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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26,348 approved · 2,542 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0569/P/93
Outline planninig permission for retail sales outlet and parking
5 Edinburgh Road, Linlithgow
Received 12 Aug 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0569/A/96
Erection of signboards
Gavieside, West Calder
Received 28 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0630/FUL/95
Change of use from domestic garage to office and store
3/4 Cannop Crescent, Stoneyburn
Received 25 Aug 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0630/FUL/94
Change of use from domestic garage to joiners
2 Gardnerswell Villas, Bathgate, EH48 4HJ
Received 23 Aug 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0433/FUL/96
Erection of a double garage
2 Inchcross Steadings, Bathgate
Received 27 May 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0382/A/93
Erection of signboard
2A Mill Road, Bathgate, EH48 4JJ
Received 11 Jun 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0382/FUL/96
Erection of 14 houses
- Muirhousedykes Mains, Loganlea, EH55 8HY
Received 8 May 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0382/FUL/95
Extension to rear
Forrester Cottage Calderhouse Road, Mid Calder
Received 30 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0382/FUL/94
Erection of front porch
32 Dyke Road, Harthill, ML7 5QT
Received 23 May 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0639/A/96
Erection of an illuminated facia sign
2A South Street, Armadale
Received 17 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0639/A/95
Erection of illuminated sign and projecting sign
93 South Bridge Street, Bathgate
Received 31 Aug 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0639/FUL/94
Erection of a conservatory
32 Galabraes Crescent, Bathgate
Received 29 Aug 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0639/FUL/93
Renewal of shop front
021 West Main Street, Armadale
Received 13 Sept 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0639/FUL/92
Proposed dormer extension
54 South Parks, Armadale
Received 4 Sept 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0588/FUL/95
Erection of a house
Plot 9 Stoneheap Farm, Stoneyburn
Received 7 Aug 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0588/P/94
Erection of a block of 3 stables, a hay store and an all weather surface
Newhouse Farm , West Calder, EH55 8NP
Received 9 Aug 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0587/P/93
Outline planning permission for a house
Houstonville Bathgate Road, Armadale
Received 20 Aug 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0587/FUL/96
Erection of a house
Plot 1 Back Station Road, Linlithgow
Received 5 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0587/FUL/95
Erection of a conservatory
42 Parkwood Gardens, Broxburn, EH52 5RE
Received 7 Aug 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0587/FUL/94
Erection of a police station
8-10 Polbeth Terrace, West Calder
Received 9 Aug 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0587/FUL/92
Erection of a garage
1 Westcraigs Road, Blackridge, EH48 3AG
Received 13 Aug 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0711/FUL/94
Erection of a conservatory
148 Maryfield Park, Mid Calder, EH53 8SD
Received 28 Sept 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0702/FUL/93
Extension to house
103 Glenmore, Whitburn
Received 6 Oct 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0701/H/96
Extenstion to house
13 Earls Place, Fauldhouse
Received 6 Aug 1996
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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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