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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26,348 approved · 2,542 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0953/A/96
Erection of freestanding entrance sign
Brucefield Industrial Estate, Bellsquarry
Received 29 Oct 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0952/P/96
Outline planning permission for two houses
Mine Baths Castle Road, Winchburgh
Received 29 Oct 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0952/FUL/94
Extension to house
11 Priory Road, Linlithgow
Received 23 Dec 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0581/FUL/95
Proposed house extension
165 Polkemmet Drive, Harthill
Received 3 Aug 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0581/FUL/92
Erection of a porch
3 Glass Road, Winchburgh
Received 10 Aug 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0581/FUL/94
Erection of a conservatory
10 Murieston Walk, Livingston
Received 8 Aug 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0580/P/94
Outline Planning Permission for residential development
Land At Newhouses Road, Broxburn
Received 8 Aug 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0580/H/96
Formation of parking area
6 Champfleurie Cottages, Linlithgow, EH49 6NA
Received 3 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0580/FUL/95
Change of use from public house/restaurant to house
The Roadhouse Armadale Road, Whitburn, EH48 2TP
Received 3 Aug 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0663/FUL/96
Substitution of house types on plots 16 & 17
Eliburn East 9A, Livingston
Received 25 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0663/FUL/95
Erection of a garage and driveway
10 Avenue Park West, Mid Calder
Received 8 Sept 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0663/FUL/94
Erection of stone entrance walls and pillars
East Whitburn House Hens Nest Road, East Whitburn
Received 13 Sept 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0663/FUL/93
Extension to house
44 Aitken Orr Drive, Broxburn
Received 21 Sept 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0663/FUL/92
Erection of 45 houses
Site At Fauldhouse Road, Longridge
Received 14 Sept 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0662/H/96
Erection of a fence
2 Langton Gardens, East Calder, EH53 Odz
Received 25 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0703/P/94
Outline planning permission for a house and garage
03 Park View, Fauldhouse
Received 22 Sept 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0703/LBC/93
Change of use to restaurant and alterations to the North End
Hopetoun House , South Queensferry
Received 6 Oct 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0703/FUL/96
Formation of golf course, landscaping and associated works
- Bridgecastle Road, Armadale
Received 6 Aug 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0703/LBC/95
Planning permission and listed building consent for internal alterations and kitchen extension
11 Bank Street, Mid Calder, EH53 Oas
Received 20 Sept 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0703/FUL/92
Erection of a house
Plot 2 Torbane Drive, East Whitburn
Received 30 Sept 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0702/NID/92
Change of use of public house to 2 shop units with alterations to entry from front elevation
76-77 The Vennel, Linlithgow
Received 30 Sept 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0692/A/94
Erection of new fascia sign and projecting sign
167 & 171 Main Street, East Calder
Received 19 Sept 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0692/A/92
Proposed hoarding
Boghall Farm Steadings Boghall, Linlithgow
Received 30 Sept 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0642/FUL/93
Extension to house
3 Avon Road, Bathgate, EH48 4AH
Received 14 Sept 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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