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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26,348 approved · 2,542 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0089/FUL/99
Erection of 4 industrial blocks comprising 8 units
- Oakbank Park Industrial Estate, Linhouse, Livingston
Received 11 Feb 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0088/FUL/99
Erection of 4 industrial blocks comprising 8 units
Rosebank Nursery -, Kirkton Campus, Livingston
Received 11 Feb 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0407/H/99
Extension to house
72 Priory Road, Linlithgow
Received 24 May 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0405/H/99
Installation of a dormer, alterations to house and erection of a conservatory and detached garage
1 Byreside, Seafield
Received 24 May 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0404/H/99
Formation of a bay window
37 Avon Road, Bathgate
Received 24 May 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0403/H/99
Formation of dormers
13 St Pauls Drive, Armadale
Received 24 May 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0298/FUL/99
Erection of a two storey house
Bracklinn 42 Edinburgh Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1EQ
Received 21 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0299/FUL/99
Extension to restaurant
Cafe Leo 50 High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7AE
Received 21 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0155/H/99
Erection of an entrance porch, double garage, greenhouse and alteration to existing fencing and associated landscaping
8 Woodbank Crofts, Westfield
Received 1 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0454/FUL/99
Cladding external elevations of bonded warehouses
- Edinburgh Road, Linlithgow
Received 7 Jun 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0460/H/99
Erection of a garage/utility room and alterations to house
4 Oakbank Avenue, East Calder
Received 7 Jun 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0451/FUL/99
Variation of condition 6 of Planning Permission 0284/98 restricting house heights to 6.5m, to allow a maximum height of 8m
- Birch Grove & Cherry Grove, Fauldhouse
Received 7 Jun 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0449/NID/97
Extension to school to provide 2 classrooms, staffroom & resource area
Westfield Primary School, Lomond View, Westfield, EH48 3DE
Received 10 Jun 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0451/LBC/97
Listed Building Consent for conversion of former byre to form workshop and showroom
- Hiltly, Linlithgow
Received 9 Jun 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0492/FUL/97
Change of use from industrial unit to church & halls
266 West Main Street, Whitburn
Received 9 Jun 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0442/A/97
Erection of illuminated fascia signs
Unit 8 Almondvale Retail Park, Almondvale, Livingston
Received 9 Jun 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0443/H/97
Erection of a conservatory
31 Wallace Mill Gardens, Mid Calder
Received 9 Jun 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0441/H/97
Erection of a conservatory
158 Spottiswoode Gardens, Mid Calder, EH53 0JY
Received 9 Jun 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0456/H/97
Extensions and alterations to house
- Treeshill, Wallhouse Drive, Torphichen
Received 6 Jun 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0434/A/97
Erection of signs
Unit 10 Almondvale Retail Park, Almondvale, Livingston
Received 6 Jun 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0435/FUL/97
Erection of house
17 Priors Grange, Torphichen
Received 6 Jun 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0958/FUL/98
Erection of a house with linked ancillary accommodation
Plot 6 Riverside Lea, Blackburn House Farm, Seafield
Received 1 Dec 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0946/H/98
Extension to house and erection of a double garage
3 Bankton Court, Livingston
Received 27 Nov 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0947/H/98
Erection of a garage, porch and alterations to house
12 Windyknowe Crescent, Bathgate
Received 27 Nov 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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