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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26,348 approved · 2,542 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0445/FUL/95
Erection of a sun lounge
74 Barons Hill Avenue, Linlithgow, EH49 7JG
Received 21 Jun 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0445/FUL/94
Erection of 7 semi-detached/terraced houses and 1 plot for detached house
Site At Riddochhill Road, Blackburn
Received 20 Jun 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0445/H/92
Extension to house
12 Beechwood, Linlithgow
Received 23 Jun 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0444/M/94
Proposed re-shaping and capping of existing bing
Eastfield Wood , Fauldhouse
Received 17 Jun 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0444/FUL/96
Construction of reed bed drainage purification system
Pumpherston Farm, Pumpherston
Received 31 May 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0444/FUL/95
Erection of a porch
41 Whiteside, Bathgate
Received 21 Jun 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0651/A/92
Erection of illuminated signs
Melvilles Disco Almondside, Livingston
Received 9 Sept 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0651/FUL/96
Erection of 2 semi-detached houses
Willowbrae Greenburn, Fauldhouse
Received 19 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0651/FUL/95
Erection of 14 No. flats
Jarvey Street, Bathgate
Received 5 Sept 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0651/FUL/94
Erection of a house and garage
16 Main Street, Dechmont
Received 7 Sept 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0651/FUL/93
Conversion of garage to granny flat
North Mains Cottage , Dechmont
Received 17 Sept 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0650/FUL/96
Erection of a 12000 ft square industrial portal framed building
Todds Square, Livingston
Received 18 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0650/FUL/95
Erection of a garage and dormer
46 Garden City, Stoneyburn
Received 5 Sept 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0650/FUL/94
Proposed extension to rear of
12 Starlaw Terrace, Bathgate
Received 6 Sept 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0650/FUL/93
Erection of garage and porch
11A Earls Place, Fauldhouse
Received 16 Sept 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0650/FUL/92
Proposed sludge press house
Water Treatment Works Pates Hill, West Calder
Received 9 Sept 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0649/P/96
Outline planning permission for erection of a house site
Mungle Street, West Calder
Received 18 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0640/FUL/92
Erection of a garage
49 Woodmuir Place, Breich
Received 4 Sept 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0549/FUL/92
Extension to Part Stores Department
Lex Rover West Main Street, Uphall, EH52 5DZ
Received 28 Jul 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0548/P/92
Outline planning permission for provision of 4 serviced house plots
23 Hardhill Road, Bathgate
Received 28 Jul 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0548/FUL/96
Erection of portable store unit
Site At Mill Road Industrial Estate, Linlithgow Bridge
Received 25 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0548/FUL/95
Erection of a bonded warehouse and erection of storage vats
East Mains Industrial Estate, Broxburn, EH52 5AU
Received 27 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0700/P/96
Outline Planning Permission for construction of public house premises
Blackness Road, Linlithgow
Received 6 Aug 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0700/M/92
Import of topsoil and subsoil for site restoration
Uphall Bing East , Uphall
Received 30 Sept 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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