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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.
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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26,348 approved · 2,542 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0386/FUL/98
Extension to existing car park
- Fairbairn Road, Kirkton, Livingston
Received 12 May 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0451/FUL/98
Siting of a mobile snack bar
- Nettlehill Road, Houstoun Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 11 May 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0381/H/98
Erection of a conservatory
9 Murieston Walk, Murieston, Livingston
Received 11 May 1998 - DecidedLIVE/1013/FUL/98
Erection of steel portal framed building
Burnbrae, Ormiston Mains, Kirknewton
Received 23 Dec 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0653/FUL/99
Waiving of Condition 4 from Planning Permission 0835/97 which prevents house occupation until an extension to Eastertoun Primary School and a change in catchment area boundaries has been achieved
Orr's Land West Main Street, Armadale
Received 19 Aug 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0411/P/98
Outline permission for the erection of a house
7 Pardovan Holdings, Philpstoun
Received 18 May 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0406/ARM/98
Erection of a 3 storey atria office building with landscaping and associated car parking
- Alba Campus, Livingston
Received 18 May 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0402/FUL/98
Change of use from betting shop to lounge bar
63(1) Happy Valley Hotel, Bathgate Road, Blackburn
Received 18 May 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0404/FUL/98
Change of use for the formation of a beer garden and erection of a 6ft fence
24 East Main Street, Crown Inn, Blackburn
Received 18 May 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0043/FUL/99
Conversion of an industrial building to form a house and garage
2B Mungle Street, West Calder
Received 26 Jan 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0036/A/99
Erection of 2 signboards
- Uphall Industrial Estate, Broxburn
Received 26 Jan 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0040/FUL/99
Construction of an access road
- Starlaw Park, Livingston
Received 26 Jan 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0038/A/99
Erection of a fascia sign
276B High Street, Linlithgow
Received 25 Jan 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0822/H/98
Installation of replacement windows
5 Station Gate, Station Road, Linlithgow
Received 12 Oct 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0855/A/98
Erection of a fascia sign
91 East Main Street, Uphall
Received 12 Oct 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0213/H/98
Extension to house
12 Priory Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6BS
Received 19 Mar 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0206/FUL/98
Erection of a 2733 sqm industrial unit
- Oakbank Park Industrial Estate, Linhouse, Livingston
Received 19 Mar 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0209/H/98
Erection of a conservatory
24 Middlewood Park, Deans, Livingston
Received 19 Mar 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0210/H/98
Erection of a conservatory
119 Mount Pleasant Armadale Bathgate West Lothian EH48 3HE
Received 19 Mar 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0204/P/98
Outline permission for the erection of a house
26 East Main Street, Blackburn
Received 17 Mar 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0202/H/98
Extension to house
7 Blackburnhall Holdings, Blackburn
Received 17 Mar 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0952/FUL/98
Change of use from industrial use to musical, rehearsal and recording studios
Unit 1 Greendykes Road, Greendykes Industrial Estate, Broxburn
Received 19 Nov 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0928/A/98
Erection of signs
- Brucefield Industry Park, Livingston
Received 18 Nov 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0379/FUL/98
Erection of storage units to rear of units D & G
- Freeport Shopping & Leisure Village, Westwood, West Calder
Received 8 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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