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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26,348 approved · 2,542 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0702/FUL/96
Erection of security fence and CCTV
Unit 4 Kingsthorne Park, Livingston, EH54 5DB
Received 6 Aug 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0702/FUL/95
Erection of timber fence and gates
131/133 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 20 Sept 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0702/FUL/94
Erection of clubhouse
Bowling Club Marrfield Terrace, Uphall Station
Received 22 Sept 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0692/FUL/95
Change of use from a house to a dental practice
35 West Main Street, Broxburn, EH52 5RQ
Received 18 Sept 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0692/FUL/93
Erection of 2 garages
Garage Site Hopefield Road, Blackburn
Received 1 Oct 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0604/P/94
Outline planning permission for 2 house plots
Brushwood Ridge Cathlaw Lane, Torphichen
Received 15 Aug 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0604/H/96
Erection of a garage
140 Chapelton Drive, Polbeth, EH55 8SG
Received 8 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0604/FUL/93
Erection of a pig unit
Knock Farm , Bathgate, EH48 4NP
Received 27 Aug 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0604/FUL/92
Erection of a port-a-cabin
Winchburgh Bowling Club , Winchburgh
Received 20 Aug 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0603/P/92
Outline planning permission for a residential development
- Wester Breich Road, Redhouse East, Blackburn
Received 20 Aug 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0603/A/96
Erection of signboards
Eliburn Road, Livingston
Received 8 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0603/A/94
Erection of signboard
A71 Lizzie Brices Roundabout, Livingston
Received 15 Aug 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0603/FUL/95
Attic conversion
21 Whitemoss Road, Kirknewton, EH27 8AF
Received 15 Aug 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0603/FUL/93
Extension to the Burial Ground
Mid Calder Cemetery , Mid Calder
Received 27 Aug 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0602/H/96
Erection of a garage
1/2 Castle Road, Winchburgh, EH52 6RQ
Received 8 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0602/FUL/95
Erection of a conservatory
55 Blackness Road, Linlithgow
Received 14 Aug 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0592/P/96
Full planning application for erection of an industrial building and outline planning application for future extension
Site At Inchwood, Bathgate
Received 8 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0624/FUL/93
Change of use from toilets to offices
Site At Cousland Terrace, Seafield
Received 3 Sept 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0624/FUL/92
Erection of a house
11 Woodlands Grove, Armadale, EH48 2LH
Received 31 Aug 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0623/H/96
Erection of a double garage
48 Birniehill Crescent, Bathgate
Received 12 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0623/FUL/95
Formation of a driveway
34 Mains Road, Linlithgow, EH49 6DB
Received 22 Aug 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0623/FUL/94
Erection of a garage
10 Burnside Lane, Polbeth
Received 22 Aug 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0623/FUL/93
Erection of warehouse incorporating office accommodation
Whitestone Place Whitehill Industrial Estate, Bathgate
Received 3 Sept 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0623/FUL/92
Extension to house
82 Avontoun Park, Linlithgow, EH49 6QQ
Received 31 Aug 1992
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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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