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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26,348 approved · 2,542 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0729/P/99
Outline Planning Permission for the erection of a house
Sandygate Cottage, Murieston Road, Livingston
Received 21 Sept 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0223/FUL/99
Erection of storage building
Cawburn Carton Works Drumshoreland, Broxburn
Received 25 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0143/H/99
Erection of a conservatory
150 Buchanan Crescent, Houston Gate, Livingston
Received 22 Feb 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0130/H/99
Erection of a single garage
11 Nettlehill Road, Uphall Station
Received 22 Feb 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0131/A/99
Erection of 4 signboards
- Holygate, Broxburn
Received 22 Feb 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0135/FUL/99
Extension to office and formation of a pitched roof
54 East Main Street, Blackburn
Received 22 Feb 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0134/FUL/99
Erection of a house
51 Marjoribanks Street, Bathgate
Received 22 Feb 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0428/FUL/99
Change of use from a shop to a house
38-40 Sheephousehill, Fauldhouse
Received 28 May 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0429/H/99
Extension to house including garage
14 Springfield Road, Linlithgow
Received 28 May 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0424/H/99
Erection of a garage
5 Hunter Grove, Whitburn
Received 28 May 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0426/H/99
Erection of a conservatory
51 Burnside Terrace, Polbeth
Received 27 May 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0482/FUL/99
Change of use from public footpath to form private garden ground and re-location of footpath
33 Deerhill, Dechmont
Received 27 May 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0750/FUL/98
Erection of 84 houses
Plots R1 & 2A Adambrae, Livingston
Received 14 Sept 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0751/H/98
Extension to house and erection of a garage
121 Pumpherston Road, Uphall Station
Received 14 Sept 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0752/H/98
Extension to house
19 Scott Court, Craigshill, Livingston
Received 14 Sept 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0618/FUL/99
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground and extension to house
6 Spey Drive, Craigshill, Livingston
Received 6 Aug 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0617/FUL/99
Erection of a house
21A Manse Road, Whitburn
Received 6 Aug 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0604/H/99
Extension to house
25 St Ninians Road, Linlithgow
Received 4 Aug 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0602/A/99
Erection of 2No. wall mounted advertising display units
25 Mill Road, Linlithgow Bridge
Received 4 Aug 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0655/FUL/97
Construction of two storey office development with associated parking for 8 cars
79-87 South Bridge Street, Bathgate
Received 18 Aug 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0593/FUL/97
Substitution of 18 No. house types on plots 703-710 & 731-740
Site KW5C, Thompson Green, Knightsridge, Livingston
Received 18 Jul 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0577/H/97
Erection of a conservatory
17 Heatherpark, Seafield
Received 16 Jul 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0394/A/97
Erection of a bus shelter with double sided display
A89 East Of Deans Road, Deans Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 28 May 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0453/FUL/97
Change of use from store to house
11B Market Street, Mid Calder
Received 27 May 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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