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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26,348 approved · 2,542 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0907/H/96
Erection of a conservatory
18 Rockville Grove, Linlithgow, EH49 6BZ
Received 14 Oct 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0906/NID/93
Housing for the elderly complex
South West Corner At Junction Academy Street And South Mid Street, Bathgate
Received 21 Dec 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0906/A/96
Free standing signs
Lauder House, Almondvale Business Park, Almondvale, Livingston
Received 14 Oct 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0906/FUL/94
Storage of hire vehicles
Car Park Gideon Street, Bathgate
Received 1 Dec 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0905/M/96
Proposed importation and storage of tar pond waste material
Drumshoreland Road, Pumpherston, EH53 0LQ
Received 14 Oct 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0905/FUL/94
Installation of dormer
141 West Main Street, Broxburn
Received 1 Dec 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0905/FUL/93
Erection of a garage
2 South Road, Fauldhouse, EH47 0HQ
Received 21 Dec 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0849/FUL/93
Change of use to convert workshop to house
Burngrange Farm , West Calder, EH55 8HG
Received 2 Dec 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0849/FUL/92
Erection of a wall
134 Glenburn Gardens, Whitburn, EH47 8NN
Received 8 Dec 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0653/FUL/94
Alter and extend shop and relocate house previously approved
West End Store, Moorelands, Addiewell
Received 7 Sept 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0653/FUL/93
Erection of a fence and wall
The Inclosure Falkirk Road, Linlithgow
Received 17 Sept 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0652/P/92
Outline planning permission for a house
Craigmount Westfield Road, Torphichen, EH48 4LY
Received 9 Sept 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0652/NID/94
Outline planning permission for an extension to cemetery
Loaninghill Cemetery Loaninghill Road, Uphall
Received 7 Sept 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0643/FUL/92
Extension to house
4 Rivaldsgreen Crescent, Linlithgow, EH49 6BB
Received 7 Sept 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0642/H/96
Erection of a garage
319 Beechwood Road, Blackburn
Received 17 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0642/FUL/95
Change of use to form guest house and alterations to form parking area/erect new garage
78 East Main Street, Blackburn
Received 31 Aug 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0642/FUL/94
Extension to house
48 Hamilton Road, Bathgate, EH48 2BE
Received 31 Aug 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0591/A/94
Erection of a banner
55 Main Street, Linlithgow
Received 10 Aug 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0591/FUL/96
Erection of a 22.5m communications mast
North Tormywheel Farm , West Calder
Received 5 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0591/FUL/93
Erection of a boundary fence
Unit 1 Armadale Industrial Estate, Armadale
Received 24 Aug 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0591/FUL/92
Installation of replacement windows
60 St Ninians Road, Linlithgow
Received 17 Aug 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0684/FUL/93
Replacement of asbestos slates with Marley Menop Double Roman Tile
2 St Ninian's Way, Linlithgow
Received 30 Sept 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0684/FUL/92
Erection of 2 houses
Site At Mungle Street, West Calder
Received 22 Sept 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0683/A/95
Erection of two sign boards
West Lothian College Majoribanks Street, Bathgate
Received 13 Sept 1995
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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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