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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26,348 approved · 2,542 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0689/FUL/93
Installation of a dormer
92 Hailstones Crescent, Armadale
Received 30 Sept 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0505/FUL/94
Erection of a 15m telecommunications mast, equipment cabin and associated apparatus
Livingston United F C Deans South, Livingston
Received 7 Jul 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0446/FUL/95
Erection of a double garage
20 Millburn Road, Westfield
Received 21 Jun 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0446/FUL/93
Erection of a house
Mid Seat Cottage , East Whitburn, EH47 8AA
Received 1 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0446/FUL/92
Erection of a porch
6 Redhouse Cottages, Threemiletown, EH49 6NQ
Received 23 Jun 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0445/LBC/93
Listed Building Consent and advert consent for erection of hanging banner
139 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 1 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0445/H/96
Erection of a conservatory
14 Willowdean, Bridgend
Received 31 May 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0571/FUL/95
Erection of three poultry houses and amenity and feed store buildings
Belstane Farm North, Kirknewton
Received 1 Aug 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0493/FUL/94
Change of use from vacant butchers/video shop to day nursery
Units 3 & 4 Springfield Road, Linlithgow
Received 5 Jul 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0484/FUL/92
Extension to house
94 Glenalmond, Whitburn, EH47 8NS
Received 2 Jul 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0483/FUL/96
Alterations to garage positions
Plots 3, 7 & 58 Kingfisher Rise, Seafield
Received 11 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0483/FUL/95
Installation of a pitched roof
Unit 4 Greendykes Industrial Estate, Broxburn
Received 6 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0483/FUL/94
Erection of an agricultural building
Broompark Farm , Torphichen
Received 30 Jun 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0483/FUL/93
Retention and refurbishment of factory
- East Main Street, Halls Factory, Broxburn
Received 12 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0483/FUL/92
Extension to house
2 Drumshoreland Station, Broxburn, EH52 5PG
Received 2 Jul 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0482/P/95
Outline planning permission for the demolition of public house and shop and erection of 18 flats
Mill Road, Bathgate
Received 6 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0482/LBC/96
Listed building consent for erection of a hanging sign
31 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 10 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0482/FUL/94
Change of use from light industrial use to stables
5A Houston Mains, Dechmont
Received 30 Jun 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0482/P/93
Erection of a house and double garage
11 Station Road, Kirknewton
Received 12 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0482/FUL/92
Extension to house
49 East Main Street, Blackburn
Received 2 Jul 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0691/FUL/96
Erection of a stable block
Baadsmill Farmhouse , West Calder, EH55 8LA
Received 6 Aug 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0691/FUL/95
Extension to Golf Course
Harburn Golf Club , West Calder, EH55 8RS
Received 18 Sept 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0691/FUL/94
Alterations and change of use to form licensed restaurant and hot food take-away
14 Marrfield Terrace, Uphall Station
Received 19 Sept 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0691/FUL/93
Proposed pitched roof on garage
1 Roman Camp Cottages, Broxburn, EH52 5PJ
Received 1 Oct 1993
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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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