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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26,348 approved · 2,542 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0539/FUL/98
Erection of 8 houses
- Woodmuir Place, Breich
Received 3 Jul 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0712/H/98
Erection of a conservatory
6 Cameron Knowe, Philpstoun, EH49 6RL
Received 1 Sept 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0708/FUL/98
Erection of a house
Plot 27 Glenisla Court, Blaeberryhill Road, Whitburn
Received 31 Aug 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0706/H/98
Erection of a retaining wall & fence and improvements to existing wall
1 Priors Grange, Torphichen
Received 31 Aug 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0788/H/98
Erection of a 6ft fence
108 Netherwood Park, Deans, Livingston
Received 31 Aug 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0707/H/98
Erection of a conservatory
94 Elie Avenue, Deans, Livingston
Received 31 Aug 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0710/H/98
Alterations & extension to house
126 Old Town, Sycamore Cottage, Broxburn
Received 31 Aug 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0330/H/99
Erection of a dog pen (in retrospect)
39 Preston Crescent, Linlithgow
Received 31 Aug 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0703/FUL/98
Modification/Improvement of existing sewage works
Waste Water Treatment Works, Ellen Street, Whitburn
Received 27 Aug 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0702/FUL/98
Modification/Improvement of Works and new process buidings
Waste Water Treatment Works, Almondell Terrace, East Calder, EH53 0HB
Received 27 Aug 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0701/FUL/98
Modification/Improvement of existing sewage works
Waste Water Treatment Works, Redhouse Road, Seafield
Received 27 Aug 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0936/FUL/98
Construction of 150 houses, associated infrastructure and woodland
- Lower Bathville, Armadale
Received 23 Nov 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0935/H/98
Extension to house
54 Bankton Drive, Livingston
Received 20 Nov 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0933/FUL/98
Alterations to vehicular access, footpaths and position of houses at plots 1,2 & 3
- Gavin Place, Livingston
Received 20 Nov 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0929/FUL/98
Conversion of main building into 7 dwellings and erection of 2 new dwellings
Wellpark, Marjoribank Street, Bathgate
Received 20 Nov 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0930/FUL/98
Conversion of farm courtyard outbuilding to dwelling house
Little Harwood Farm -, West Calder
Received 20 Nov 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0955/H/98
Erection of a conservatory
7 Cunnigar Hill View, Mid Calder
Received 19 Nov 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0700/FUL/98
Amendment to Planning Permission 0024/98 to allow erection of temporary egg packaging/storage building, additional 32 sqm to hen house and 4.5m high chicken feed silo
6B Houston Mains, Dechmont
Received 27 Aug 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0699/FUL/98
Substitution of house type
Plot 14 Newlands (Birchwood Grange), Ritchie Camp, Kirknewton
Received 27 Aug 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0705/H/98
Demolotion of existing conservatory and erection of a new conservatory
8 Whitten Lane, Linlithgow
Received 27 Aug 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0767/LBC/98
Planning permission and Listed Building Consent for shop front alterations and demolition of lean to
11-17 Main Street, West Calder
Received 27 Aug 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0698/H/98
Erection of a conservatory
7 Gleneagles Court, Whitburn
Received 27 Aug 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0697/H/98
Erection of a conservatory
26 Mill Road, Bathgate
Received 26 Aug 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0779/FUL/98
Erection of a 2449m sq office building
Block 3 Almondvale Business Park, Almondvale, Livingston
Received 23 Sept 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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