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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26,348 approved · 2,542 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0338/LBC/92
Listed Building Consent and advert consent for a signboard
Burgh Halls The Cross, Linlithgow
Received 7 May 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0338/FUL/96
Change of use to retail car sales
13A Brewster Square, Livingston
Received 29 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0338/FUL/95
Change of use to car repair facility
72 Harburn Road, West Calder
Received 18 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0338/FUL/94
Erection of porch to front of house and extension to rear
90 Carseknowe, Linlithgow
Received 6 May 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0543/FUL/96
Erection of 2.4m high fence to form compound
14 Blackburn Road, Bathgate, EH48 2EY
Received 21 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0543/FUL/95
Change of use from flat to bed and breakfast accommodation
New Inn Auldhill Road, Bridgend
Received 26 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0533/FUL/96
Change of use and alterations to form a house
Bridgend Cottage Longridge Road, Whitburn
Received 21 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0533/FUL/95
Alterations to shop front
1-3 East Main Street, Broxburn
Received 25 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0533/FUL/93
Extension to house
6 Glenalmond, Whitburn
Received 30 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0533/FUL/92
Erection of Phase 2 of office complex
- Blackness Road, Springfield, Linlithgow, EH49 7LR
Received 23 Jul 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0532/H/96
Extension to house
46 Rosemount Drive, Uphall
Received 21 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0656/LBC/92
Listed Building Consent and planning permission for basement conversion
28 The Maltings, Linlithgow
Received 11 Sept 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0656/A/93
Erection of advert panels
- Nettlehill Road, Houstoun Industrial Estate, Livingston, EH54 5EQ
Received 20 Sept 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0656/H/96
Extension to house
64 Overton Crescent, East Calder
Received 23 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0656/FUL/95
Alterations to raise height of wall
14 Stewartfield Road, Broxburn, EH52 5EP
Received 6 Sept 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0656/FUL/94
Erection of a garage
28 Wilson Terrace, Broxburn, EH52 6EW
Received 8 Sept 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0655/FUL/96
Housetype substitution on plots 36, 40-43, 48, 50 and 52
Mill Road, Linlithgow Bridge
Received 23 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0655/FUL/95
Erection of a conservatory
256 Main Street, East Calder
Received 6 Sept 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0646/FUL/95
Change of use to hot food takeaway
27 Main Street, Mid Calder
Received 5 Sept 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0646/FUL/94
Extension to house and erection of garage
3 Holmes Cottages, Broxburn
Received 1 Sept 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0645/NID/95
Construction of kick pitch, fencing and floodlights
Greenrigg Football Ground East Main Street, Greenrigg
Received 1 Sept 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0595/FUL/92
Erection of a house
34 Harburn Road, West Calder, EH55 8AH
Received 17 Aug 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0594/P/93
Outline planning permission for a house
Nethershiel Farm , East Calder
Received 24 Aug 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0707/FUL/94
Erection of house
Vacant Plot Maidlands, Linlithgow
Received 23 Sept 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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