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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26,348 approved · 2,542 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0393/FUL/93
Erection of a garage
173 Glendevon Park, Winchburgh, EH52 6UG
Received 16 Jun 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0392/H/96
Installation of domestic oil tank
9 Albert Buildings, Westfield
Received 13 May 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0392/FUL/95
Proposed extension
131A Pumpherston Road, Uphall Station, EH54 5PH
Received 1 Jun 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0716/FUL/95
Installation of rear dormer
219 Pentland View, Pumpherston
Received 27 Sept 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0665/A/94
Proposed signboard
Slip Road At Morton Turn Off, Mid Calder
Received 13 Sept 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0665/A/92
Erection of signs
14 George Street, Bathgate
Received 14 Sept 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0665/FUL/93
Erection of a porch
29 Roosevelt Road, Kirknewton
Received 23 Sept 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0664/P/92
Outline planning permission for a house
Whiteside Farm , Bathgate, EH48 2HW
Received 14 Sept 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0926/M/96
Extraction of coal slurry and colliery discard and importation of inert soils for rehabilitation
Woodmuir Colliery Tip , West Calder
Received 17 Oct 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0908/A/94
Proposed shopfront sign
102 Springfield Road, Linlithgow
Received 5 Dec 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0664/FUL/95
Installation of new plant on roof
4 Regent Centre, Linlithgow
Received 8 Sept 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0664/FUL/94
Proposed siting of portacabin in vacant land to rear of
26-28 Waverley Street, Bathgate, EH48 4HZ
Received 13 Sept 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0664/FUL/93
Erection of 4 units for light industrial use
Site At Standhill Road, Bathgate
Received 21 Sept 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0655/FUL/92
Proposed new shop front
116 And 118 West Main Street, Whitburn
Received 11 Sept 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0654/FUL/96
Erection of 117 houses and flats
- Howden West R2, Howden, Livingston
Received 23 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0654/FUL/95
Extension to shop premises
133 West Main Street, Armadale
Received 6 Sept 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0654/FUL/94
Residential care home
Former Clinic Site Opposite Meadowhead Place, Addiewell
Received 7 Sept 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0654/FUL/93
Erection of a house
Plot 20 Heatherpark, Seafield
Received 17 Sept 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0654/FUL/92
Extensions to house
30 Balbardie Avenue, Bathgate
Received 11 Sept 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0653/P/92
Outline planning permission for erection of a house,formation of an equestrian centre and conversion of a farm building to a house
Newhouse Farm , West Calder, EH55 8NP
Received 11 Sept 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0653/H/96
Remove tradional sash case windows and install white UPVC windows
23C Main Street, Mid Calder, EH53 Oaw
Received 19 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0653/FUL/95
Erection of porch and garage
Stonerigg Cottage Upper Bathville, Armadale, EH48 3JX
Received 6 Sept 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0693/LBC/96
Planning Permission and Listed Building Consent for formation of car park and tennis court
Houstoun House Hotel -, Uphall
Received 6 Aug 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0693/LBC/93
Listed Building Consent for replacement windows
3 The Square, Torphichen
Received 1 Oct 1993
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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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