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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26,348 approved · 2,542 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0089/FUL/98
Operation of retail market on Wednesday of each week
- Whitburn Road, Bathgate
Received 3 Feb 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0026/H/98
Extension to house
14 Braekirk Avenue, Kirknewton
Received 15 Jan 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0023/H/98
2 storey extension to house
29 Pilgrims Hill, Linlithgow
Received 15 Jan 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0022/A/98
Erection of 5 no. freestanding signboards
- Houston House Hotel, Uphall
Received 15 Jan 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0020/NID/98
Construction of a footbridge
B7015, Stepend Bridge, Oakbank, West Calder
Received 14 Jan 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0019/H/98
Extension to house
25 Quentin Rise, Dedridge, Livingston
Received 14 Jan 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0013/FUL/98
Regrading & reconstruction of part Almondvale South and construction of new 1 & 2 storey leisure & shop units with multi storey car park
- Designer Outlet Village, Almondvale, Livingston
Received 13 Jan 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0018/H/98
Erection of a garage
163 Spottiswood Gardens, Mid Calder
Received 13 Jan 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0025/NID/98
Construction of new tennis courts, fencing and floodlighting
James Young High School -, Dedridge, Livingston
Received 13 Jan 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0014/FUL/98
Substitution of 10 no. house types, erection of 3 additional houses and re-location on plots 74 & 75
- Glenisla, Blaeberryhill Road, Whitburn
Received 13 Jan 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0845/H/98
Erection of a garage
88 Loaninghill Road, Uphall
Received 16 Oct 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0842/FUL/98
Change of use from carpet warehouse to offices
11 King Street, Bathgate
Received 16 Oct 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0932/FUL/98
Change of use from canteen to factory shop outlet
- Westerton Road, East Mains Industrial Estate, Broxburn
Received 16 Oct 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0444/FUL/97
Erection of house and garage workshop
Plot 4 Stoneheaps Farm, Stoneyburn
Received 11 Jun 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0354/A/97
Erection/Installation of various facia, hanging, post and amenity signs
Carmondeans Centre The Copper Tun, Deans, Livingston
Received 22 May 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0353/P/97
Outline Permission for Manufacturing Facility
- Macintosh Road, Kirkton Campus, Livingston, EH54 7BW
Received 22 May 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0352/H/97
Extension to House
- South Cobbinshaw, West Calder
Received 22 May 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0351/A/97
Erection of Signboard
Site D1 31 Caputhall Road, Deans Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 22 May 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0332/P/97
Outline planning permission for a house
43A Station Road, Broxburn
Received 20 May 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0322/H/97
Proposed garage conversion and erection of a conservatory
25 Almond Court, Almond Road South, Livingston
Received 16 May 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0321/A/97
Various external illuminated & non-illuminated signs
- Starlaw Road, Bathgate
Received 16 May 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0320/FUL/97
Erection of thaw room
- Brocks Way, East Mains Industrial Estate, Broxburn
Received 15 May 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0017/P/98
Renewal of outline planning permission 925/P/94 for the conversion of farm out-buildings to 2 houses
- Quarter Farm, Dechmont
Received 12 Jan 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0016/H/98
Extension to house
100 Hartwood Road, West Calder
Received 12 Jan 1998
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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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