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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26,348 approved · 2,542 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0683/A/94
Erection of signboard
Junction (Earl O'Moray Hotel) Blackness Road, Linlithgow
Received 19 Sept 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0683/FUL/96
Change of use from salon to office accommodation
81 South Bridge Street, Bathgate
Received 1 Aug 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0555/A/95
Painted sign on wall
50 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 31 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0555/A/94
Erection of sales board
Site At Roosevelt Road, Kirknewton
Received 29 Jul 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0555/FUL/92
Erection of a double garage
9 Easter Road, Broxburn, EH52 5HN
Received 29 Jul 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0554/P/96
Outline planning permission for the erection of a house
64 Main Street, Blackridge
Received 25 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0997/FUL/96
Erection of 53 private houses
Plots 1-53 Murieston Valley, Livingston
Received 14 Nov 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0996/FUL/96
Erection of 44 houses
- Kirkton South 1A(1), Kirkton, Livingston
Received 14 Nov 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0995/H/96
Extension to house
82 Glenburn Gardens, Whitburn
Received 14 Nov 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0994/H/96
Erection of a garage
Lochcote Lodge, Torphichen
Received 14 Nov 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0993/H/96
Erection of a conservatory
3 Kettlestoun Mains, Linlithgow
Received 14 Nov 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0992/FUL/96
Formation of temporary car park
1 Fleming Road, Livingston, EH54 7BH
Received 13 Nov 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0991/FUL/96
Erection of a Class 1 Retail building
- Blackburn Road, Bathgate, EH48 2EG
Received 13 Nov 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0990/FUL/96
Erection of a satellite dish
Lauder House Almondvale West Business Park, Livingston
Received 13 Nov 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0989/FUL/96
Installation os sprinkler system
Young Square, Livingston
Received 13 Nov 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0861/FUL/93
Erection of a garage
49 Lanrigg Avenue, Fauldhouse
Received 7 Dec 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0836/FUL/93
Construction of a ramp and extension to house
109 Lower Bathville, Armadale, EH48 2JS
Received 1 Dec 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0836/FUL/92
Alterations to shop frontage
Unit 9 Argyle Court, Broxburn
Received 4 Dec 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0835/A/93
Proposed fascia board signage/freestanding pole mounted signage
Shop At West Main Street, Fauldhouse
Received 1 Dec 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0785/FUL/96
Erection of a fish processing factory with associated offices, yard area and car park
- Simpson Road, East Mains Industrial Estate, Broxburn, EH52 5AU
Received 4 Sept 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0785/FUL/94
Erection of 16 two storey one and two person flats and associated car parking
Site At Goschen Place/Holmes Road, Broxburn
Received 19 Oct 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0785/FUL/93
Re-routing of access road to Hermand House
Home Farm Hermand Estate, West Calder
Received 5 Nov 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0784/A/94
Erection of signs
3 The Vennel, Linlithgow
Received 19 Oct 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0784/FUL/96
Extension to hotel
Da Vincis Hawk Brae, Livingston, EH54 6TW
Received 4 Sept 1996
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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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