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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26,348 approved · 2,542 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0572/FUL/94
Siting of mobile snack bar
Caputhall Road Deans Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 3 Aug 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0572/FUL/93
Change of use from outbuildings to commercial outbuildings
West Harwood Farm , West Calder
Received 12 Aug 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0572/FUL/92
Extension to house
72 Spottiswood Gardens, Mid Calder, EH53 0JX
Received 6 Aug 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0571/H/96
Erection of a car port
49 Philip Avenue, Bathgate
Received 28 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0571/A/93
Signboard at layby on north side of road
A71 , Kirknewton
Received 13 Aug 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0605/FUL/92
Erection of a port-a-cabin for use as a community centre
Roman Camp Cottages, Broxburn
Received 20 Aug 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0604/P/95
Outline planning permission for erection of a house to rear of Rosewood Cottage
1 Wilson Terrace, Stoneyburn, EH47 8DB
Received 15 Aug 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0484/H/96
Extension to house and erection of a conservatory
6 Pilgrims Hill, Linlithgow
Received 12 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0484/FUL/93
Proposed extension
8 Wallace Mill Gardens, Mid Calder
Received 13 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0437/FUL/92
Erection of a double garage
48 Listloaning Road, Linlithgow
Received 17 Jun 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0436/LBC/94
Listed Building Consent for proposed additions of external door and velux rooflight
Gowanhall Gowanbank Steading, Avonbridge
Received 15 Jun 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0436/A/92
Proposed sign
Royston Road Livingston EH54 8AH
Received 17 Jun 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0436/H/96
Erection of a conservatory
Old Clapperton Hall Cottages Almondell, Broxburn
Received 28 May 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0436/FUL/95
Erection of a conservatory
112 Forrest Walk, Uphall
Received 20 Jun 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0494/FUL/92
Erection of a house
Plot 7 Heatherpark Estate, Seafield
Received 8 Jul 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0493/P/95
Outline planning permission for 10 terraced houses
Muirfield North Street, Armadale
Received 6 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0493/FUL/96
Erection of an entrance canopy at dental surgery
21/23 Main Street, Livingston, EH54 8BE
Received 12 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0542/FUL/95
Proposed erection of a house with internal garage
Plot 2 Redmill Court, East Whitburn
Received 26 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0542/FUL/94
Erection of a garage
63 Goschen Place, Uphall, EH52 5JJ
Received 21 Jul 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0542/FUL/93
Extension to house
West Foulshiels Farm -, East Whitburn
Received 3 Aug 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0542/P/92
Outline planning permission for 2 houses
Site At Old Albany Coachworks Edinburgh Road, Linlithgow
Received 27 Jul 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0541/P/96
Outline permission for conversion of former bakery/stables to a house
36 Main Street, Mid Calder
Received 21 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0541/P/94
Outline planning permission for a residential development
Bughtknowes Farm Drumcross Road, Bathgate
Received 21 Jul 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0541/A/93
Erection of advert panels
- Nettlehill Road, Houstoun Industrial Estate, Livingston, EH54 5EQ
Received 3 Aug 1993
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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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