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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26,348 approved · 2,542 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0642/FUL/92
Extension to house
24 Burghmuir Court, Linlithgow
Received 7 Sept 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0641/FUL/96
Provision of temporary surgery accommodation
2 Holmes Road, Broxburn
Received 17 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0849/FUL/95
Location of mobile snack bar at layby 1/2 mile east of
, Newton
Received 7 Dec 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0849/FUL/94
Change of use to natural health clinic
135 Main Street, East Calder
Received 8 Nov 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0799/FUL/93
Erection of a house
Plot 7 The Fairways, Fauldhouse
Received 12 Nov 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0798/LBC/94
Listed Building Consent for repairs to masonry elevated road
Howden House Howden Park, Livingston
Received 24 Oct 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0798/FUL/96
Erection of a temporary sales cabin
- Birkdale Park, Armadale
Received 10 Sept 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0798/FUL/95
Erection of a house
9 Braehead Park, Linlithgow
Received 13 Nov 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0798/FUL/93
Installation of pitched roof on office and workshop
25 East Main Street, Uphall
Received 11 Nov 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0798/FUL/92
To replace existing windows with double glazed UPVC units
Kenavin, 53 Main Street, Mid Calder, EH53 0AW
Received 16 Nov 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0797/NID/95
Alteration and extension to community hall
Polbeth Community Centre , Polbeth
Received 13 Nov 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0797/A/94
Proposed sign
1 West Main Street, Uphall
Received 24 Oct 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0797/H/96
Formation of a driveway
94 Burngrange Cottages, West Calder
Received 6 Sept 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0797/P/93
Proposed 8 amenity/barrier free cottages and 4 terraced houses
Site At Main Street, Stoneyburn
Received 10 Nov 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0951/A/96
Erection of a free standing
- Deer Park Avenue, Knightsridge, Livingston
Received 29 Oct 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0951/FUL/94
Alterations and extension to form 1 house from 2 flats
Avoncrook -, Westfield
Received 23 Dec 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0950/FUL/96
Erection of a house
73 Pyothall Road, Broxburn
Received 29 Oct 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0926/FUL/94
Proposed erection of 4 houses and 8 flats
Former Holy Family Primary School Craigton Place, Winchburgh
Received 12 Dec 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0925/H/96
Extension to house
29 Deanburn Park, Linlithgow, EH49 6EZ
Received 22 Oct 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0925/FUL/94
Conversion of farm out-buildings to 2 houses
Quarter Farm -, Dechmont
Received 12 Dec 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0924/FUL/94
Erection of 15 small industrial units
Site At Polbeth Industrial Estate, Polbeth
Received 12 Dec 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0923/H/96
Extension to house
8 Raeburn Rigg, Livingston
Received 16 Oct 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0923/FUL/94
Erection of a house, stables and associated outbuilding
Croft 1 West Harwood Farm, West Calder
Received 12 Dec 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0922/P/94
Outline planning permission for a house
14 George Street, Armadale
Received 9 Dec 1994
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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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