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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26,348 approved · 2,542 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0686/FUL/94
Change of use from agricultural building to house
Kepscaith Farm Steading -, Longridge
Received 19 Sept 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0560/H/96
Erection of a garage
17 Templar Rise, Livingston
Received 26 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0560/A/95
Erection of a marketing board
Site At Dunlop Square, Livingston
Received 31 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0560/FUL/94
Formation of a reflexology and theraputic massage business
20 Craigrigg Cottages, Bridgehouse
Received 29 Jul 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0560/FUL/93
Part change of use from workshop to launderette
8 Greendykes Road, Broxburn
Received 9 Aug 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0560/FUL/92
Installation of security shutter
160 Main Street, East Calder
Received 31 Jul 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0559/P/94
Outline planning permission for erection of a house
76 South Street, Armadale
Received 29 Jul 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0559/FUL/96
Erection of a house
Croft 15 Woodbank Farm, Westfield
Received 26 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0559/FUL/95
Proposed shop front
14 Calderhall Avenue, East Calder
Received 31 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0788/FUL/93
Change of use of public open space to garden ground
53 And 55 Napier Avenue, Bathgate
Received 8 Nov 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0788/FUL/92
Change of use of public open space to garden ground
22 Whitelaw Drive, Bathgate, EH48 1RQ
Received 11 Nov 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0787/A/96
Erection of facia and free standing signs
- Houstoun Road, Livingston
Received 6 Sept 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0787/A/95
Erection of illuminated facia signs, Houston Industrial Estate
18 Napier Square, Livingston
Received 7 Nov 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0787/FUL/94
Erection of a boundary fence and garage
90 Barton Terrace, Fauldhouse
Received 20 Oct 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0787/FUL/93
Alterations to and change of use of nursing home to a house
50 Edinburgh Road, Bathgate
Received 8 Nov 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0787/FUL/92
Erection of house and garage
Plot 20 West Main Street, Armadale
Received 10 Nov 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0777/FUL/94
Change of use to hot food shop
82 Main Street, West Calder
Received 18 Oct 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0777/FUL/93
Alterations to frontage and side elevations
Paraffin Lamp, Almondvale Centre, Almondvale, Livingston
Received 4 Nov 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0777/FUL/92
Erection of a porch
81 The Glebe, West Calder, EH55 8BL
Received 4 Nov 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0776/P/92
Outline planning permission for a restaurant and house
Wallhouse Mine Wester Wood, Torphichen
Received 3 Nov 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0776/H/96
Erection of a wall
111 Mowbray Rise, Livingston
Received 3 Sept 1996 - DecidedLIVE/1070/FUL/96
Erection of 2 semi-detached bungalows
46 East Main Street, Blackburn
Received 13 Dec 1996 - DecidedLIVE/1069/H/96
Extension to house
21 Burnside Terrace, Polbeth, EH55 8SU
Received 11 Dec 1996 - DecidedLIVE/1068/FUL/96
Erection of a house containing business accommodation
Plot 2 Woodbank Farm, Armadale
Received 11 Dec 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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