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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26,348 approved · 2,542 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0208/H/99
Erection of a garage
10 Freelands Avenue, Broxburn
Received 19 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0528/H/98
Installation of replacement windows
4 Northgate, Torphichen
Received 29 Jun 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0524/H/98
Extension to house
138 Bailielands, Linlithgow
Received 26 Jun 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0525/H/98
Extension to house
6 Hermand Gardens, West Calder
Received 26 Jun 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0526/FUL/98
Erection of house
Plot 5 Murieston Mews, Murieston, Livingston
Received 26 Jun 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0527/A/98
Erection of a fascia sign
33 West Main Street, Whitburn
Received 25 Jun 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0579/H/99
Demolish existing garage and extend existing house
Plot 22 Newlands (Birchwood Grange), Ritchie Camp, Kirknewton
Received 12 Jul 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0549/FUL/99
Erection of a house
Plot 10 The Fieldings, Hens Nest Road, East Whitburn
Received 12 Jul 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0545/H/99
Extension and alterations to house
24 Main Street, Longridge
Received 12 Jul 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0544/FUL/99
Formation of 30 serviced plots
- Muirhouse Dykes Mains, Loganlea
Received 12 Jul 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0548/FUL/99
Change of use from food manufacture to distribution and warehousing
Unit 28 Westerton Road, East Mains Industrial Estate, Broxburn
Received 12 Jul 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0547/H/99
Extension to house
11 Gowanbank, Livingston
Received 12 Jul 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0834/FUL/99
Erection of a 1.2m satellite dish
183 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 28 Oct 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0024/H/99
Erection of a conservatory
28 Pine Grove, Craigshill, Livingston
Received 18 Jan 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0022/FUL/99
Extension to offices
Site 4.4 Pa 005 Starlaw Road, Livingston
Received 15 Jan 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0442/FUL/98
Environmental improvements including gateway features, new roundabout and access roads & landscaping
- Brucefield Park North & East, Brucefield Industrial Park, Livingston
Received 27 May 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0282/P/98
Outline permission for erection of 3 houses
- Holmes Road, Broxburn
Received 8 Apr 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0278/H/98
Erection of a double garage and conservatory
44 Gleneagles Court, Whitburn
Received 8 Apr 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0280/FUL/98
Erection of a restaurant with drive-thru facility, associated car parking and external works
McDonald's Drive Thru', Almondvale Avenue, Almondvale, Livingston
Received 8 Apr 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0283/P/98
Outline permission for the erection of 20 houses and detailed planning permission for road and plot layout
Croftfoot Farm -, Fauldhouse
Received 7 Apr 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0273/FUL/98
Conversion of agricultural storage building to form 4 houses
- Eastfield, Fauldhouse
Received 7 Apr 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0274/FUL/98
Conversion of existing workshop to form a house
Rose Cottage, The Loan, Torphichen
Received 7 Apr 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0001/FUL/99
Proposed extension to food production facility
11 Caputhall Road, Deans Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 5 Jan 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0014/H/99
Erection of Garage and Conservatory
142 Loaninghill Road, Uphall
Received 4 Dec 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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