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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26,348 approved · 2,542 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0710/FUL/92
Proposed siting of mobile snack bar
Inchcross Pottishaw Road, Bathgate
Received 5 Oct 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0709/FUL/96
Demolition of existing house and erection of a house
Lampinsdub , Winchburgh
Received 9 Aug 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0709/FUL/95
Change of use of building to Class II (Distribution and Storage)
Starlaw -, Bathgate
Received 22 Sept 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0687/FUL/92
Access road to proposed industrial development site
Site 1 East Mains Industrial Estate, Broxburn
Received 24 Sept 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0686/A/96
Erection of facia and projecting signs
2 East Mains Street, Broxburn
Received 1 Aug 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0545/FUL/94
Erection of a satellite dish
Low Port Centre , Linlithgow
Received 22 Jul 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0545/FUL/93
Change of use and extension to building to form dental surgery
Wellsyde Marjoribanks Street, Bathgate
Received 3 Aug 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0545/FUL/92
Erection of a house
Plot 4 (Old Nursery Site) West Main Street, Broxburn
Received 27 Jul 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0544/A/95
Erection of a double sided free standing sign
- Auldhill Road, Bridgend
Received 26 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0705/H/96
Extension to house
132 Bailielands, Linlithgow
Received 6 Aug 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0932/FUL/94
Conversion of existing building and extension to form 18 flats
42 East Main Street, Armadale
Received 13 Dec 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0931/P/96
Outline planning permission for the erection of house (semi-detached to no. 63)
63 Pyothall Road, Broxburn
Received 23 Oct 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0931/FUL/94
Erection of a conservatory
15 Elm Square, Whitburn, EH47 8NE
Received 13 Dec 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0862/H/96
Erection of a double garage
2 Kilpunt Gardens, Broxburn
Received 27 Sept 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0862/A/94
Proposed signs
Glenmavis Garage Linlithgow Road, Bathgate, EH48 4LA
Received 14 Nov 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0861/LBC/96
Planning permission and listed building consent for the construction of a storage/boat shed and petrol store and gas bottle cage
Canal Yard Manse Road Basin, Linlithgow
Received 27 Sept 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0861/A/94
Erection of hanging sign
50 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 11 Nov 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0861/FUL/95
Erection of 11 houses
Area 6 Pyothall (Site At), Broxburn
Received 15 Dec 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0852/FUL/95
Glazed panels of window to be replaced with solid panels
16 Greendykes Road, Broxburn, EH52 5AG
Received 12 Dec 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0852/A/94
Erection of extension to existing development to form new west entrance, gym and child care facility
- Easter Inch, Bathgate, EH48 2EL
Received 9 Nov 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0851/H/95
Installation of a dormer
164 Glasgow Road, Bathgate
Received 12 Dec 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0851/A/96
Installation of illuminated signboard
Unit 8 Almondvale Phase II, Livingston
Received 26 Sept 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0666/FUL/96
Change of use from Class 1 shop to Class 2 opticians
3/3A Greendykes Road, Broxburn
Received 25 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0666/FUL/94
Erection of a garage
72 Glenmavis Drive, Bathgate, EH48 4DQ
Received 13 Sept 1994
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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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