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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26,348 approved · 2,542 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0419/FUL/99
Erection of a warehouse and associated offices
Plot 3 Clifton View, East Mains Industrial Estate, Broxburn
Received 25 May 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0515/FUL/99
Formation of additional parking area
Glenmavis Garage, Linlithgow Road, Bathgate
Received 25 May 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0307/FUL/99
Change of use to form a hot food take-away
18 Park View Stoneyburn Bathgate West Lothian EH47 8AX
Received 23 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0308/H/99
Erection of a conservatory
79 Talisman Rise, Livingston
Received 23 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0310/FUL/99
Alterations to development proposals - realignment of access road & car parking provision
Knightsridge House -, Knightsridge, Livingston
Received 23 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0159/FUL/99
Extension to sports centre to accommodate fitness equipment
Linlithgow Leisure Centre -, Linlithgow
Received 2 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0150/H/99
Extension to house and formation of a bay window
Inchview Cottage, Guildyhaugh, Bathgate
Received 2 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0461/H/99
Erection of a garage
116 Tippet Knowes Road, Winchburgh
Received 9 Jun 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0546/H/99
Alterations to house
63 Murieston Road, Livingston
Received 12 Jul 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0099/A/99
Erection of a bus shelter with two advertising panels
- A71 (North Bound), Nr Lizzie Bryce Roundabout, Livingston
Received 11 Feb 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0402/H/99
Erection of a garage
Plot 6 Riverside Lea, Blackburn House Farm, Seafield
Received 21 May 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0408/H/99
Erection of a conservatory
47 Parkhead Crescent, West Calder
Received 21 May 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0409/H/99
Extension to house
25 Kilne Place, Eliburn, Livingston
Received 21 May 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0399/LBC/99
Listed building consent for the formation of a new window and internal alterations
Westfield House -, Harburn
Received 20 May 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0290/H/99
Remove existing garage and erect double garage
39 Bankton Park West Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9BP
Received 19 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0289/H/99
Installation of a dormer
7 Ashley Court Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7BD
Received 19 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0293/FUL/99
Erection of a house with garage
Plot 5 Riverside Lea, Blackburn House Farm, Seafield
Received 19 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0195/H/99
Erection of a hoby workshop
11 Philip Avenue, Linlithgow
Received 16 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0194/LBC/99
Erection of a wrougt iron sign on shop front
77 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 16 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0845/FUL/97
Erection of 38 houses
- Ballantyne Place, Eliburn, Livingston
Received 30 Oct 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0864/FUL/97
Change of use to form a hot food take-away
Unit 4, Northfield Court, West Calder
Received 30 Oct 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0837/A/97
Erection of a 5m high flag pole
- Fairbairn Road, Kirkton, Livingston
Received 30 Oct 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0843/P/97
Outline permission for the erection of an office building
- Fairbairn Road, Kirkton, Livingston
Received 30 Oct 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0853/FUL/97
Change of use from breakers yard to drilling equipment storage/repairs & ancillary office
92 Castle Terrace, Winchburgh
Received 29 Oct 1997
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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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