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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26,348 approved · 2,542 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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/0454/FUL/95
Erection of a garage
117 Millgate, Winchburgh, EH52 6SW
Received 23 Jun 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0454/FUL/94
Construction of an access road and associated drainage works
Drovers Road East Mains Industrial Estate, Broxburn
Received 22 Jun 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0454/FUL/92
Erection of 2 houses
4/6 Kirk Lane, Livingston
Received 25 Jun 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0453/H/96
Erection of a porch
The Den , Winchburgh, EH52 6PY
Received 4 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0403/FUL/92
Change of use to hot food shop
51 Hopetoun Street, Bathgate
Received 2 Jun 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0402/H/96
Erection of an ariel mast
175 East Main Street, Armadale, EH48 2PA
Received 15 May 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0402/FUL/95
Erection of a garage
19 Tippetknowes Road, Winchburgh
Received 7 Jun 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0402/FUL/94
Erection of new laundry
Site At Bridgend Park, Bathgate
Received 31 May 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0390/FUL/94
Erection of a house
Plot 7 Barbauchlaw Mains, Armadale
Received 25 May 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0390/FUL/93
Planning permission to run a Sunday car boot sale
Mill Road Car Park Mill Road, Bathgate
Received 14 Jun 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0390/FUL/92
Renewal of permission for storage of caravans
2 Limefield Road, Polbeth, EH55 8BQ
Received 28 May 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0606/NID/95
Environmental improvement works
Seafield Bing, Seafield
Received 15 Aug 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0606/H/96
Erection of a conservatory
53 Fulmar Road, Livingston, EH54 6UU
Received 8 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0606/FUL/94
Proposed alteration
98 Gardner Crescent, Whitburn
Received 15 Aug 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0606/FUL/93
Alteration to form 2 windows
Murray Public House Polbeth Road, Polbeth
Received 31 Aug 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0606/FUL/92
Conversion of attic boxroom to bedroom
18 Laverock Park, Linlithgow, EH49 6AT
Received 24 Aug 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0605/FUL/96
Installation of 3 portacabins
5 Simpson Road, East Mains Industrial Estate, Broxburn, EH52 5AU
Received 8 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0596/FUL/94
Conversion of stables into residential block
Moore House School, Edinburgh Road, Bathgate, EH48 1EX
Received 10 Aug 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0596/FUL/93
Erection of a house
Plot 02 Site At Braehead, Linlithgow
Received 25 Aug 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0596/FUL/92
Proposed pet crematorium
Benty Head Hartwood Road, West Calder
Received 17 Aug 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0595/M/95
Application to allow additional areas of infill with inert refuse and building materials and variation of a condition of planning permission to allow infill by Denny Tipper vehicles
Site At Drumshoreland Bing, Pumpherston
Received 10 Aug 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0595/H/96
Extension to house
34 Beechwood, Linlithgow
Received 8 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0595/FUL/94
Installation of LPG tank
Birnam Harburn, West Calder, EH55 8RS
Received 10 Aug 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0626/FUL/92
Erection of a factory and offices
Dunnet Way, Broxburn
Received 31 Aug 1992
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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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