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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26,348 approved · 2,542 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0622/A/93
Erection of hanging/projecting sign
106 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 3 Sept 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0622/FUL/96
Change of use of former joinery workshop to workshop for the production of meat products
Unit 1 Greendykes Industrial Estate, Broxburn
Received 12 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0622/FUL/95
Extension to house
10 Elmpark, Blackburn
Received 22 Aug 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0622/FUL/94
Erection of a fence
18 Limefield Avenue, Polbeth
Received 22 Aug 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0737/FUL/95
Form second access link road to Fire Station from adjoining site access to Bield Housing Association
Linlithgow Fire Station Philip Avenue, Linlithgow
Received 11 Oct 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0737/FUL/93
Erection of 8 feed storage bins
Raw Camps Poultry Farm , Kirknewton
Received 22 Oct 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0605/FUL/95
Erection of 4 advance industrial units, site no. 1
Inchmuir Road, Whitehill Industrial Estate, Bathgate
Received 15 Aug 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0605/FUL/93
Erection of 25 houses
Site At Mosside Road, Blackburn
Received 30 Aug 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0551/FUL/93
Conversion of tractor shed to house
House 1 Kingsfield Farm, Linlithgow
Received 4 Aug 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0582/LBC/94
Listed Building Consent and Planning Permission for conversion of agricultural building to house
Cauldhame Farm , Linlithgow
Received 8 Aug 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0582/FUL/95
Proposed dormer extension and alterations
13 Gloag Place, West Calder
Received 3 Aug 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0582/FUL/93
Erection of a garage
14 Wallace Road, Bathgate
Received 20 Aug 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0582/FUL/92
Installation of LPG tank
7 Harburn, West Calder, EH55 8RP
Received 11 Aug 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0435/LBC/94
Listed Building Consent and planning permission to convert part existing barn/farm building to form house
Gowanbank Farm Steading , Avonbridge
Received 15 Jun 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0435/H/96
Erection of a garage and extension
Plot 8 Priors Grange, Torphichen
Received 28 May 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0435/FUL/95
Erection of transportable classroom unit
Pinewood School Elm Grove, Blackburn
Received 20 Jun 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0435/FUL/93
Change of use from waste ground/car park to garden ground
9 Goschen Place, Broxburn, EH52 5JE
Received 29 Jun 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0624/FUL/94
Erection of 29 houses
Site At Meadowbank View, Kirknewton
Received 22 Aug 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0399/LBC/94
Listed Building Consent for replacement of existing roof lights with velux windows and installation of 4 velux windows
59 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 30 May 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0337/FUL/93
Conversion of attic
Viewforth Cottage `B` School Road, Longridge
Received 26 May 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0337/FUL/92
Erection of a house and garage
Plot 6 Wallhouse Garden Site, Torphichen
Received 7 May 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0336/P/95
Outline Planning Permission for kennels and cattery facilities (boarding)
West Broadlaw Farm, Broxburn, EH52 6NB
Received 18 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0336/FUL/96
Erection of 145 houses
- Eliburn East 10, Eliburn, Livingston
Received 25 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0336/FUL/94
Erection of house and garage
Plot 1 Cathlaw Lane, Torphichen
Received 4 May 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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