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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26,348 approved · 2,542 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0652/FUL/93
Conversion and extension of a garage to form a house
Mid Seat Cottage , East Whitburn, EH47 8AA
Received 17 Sept 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0736/LBC/96
Listed building consent for conversion of 1st and 2nd floor offices and retail space into flats
11-19 Main Street, West Calder
Received 20 Aug 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0736/A/94
Erection of signs
Junction B7031/A71, East Calder
Received 4 Oct 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0682/FUL/95
Erection of a garage
53 Hillhouse Avenue, Bathgate
Received 13 Sept 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0682/FUL/93
Change of use from public open space to garden ground to form a driveway
24 Stewartfield Road, Broxburn, EH52 5EP
Received 30 Sept 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0681/NID/92
Formation of a temporary decant caravan site
King George's Field , Blackburn
Received 21 Sept 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0681/A/96
Installation of facia signs
Unit 3 Almondvale Centre, Almondvale, Livingston
Received 31 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0681/A/95
Erection of signs
Aldi Store Whitburn Road, Bathgate
Received 13 Sept 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0681/A/94
Erection of signboard
32 The Vennel, Linlithgow
Received 19 Sept 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0681/FUL/93
Erection of house
Site At West Main Street, Whitburn
Received 29 Sept 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0680/P/93
Outline planning permission for a residential development
Site At Riddochhill Road, Blackburn
Received 29 Sept 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0680/A/94
Proposed facia signs
Osiris House , Livingston
Received 16 Sept 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0680/FUL/96
Store and toilet extension
The Firs, Langside Gardens, Polbeth
Received 31 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0741/P/93
Outline planning permission for a residential development
17A Station Road, Uphall
Received 22 Oct 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0741/FUL/95
Erection of 15 houses and associated access road and landscaping
Site At Craiginn Terrace, Blackridge
Received 18 Oct 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0741/FUL/94
Erection of a house
24 Westermains, Armadale
Received 6 Oct 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0741/FUL/92
Change of use to hot food carry out
2 Main Street, Winchburgh
Received 20 Oct 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0740/NID/94
Erection of sports changing pavilion
Meadow Park (Sports Facility) Glasgow Road, Bathgate
Received 6 Oct 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0740/H/96
Alterations to house including installation of dormer windows
Woodbank Farm , Armadale, EH48 3BE
Received 20 Aug 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0740/A/95
Erection of 3 hoardings
- Fairways Business Park, Knightsridge, Livingston
Received 13 Oct 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0740/FUL/95
Erection of a house
Plot 19 Westermains, Armadale
Received 18 Oct 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0740/FUL/93
Provision of 4 feed storage bins
Oakbank Poultry Farm , East Calder
Received 22 Oct 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0740/FUL/92
Extension to house
14 Park Road, Broxburn
Received 20 Oct 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0739/LBC/94
Listed Building Consent and planning permission for conversion of farm steading buildings to 7 houses and fitting rooflights on existing farmhouse
Raw Farm , East Calder
Received 6 Oct 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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