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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26,348 approved · 2,542 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0927/FUL/98
Extension to existing storage yard and construction of maintenance building
Woodside Cottage -, Bridgend
Received 18 Nov 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0949/FUL/98
Erection of a chimney and enclosure
4 Inchmuir Road, Whitehill Industrial Estate, Bathgate
Received 18 Nov 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0924/H/98
Erection of a garage
5 Graham Court, Eastwood Park, Blackburn
Received 18 Nov 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0942/FUL/98
Formation of a hard standing area with lighting
- Drovers Road, East Mains Industrial Estate, Broxburn
Received 18 Nov 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0925/H/98
Erection of a double garage
19 Ash Bank Court, Bathgate
Received 18 Nov 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0926/H/98
Extension to house
8 Kennedie Park, Mid Calder
Received 17 Nov 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0921/FUL/98
Erection of a 25m high telecommunications mast with 2.5m antennae, 2 microwave dishes and associated cabinet and compound
Lot 0067 Armadale Industrial Est., Armadale
Received 17 Nov 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0922/NID/98
Extension and alterations to form 4 new classrooms and 1 G.P room
Eastertoun Primary School, -, Manse Avenue, Armadale
Received 17 Nov 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0920/FUL/98
Change of use from electrician's office to cafe and crafts shop
65B Main Street, Fauldhouse
Received 16 Nov 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0917/FUL/98
Substitution of house type
Plot 16 Newlands (Birchwood Grange), Ritchie Camp, Kirknewton
Received 16 Nov 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0083/FUL/98
Erection of security fencing
Almond West Service Station -, Craigshill, Livingston
Received 30 Jan 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0056/NID/98
Extension to classrooms and provision of community wing and car park
Peel Primary School, Garden Place, Eliburn, Livingston
Received 30 Jan 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0061/FUL/98
Erection of a link building between blocks A & B at existing leisure facility
- Freeport Shopping & Leisure Village, Westwood, West Calder
Received 30 Jan 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0062/FUL/98
Demolition of portacabin, erection of entrance porch, re-roofing and external upgrading
Health Centre, North Street, Armadale
Received 30 Jan 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0722/A/98
Erection of 2 illuminated wall mounted and 1 double sided free standing advertising units
Kwiksave, Falkirk Road, Linlithgow
Received 3 Sept 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0713/H/98
Erection of an entrance porch
6 Millburn Road, Westfield
Received 2 Sept 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0714/H/98
Erection of a conservatory
13 Elmwood Park, Livingston
Received 2 Sept 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0719/H/98
Fit clear roofed storm canopies over front and rear doors
4 Priors Grange, Torphichen
Received 2 Sept 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0718/FUL/98
Erection of an office/warehouse building
- Inchmuir Road, Whitehill Industrial Estate, Bathgate
Received 2 Sept 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0481/FUL/98
Installation of afterburner plant
1 Dewar Square, Deans Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 10 Jun 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0482/H/98
Erection of a conservatory
16 Willow Park, Fauldhouse
Received 10 Jun 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0483/A/98
Erection of 2 signboards
- Simpson Parkway & Kirkton South, Kirkton Campus, Livingston
Received 10 Jun 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0480/FUL/98
Extension to workshops
- Houstoun Road, Livingston
Received 9 Jun 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0823/FUL/93
Erection of a house
Plot 1 Westwood View, West Calder
Received 22 Nov 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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