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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26,348 approved · 2,542 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0784/FUL/95
Erection of a part-telescopic test tower with ancillary buildings
Factory (Racal Limited) Preston Road, Linlithgow, EH49 6EU
Received 7 Nov 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0784/FUL/93
Proposed house type substitution to plot 701(formely 601)
Site At Glasgow Road, Bathgate
Received 5 Nov 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0784/FUL/92
Erection of footbridge
Union Canal Pyothall Road, Broxburn
Received 9 Nov 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0590/P/96
Outline Planning Permission for the erection of a house
Avonview Cottage Strathloanhead, Avonbridge, FK1 2JZ
Received 5 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0590/M/94
Proposed landfill to reclaim area of marchland
White Sykes Farm , West Calder
Received 9 Aug 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0590/FUL/95
Erection of a conservatory
7 Kirk Braes, Longridge
Received 8 Aug 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0590/FUL/93
Erection of a house and garage
Plot 6 Mansgrove, Stoneyburn
Received 23 Aug 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0590/FUL/92
Extension to house
19 The Glebe, West Calder
Received 17 Aug 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0633/FUL/96
Erection of a house
Polbeth Terrace, West Calder
Received 15 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0633/FUL/93
Erection of a conservatory
Bishopbrae Farm , Bathgate, EH48 4LN
Received 9 Sept 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0632/FUL/96
Erection of a warehouse
Caputhall Road, Livingston
Received 15 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0632/FUL/95
Heritage/Retail/Leisure/Recreational development including workshop area
- Freeport Shopping & Leisure Village, Westwood, West Calder, EH55 8PN
Received 25 Aug 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0632/FUL/94
Convert garage into a house
4 Lochmill House Mill Lade, Linlithgow
Received 24 Aug 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0632/FUL/93
Erection of a shed for dog grooming business
13 Hillview Place, Broxburn, EH52 5SA
Received 7 Sept 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0581/FUL/96
Extension to M.O.T. testing station
Shaws Yard Waverley Street, Bathgate
Received 3 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0715/FUL/94
Erection of a dormer extension, conservatory and extension to garage
35 Highfield Crescent, Linlithgow
Received 28 Sept 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0715/FUL/93
Proposed porch extension
37 Harthill Road, Blackridge
Received 12 Oct 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0715/FUL/92
Extension to house and garage
81 Main Street, Stoneyburn
Received 8 Oct 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0714/P/95
Outline planning permission for erection of a house
South Logie Cottage , Westfield
Received 26 Sept 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0714/H/96
Installation of LPG tank
24 Craigrigg Cottages, Bridgecastle
Received 9 Aug 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0714/FUL/94
Change of use from a house to a dental surgery .
34B East End, West Calder
Received 28 Sept 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0705/FUL/92
Extension to house
18 Beechwood, Linlithgow
Received 2 Oct 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0704/P/95
Outline planning permission for conversion of agricultural building to house
Easter Redburn Farm , Blackridge, EH48 2AF
Received 20 Sept 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0704/LBC/96
Listed Building Consent for provision of access ramp to station building with new door into building and installation of internal passenger hoist
Linlithgow Railway Station Back Station Road, Linlithgow
Received 6 Aug 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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