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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26,348 approved · 2,542 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0645/FUL/92
Extension to house
2 Murieston Gardens, Livingston
Received 7 Sept 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0644/NID/95
Formation of synthetic kick pitch
Community Centre Main Street, Stoneyburn
Received 1 Sept 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0644/FUL/96
Erection of engineering workshop with enclosed yard area
Armadale Industrial Estate Lower Bathville, Armadale, Unit 5
Received 17 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0644/FUL/94
Proposed roadworks, drainage improvements and carpark construction
Middleton Hall Estate , Uphall
Received 31 Aug 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0644/FUL/93
Erection of boundary fence
13 Heaney Avenue, Pumpherston, EH53 0LJ
Received 14 Sept 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0644/FUL/92
Erection of a double garage
2 Drysdale Avenue, Whitburn
Received 7 Sept 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0643/FUL/95
Erection of a satellite dish
63 East Main Street, Uphall, Spar Food Markets
Received 31 Aug 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0643/FUL/94
Erection of a house and garage
13 Priors Grange, Torphichen
Received 31 Aug 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0643/FUL/93
Erection of a house
Plot 8 The Fairways, Fauldhouse
Received 14 Sept 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0496/FUL/94
Erection of 71 houses
Seafield Farm , Seafield, EH47 7AL
Received 5 Jul 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0496/FUL/92
Proposed fitting of roller shutters
06 Hopetoun Street, Bathgate, EH48 4EX
Received 9 Jul 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0730/FUL/94
Retrospective planning permission for siting of two temporary units
The Craigs Broompark Road, Torphichen
Received 4 Oct 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0730/FUL/93
Erection of a conservatory
17 Thomson Court, Uphall
Received 20 Oct 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0730/FUL/92
Siting of mobile snack bar
37 Main Street, Blackridge
Received 14 Oct 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0729/P/93
Outline planning permission for 2 houses (with workshop/office accommodation)
Briestonhill Moss Gavieside, West Calder
Received 19 Oct 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0675/LBC/95
Listed building consent for conversion of house to form 4 flats and 2 houses
West Craigs Inn , Blackridge
Received 13 Sept 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0675/FUL/94
Erection of bonded warehousing and extension of existing bonded warehousing with New Sub Access onto Youngs Road
Dunnet Way East Mains Industrial Estate, Broxburn, EH52 5BU
Received 15 Sept 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0675/FUL/92
Extension to house
88 East Main Street, Blackburn
Received 21 Sept 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0674/NID/95
Conversion of house to form 4 flats and 2 houses
West Craigs Inn , Blackridge
Received 13 Sept 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0674/A/96
Erection of various facia signs
3 Kelvin Square, Livingston
Received 26 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0674/FUL/94
Proposed temporary office unit
Westwood Works, Westwood, West Calder, EH55 8PN
Received 15 Sept 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0674/FUL/93
Erection of a boundary fence and dismantle chimney
41 Burnside Road, Uphall, EH52 5DE
Received 29 Sept 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0738/A/94
Erection of signs
Coop Main Street, West Calder
Received 5 Oct 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0581/LBC/93
Erection of a wrought iron gate at the bottom of the stairs
44 & 46 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 20 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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