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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26,348 approved · 2,542 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0557/FUL/94
Erection of a garage
102 Overton Crescent, East Calder
Received 29 Jul 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0557/FUL/93
Installation of an LPG tank
The Thatch Cottage Hopetoun Estate, South Queensferry
Received 9 Aug 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0556/P/92
Outline planning permission for erection of 16 houses and garages
Eastfield Road, Fauldhouse
Received 29 Jul 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0556/H/96
Erection of a garage
16 Ballantyne Place, Livingston, EH54 6TG
Received 25 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0556/FUL/95
Proposed propane storage area
4 Inchmuir Road, Bathgate, EH48 2EW
Received 31 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0556/FUL/94
Change of use from toilets to hot food carry out
Public Toilets Main Street, Blackridge
Received 29 Jul 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0776/FUL/95
Erection of a house
Plot 2 Harthill Road, Westcraigs
Received 1 Nov 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0776/FUL/94
Erection of a house and outbuildings
Plot 11 West Harwood Farm, West Calder
Received 18 Oct 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0776/FUL/93
Erection of palisade security fence
Easton Road, Bathgate, EH48 2SF
Received 4 Nov 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0775/P/92
Outline planning permission for a house
Bonsyde Cottage , Linlithgow, EH49 7NU
Received 3 Nov 1992 - DecidedLIVE/1004/A/96
Erection of a free standing sign
Lauder House, Almondvale Business Park, Almondvale, Livingston
Received 15 Nov 1996 - DecidedLIVE/1003/FUL/96
Application to amend approved development to delete link footpath between phases 2 & 3
Kettlestoun Mains, Linlithgow
Received 15 Nov 1996 - DecidedLIVE/1002/FUL/96
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground, formation of a driveway and erection of a garage and fence
39 Mill Road, Armadale, EH48 3NB
Received 15 Nov 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0934/FUL/94
Proposed new shop front
04 West Main Street, Armadale
Received 14 Dec 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0933/NID/94
Extend and upgrade existing civic amenity depot for rubbish collection and recycling
Amenity Site (WLDC) Braehead Road, Linlithgow
Received 13 Dec 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0933/H/96
Extension to house
42 Bellsburn Avenue, Linlithgow, EH49 7LB
Received 23 Oct 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0932/FUL/96
Importation of subsoil/topsoil to cap site prior to redevelopment
Drumshoreland Road, Pumpherston, EH53 0LQ
Received 23 Oct 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0838/FUL/93
Construction of 27 amenity housing
Site At Brown Street, Armadale
Received 1 Dec 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0838/FUL/92
Change of use of public open space to garden ground
321 Beechwood Road, Blackburn, EH47 7PE
Received 4 Dec 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0837/A/95
Erection of various free standing and facia signs
- Deer Park Avenue, Knightsridge, Livingston
Received 5 Dec 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0837/H/96
Erection of a conservatory
206 Springfield Road, Linlithgow
Received 19 Sept 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0837/FUL/94
Erection of a house
Plot 38 Heatherpark, Seafield
Received 4 Nov 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0837/FUL/93
Erection of staff toilet/changing room block
Rusha Poultry Farm , West Calder, EH55 8NR
Received 1 Dec 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0837/FUL/92
Proposed dormer extension
98/100 Lower Bathville, Armadale, EH48 2JS
Received 4 Dec 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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