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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26,348 approved · 2,542 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0700/A/95
Erection of projecting facia, poster and canopy signs
Royston Service Station -, Dechmont
Received 20 Sept 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0700/FUL/94
Erection of building to form mini community centre
Boghall Primary School Marina Road, Bathgate
Received 22 Sept 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0699/P/93
Outline planning permission for 3 house plots
Site At Sibbalds Brae, Bathgate
Received 5 Oct 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0561/FUL/94
Erection of a conservatory
41 Maryfield Park, Mid Calder, EH53 0SB
Received 29 Jul 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0602/FUL/94
Siting of mobile fish shop
Shoprite Car Park Edinburgh Road, Bathgate
Received 15 Aug 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0602/FUL/93
Creation of bay window
72 East Main Street, Blackburn, EH47 7QU
Received 27 Aug 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0602/FUL/92
Extension to house
73 Spottiswoode Gardens, Mid Calder
Received 20 Aug 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0601/P/95
Erection of a house
1 Moss Cottage Ferguson Way, Livingston, EH54 8AA
Received 14 Aug 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0554/FUL/95
Proposed house extension and renovations
2 Quarry Cottages, Blackridge, EH48 3RJ
Received 31 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0554/FUL/94
Erection of a house
6 Redmill Court, East Whitburn
Received 29 Jul 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0554/FUL/93
Erection of a house
Plot 13 Seafield Farm, Seafield
Received 5 Aug 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0554/FUL/92
Removal of condition No 2 of planning permission for the erection off 44 houses
Former Bonded Warehouse Provost Road, Linlithgow
Received 29 Jul 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0553/P/96
Outline planning permission for the erection of a house
Glasgow Road, Bathgate
Received 25 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0553/FUL/95
Change of use of premises from shop to create 2 flats
12 Main Street, Winchburgh, EH52 6SF
Received 27 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0553/FUL/94
Extension to house
133 South Street, Armadale
Received 29 Jul 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0382/FUL/92
Change of use from hotel bedrooms and function suite to 3 flats
The Ridge Hotel Main Street, Longridge
Received 25 May 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0381/LBC/92
Application for planning permission for change of use to office and Listed Building Consent for alterations to outbuilding
28 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 22 May 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0381/H/96
Erection of a garage
Boghead Cottage Standhill Road, Bathgate
Received 8 May 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0571/FUL/94
Change of use of garage to house
Garage St Michaels Wynd, Linlithgow
Received 3 Aug 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0571/FUL/92
Erection of double garage for No 58 and No 60 and an extension to house at No 60
58 And 60 Oakbank Road, East Calder
Received 6 Aug 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0570/P/92
Outline planning permission for 4 houses
Cultsykefoot , Whitburn
Received 5 Aug 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0570/FUL/95
Proposed change of use from Use Class 4 (Business Use) to Use Class II (Storage and Distribution)
12 Dunnet Way, Broxburn
Received 1 Aug 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0570/FUL/94
Erection of croft
Croft 4 Hens Nest Road, East Whitburn
Received 3 Aug 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0570/FUL/93
Proposed extension to shop
90 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston
Received 12 Aug 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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