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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26,348 approved · 2,542 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0739/H/96
Erection of pitched roof over existing flat roof to form first floor accommodation
The Firs, Falkirk Road, Linlithgow
Received 20 Aug 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0608/FUL/93
Permission to fit decorative wrought iron screening to front windows
106-108 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 31 Aug 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0608/FUL/92
Erection of a triple classroom block with toilet accomodation, access stair and ramp
Oatridge Agricultural College , Ecclesmachan, EH52 6NH
Received 24 Aug 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0607/M/96
Infilling of land for landscaping purposes and to improve land for agricultural use
Cleuch Brae, West Calder
Received 8 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0607/FUL/95
Erection of a wall
29 Gleneagles Court, Whitburn, EH47 8PG
Received 15 Aug 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0607/FUL/94
Installation of dormer windows
42 Main Street, Dechmont
Received 15 Aug 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0607/FUL/93
Extension to house
6 Letham Avenue, Pumpherston
Received 31 Aug 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0607/FUL/92
Erection of a garage
15 Burngrange Gardens, West Calder
Received 24 Aug 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0584/H/96
Replace street side windows and pend doors. Erect a conservatory and install rooflights to rear
34 Main Street, Mid Calder, EH53 Oan
Received 4 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0584/FUL/95
Proposed erection of a conservatory
Site At The Bridge House, Mid Calder
Received 7 Aug 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0584/FUL/94
Extension to house
1 Mount Pleasant, Armadale, EH48 3HA
Received 9 Aug 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0584/FUL/93
Proposed site of office accomodation and derv storage tank
Rover Group Site Blackburn Road, Bathgate
Received 20 Aug 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0584/FUL/92
Erection of a portacabin office
Inchcross , Bathgate
Received 12 Aug 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0583/NID/92
Alterations and extension
Whitburn Library West Main Street, Whitburn
Received 12 Aug 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0627/FUL/94
Replacement windows
4B Waverley Street, Bathgate
Received 22 Aug 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0627/FUL/93
Erection of house and garage
Plot 6 Site At Braehead, Linlithgow
Received 6 Sept 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0626/FUL/96
Proposed erection of a residential development comprising 22 terraced villas, 6 cottages and 2/4 bedroom wheelchair Cottages
Craigshill 'South 1' Almond West Road, Livingston
Received 12 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0626/FUL/95
Extension to house
88 Bishops Park, Mid Calder, EH53 Ost
Received 23 Aug 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0626/FUL/94
Setting out of Lowland Crofts and ancilliary roads
West Harwood Farm , West Calder
Received 22 Aug 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0626/FUL/93
Proposed double dormer extension
4 Roman Camp Cottages, Broxburn, EH52 5PJ
Received 6 Sept 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0635/FUL/92
Erection of a house
Plot 24 Westermains, Armadale
Received 2 Sept 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0634/NID/95
Formation of synthetic kick pitch
Polbeth Community Centre , Polbeth
Received 30 Aug 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0634/H/96
Extension to house
13 Burgess Hill, Linlithgow
Received 16 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0634/A/94
Proposed illuminated fascia sign box
13 Main Street, Livingston
Received 25 Aug 1994
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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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