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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26,348 approved · 2,542 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0780/FUL/98
Erection of a 1242m square two storey office building
Block 4 Almondvale Business Park, Almondvale, Livingston
Received 23 Sept 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0536/M/98
Application under Section 96 of the Environment Act, 1995 for determination of new conditions relating to planning permissions 5M & 6M/1948 for the winning and working of sand, sandrock, sandstone and fireclay by surface and underground working
- Levenseat Quarry, Fauldhouse
Received 3 Jul 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0544/H/98
Erection of a garage and conservatory extension
1 Linview Lane, Murieston, Livingston
Received 3 Jul 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0540/FUL/98
Erection of a factory unit
- Nasmyth Square, Houston Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 3 Jul 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0543/H/98
Erection of a garage
9 East Bankton Place, Murieston, Livingston
Received 3 Jul 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0542/H/98
Extension to house (in retrospect)
48 Pumpherston Road, Mid Calder
Received 3 Jul 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0704/H/98
Erection of a garage
Knockmade, West Binny Farm, West Binny, Dechmont
Received 3 Jul 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0244/FUL/98
Formation of a garden centre and erection of associated buildings (including tea room) and car parking
- Whitequarries, Newton
Received 30 Mar 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0285/H/98
Erection of a conservatory
7 Park Road Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5RF
Received 30 Mar 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0247/LBC/98
Listed Building Consent and Planning Permission for alterations to roof, walls and window openings to form a house
Gardners Cottage, Muirieston Mews, Muirieston, Livingston
Received 30 Mar 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0483/A/99
Erection of a free standing illuminated sign
4 Inchmuir Road, Whitehill Industrial Estate, Bathgate
Received 4 Jun 1999 - DecidedLIVE/1014/FUL/98
Erection of a 3132 sqm supermarket with associated access, car park, service yard and landscaping
- Falkirk Road, Linlithgow Bridge
Received 22 Dec 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0815/FUL/98
Erection of 2 No. temporary office units a storage container and water storage tank
- Whitequarries, Newton
Received 23 Sept 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0770/FUL/98
Erection of a house, garage & clinic
Plot 9 Riverside Lea, Blackburn House Farm, Seafield
Received 23 Sept 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0772/H/98
Erection of a garage
119 Pumpherston Road, Uphall Station
Received 23 Sept 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0774/H/98
Extension to house
7 Ochiltree Drive, Mid Calder
Received 23 Sept 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0776/FUL/98
Erection of a house
Plot 25 Glenisla Court, Blaeberryhill Road, Whitburn
Received 23 Sept 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0877/FUL/98
Change of use to operate a landscaping business
9 Holmes Holdings, Broxburn
Received 22 Sept 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0766/H/98
Erection of a conservatory
48 Middleton Road, Uphall
Received 18 Sept 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0769/LBC/98
Listed Building Consent & Planning Permission for the erection of a canopy with side blind and aluminium cover board
102 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 17 Sept 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0760/FUL/98
Demolition of house and erection of 27 houses and related roads and landscaping
- Murieston South 6B, Murieston, Livingston
Received 17 Sept 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0530/FUL/98
Change of use to form farrier's workshop & livery and outline permission for the erection of a house
- Sunnyside Farm, Pardovan Holding, Philpstoun
Received 3 Jun 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0035/P/99
Outline permission for residential development
- Muirhouse Dykes Mains, Loganlea
Received 25 Jan 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0896/FUL/98
Installation of ATM cash machine
63 East Main Street, Uphall
Received 4 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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