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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26,348 approved · 2,542 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0336/FUL/93
Part change of use to coachworks/garage
93 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston, EH53 Onu
Received 25 May 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0336/FUL/92
Erection of 21 houses
Site At Lanrigg Road, Fauldhouse
Received 7 May 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0335/M/96
Planning permission for agricultural use and restored opencast coal and clay site
Northrigg Extension West Mains, Bathgate
Received 25 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0591/LBC/95
Listed Building Consent for replacement of two chimney stacks and roofing improvements
Longcroft House Longcroft Gardens, Linlithgow
Received 8 Aug 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0537/FUL/96
Proposed siting of two steel containers for safe storage of garden equipment etc.
Lochcote Lodge , Linlithgow
Received 21 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0537/FUL/95
Erection of a garage
5 Avenue Park West, Mid Calder
Received 26 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0537/FUL/94
Erection of a porch
136 South Mid Street, Bathgate
Received 19 Jul 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0537/FUL/93
Erection of a house and garage
2 Sibbalds Brae, Bathgate
Received 30 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0537/FUL/92
Proposed dormer extension
21 New Holygate, Broxburn
Received 27 Jul 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0536/H/96
Extension to house
162 Jubilee Avenue, Livingston
Received 21 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0536/FUL/95
Erection of a porch
35 The Glebe, West Calder
Received 26 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0349/FUL/93
Extension to house
38 Glenalmond, Whitburn, EH47 8NS
Received 1 Jun 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0349/FUL/92
Change of use to tyre and exhaust centre
95 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston
Received 12 May 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0507/P/92
Outline planning permission for a filling station and motel
Site At Burghmuir Toll, Linlithgow
Received 13 Jul 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0507/LBC/94
Listed Building Consent and advert consent for erection of hanging sign
257/259 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 7 Jul 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0507/FUL/96
Change of use from garage/workshop to boarding cattery
Old School House , Harburn
Received 17 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0507/FUL/95
Erection of 89 houses
Catrina Poultry Farm Pyothall, Broxburn
Received 17 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0506/FUL/95
Erection of a garage
51 Redcraig Road, East Calder
Received 17 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0662/FUL/92
Extension to house
15 Waldie Avenue, Linlithgow
Received 14 Sept 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0661/A/95
Erection of 9m high free standing sign
McDonalds Restaurant Almondvale Avenue, Livingston
Received 6 Sept 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0661/A/93
Proposed advertising hoarding
Site At Whitburn Road, Bathgate, EH48 2HP
Received 21 Sept 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0661/H/96
Erection of a garages with domestic utility space
Kirkton Farm , Bathgate
Received 25 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0661/FUL/94
Proposed siting of calor gas tank
Unit 2 Hillend Farm Steadings, Ecclesmachan
Received 13 Sept 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0652/FUL/95
Erection of 2 houses
14 Pumpherston Road, Mid Calder
Received 6 Sept 1995
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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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