 4 Sept 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0723/FUL/98
Erection of a house
Woodside, New Calder, Livingston
Received 4 Sept 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0724/FUL/98
Extension to existing motorist centre
Kwik Fit, Carmondean Centre, Livingston
Received 4 Sept 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0725/H/98
Extension to house
74 Glenmore, Whitburn
Received 4 Sept 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0721/FUL/98
Alterations to existing factory/offices to provide Royal Mail Delivery Office
2 Inchmuir Road, Whitehill Industrial Estate, Bathgate
Received 3 Sept 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0104/H/99
Extension to house
71 Bechwood, Linlithgow
Received 11 Feb 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0103/H/99
Erection of a conservatory
63 Herd Green, Knightsridge, Livingston
Received 11 Feb 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0115/FUL/99
Change of use of existing potato storage premises for storage of commercial vehicles
19 Sheephousehill, Fauldhouse
Received 11 Feb 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0098/A/99
Erection of a bus shelter with two advertising panels
- Almondvale South, Almondvale, Livingston
Received 11 Feb 1999 - UnknownLIVE/0835/NID/98
New extension comprising 6 classrooms - Learning Support & staffroom
Windyknowe Primary School, Windyknowe Crescent, Bathgate
Received 14 Oct 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0957/FUL/98
Formation of an access
Kingsfield Farm -, Linlithgow
Received 14 Oct 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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