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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26,348 approved · 2,542 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/1019/NID/98
Erection of a 271 sqm single storey office building with associated car parking
Carmondean Centre South, Carmondean, Livingston
Received 24 Dec 1998 - DecidedLIVE/1017/FUL/98
Variation of Condition No. 4 of Planning Permssion 0928/1996 to allow the use of unit 3 to be used for the sale of food
- Whitburn Road, Bathgate Retail Park, Bathgate
Received 24 Dec 1998 - DecidedLIVE/1020/FUL/98
Erection of a house
46 Nettlehill Road, Uphall Station
Received 23 Dec 1998 - DecidedLIVE/1018/H/98
Extension to house
7 Caledonian Road, Fauldhouse
Received 23 Dec 1998 - DecidedLIVE/1012/FUL/98
Substitution and addition of 1 house type on plot 18
- Kirkton South 1C, Kirkton, Livingston
Received 23 Dec 1998 - DecidedLIVE/1021/FUL/98
Change of use to the storage, repair & maintenance of classic cars
Glenfox, Edinburgh Road, Glendevon, Winchburgh
Received 23 Dec 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0423/FUL/98
Listed building consent for the demolition of a garden wall and planning permission for the erection of 4No. office buildings
Alderstone House -, Kirkton Campus, Livingston
Received 18 May 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0642/H/97
Erection of a garage
59 Ravenswood Rise, Dedridge, Livingston
Received 1 Aug 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0624/H/97
Extension to house to form a garage
28 Middlewood Park, Deans, Livingston
Received 1 Aug 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0625/H/97
Formation of a dormer
9 Rivaldsgreen Crescent, Linlithgow
Received 1 Aug 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0626/FUL/97
Siting of a transportable classroom unit
- Oatridge Farm, Ecclesmachan
Received 31 Jul 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0620/H/97
Two storey extension to house
15 Bankton Park East, Murieston, Livingston
Received 31 Jul 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0619/H/97
Installation of dormers
24 Craigrigg Cottages, Bridgecastle
Received 31 Jul 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0618/FUL/97
Extension to shop to provide additional shop unit and flat above
- Dean Place, Seafield
Received 31 Jul 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0660/FUL/97
Change of use form class 5 general industrial to class 4 business use
3 Dunlop Square, Deans Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 31 Jul 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0874/FUL/98
Erection of a fence (in retrospect)
- Balmuir Road, Ballencrieff Works, Bathgate
Received 29 May 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0446/H/98
Erection of a conservatory
72 Carseknowe, Linlithgow
Received 28 May 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0447/H/98
Extension to house
28 Oldwood Place, Eliburn, Livingston
Received 28 May 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0443/FUL/98
Erection of 2 No two storey office buildings
- Quarrywood Court, Kirkton, Livingston
Received 28 May 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0425/H/97
Extension to house incorporating garage/workshop, stables & porch
- South Logie Brae Farm, Westfield
Received 4 Jun 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0436/FUL/97
Change of use from car showroom to shop
- Calder Drive-In, East Calder, EH53 0ET
Received 4 Jun 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0628/FUL/98
Erection of a house
Plot 5 Edinburgh Road, Bathgate
Received 30 Jul 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0454/FUL/98
Erection of a gardener's workshop/store, office and boundary wall
Moore House School, Edinburgh Road, Bathgate, EH48 1EX
Received 13 May 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0385/FUL/98
Erection of a house
Plot 6 The Fieldings, Hens Nest Road, East Whitburn
Received 12 May 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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