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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26,348 approved · 2,542 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0652/FUL/99
Waiving of Condition 4 from Planning Permission 0577/96 restricting an occupation rate of no more than 30 houses in each academic year
- Glenwood Drive, Armadale
Received 19 Aug 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0646/H/99
Erection of an entrance porch
25 Clarendon Crescent, Linlithgow
Received 18 Aug 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0553/FUL/99
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground
36 Justinhaugh Drive, Linlithgow Bridge
Received 14 Jul 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0551/FUL/99
Erection of 2 houses
Meadowhead House -, Addiewell
Received 14 Jul 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0550/FUL/99
Erection of a house
Plot 9 Manse Grove, Stoneyburn
Received 13 Jul 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0939/FUL/99
Change of use from shop to hot food take-away
8A East Main Street, Uphall
Received 27 Oct 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0882/FUL/99
Change of use to preparation of hot food and home delivery service
Unit 5 Templar Rise, Crofthead Centre, Livingston
Received 27 Oct 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0833/FUL/99
Change of use from Class 1 (shop) to Class 2 (Financial & Professional and other services)
183 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 27 Oct 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0828/FUL/99
Alterations to existing shop and conversion of flat above to form two maisonettes including dormer extensions
153-155 Main Street, East Calder
Received 27 Oct 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0851/H/99
Attic conversion and internal alterations including installation of velux windows
56A East Main Street, Uphall
Received 27 Oct 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0826/A/98
Erection of an illuminated projecting sign
31A North Bridge Street, Bathgate
Received 12 Oct 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0824/FUL/98
Change of use from public open space to form a driveway
33 Gorsebank, Ladywell, Livingston
Received 9 Oct 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0639/FUL/98
Change of use from workshop to form 2 flats
80B & 80C High Street, Linlithgow
Received 20 Jul 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0591/H/98
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground and extension to house
44 Reveston Lane, Whitburn
Received 20 Jul 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0587/H/98
Attic conversion
31 Ecclesmachan Road, Uphall
Received 20 Jul 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0588/FUL/98
Erection of a house and garage
Plot 1 Westermains, Armadale
Received 20 Jul 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0608/FUL/98
Installation of 7.3m high nitrogen tank & associated plant and erection of a 2m high wall
Plot 36B -, Whitehill Industrial Estate, Bathgate
Received 17 Jul 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0720/FUL/98
Installation of concrete batching plant and ancillary workshop
Plot 8 Inchcross, Bathgate
Received 16 Jul 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0583/FUL/98
Change of use from open space to private garden ground
11 Old Mill Grove, East Whitburn
Received 16 Jul 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0579/A/98
Erection of fascia sign & hanging bracket signs
57-61 West Main Street, Whitburn
Received 16 Jul 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0484/FUL/97
Erection of an agricultural outbuilding.
Plot 8 Stoneheap Farm, Stoneyburn
Received 5 Jun 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0600/H/98
Erection of a conservatory
20 Pumpherston Road, Mid Calder
Received 15 Jul 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0578/A/98
Erection of various illuminated fascia and free standing signs
Unit 50 Forestbank, Livingston
Received 14 Jul 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0577/FUL/98
Erection of 123 houses and formation of roads & associated works
- Dedridge Road North, Dedridge, Livingston
Received 14 Jul 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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