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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26,348 approved · 2,542 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0712/FUL/95
Formation of a temporary car park
2 Inchmuir Road, Whitehill Industrial Estate, Bathgate
Received 26 Sept 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0712/FUL/94
Erection of warehouse and office
Site Mill Road Industrial Estate, Linlithgow
Received 28 Sept 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0711/M/92
Proposed hard fill and landscaping to quarry site
Torphin Quarry , Harburn
Received 5 Oct 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0711/H/96
Erection of a boundary wall
8 Old Mill Road, Broxburn
Received 9 Aug 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0711/FUL/95
Alterations and change of use to form licensed social club
2A South Street, Armadale
Received 26 Sept 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0614/FUL/93
Extension to house
10 Edinburgh Road, Bathgate, EH48 1BA
Received 1 Sept 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0614/FUL/92
Erection of a garage
Jemern Friarsbrae, Linlithgow
Received 25 Aug 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0613/LBC/95
Listed building consent for conversion of office into flats
11-19 Main Street, West Calder
Received 17 Aug 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0613/FUL/96
Proposed house and outbuilding
Plot 6 Woodbank Farm, Armadale
Received 10 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0613/FUL/94
Proposed storm porch
22 Priory Road, Linlithgow, EH49 6BS
Received 16 Aug 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0613/FUL/93
Erection of a house
Plot 13 Site At Braehead, Linlithgow
Received 1 Sept 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0613/FUL/92
Proposed soil screening plant
Hayscraig Farm Landfill , Broxburn
Received 25 Aug 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0612/P/95
Outline planning permission for residential development of the former walled garden and paddock
Murieston House Murieston, Livingston
Received 17 Aug 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0612/FUL/94
Installation of odour control plant
Factory (Ewos) Torphichen Road, Westfield, EH48 3BP
Received 16 Aug 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0612/FUL/93
Proposed dormer extension
34 Edinburgh Road, Bathgate
Received 1 Sept 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0612/FUL/92
Erection of a garage and car port
27 Falside Crescent, Bathgate, EH48 2DH
Received 25 Aug 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0561/H/96
Extension to house
69 Springfield Road, Linlithgow
Received 26 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0444/FUL/93
Change of use to operate business from workshop
47 East Main Street, Blackburn
Received 1 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0444/FUL/92
Erection of a porch
40 Dovecot Park, Linlithgow
Received 23 Jun 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0435/FUL/92
Erection of 2 houses
Plots 2 And 6 Woodlands, Armadale
Received 17 Jun 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0434/FUL/96
Installation of a portacabin
- Brocks Way, East Mains Industrial Estate, Broxburn, EH52 5AU
Received 28 May 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0434/FUL/94
Proposed pig unit
Oatridge Farm Steading , Ecclesmachan
Received 15 Jun 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0434/FUL/93
Erection of sheltered and care housing
Site At West Port/St Ninians Road, Linlithgow
Received 28 Jun 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0434/FUL/92
Installation of security grill
1 Northfield Court, West Calder
Received 17 Jun 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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