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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26,348 approved · 2,542 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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/0913/FUL/97
Variation of condition No.4 of planning permission 0561/P/95 for residential development to alter phasing of houses
- Addiebrownhill, Skolieburn II, Addiewell
Received 28 Nov 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0973/H/97
Extension to house
48 Balbardie Avenue, Bathgate
Received 28 Nov 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0916/NID/97
Extension to form 3-4 No. classrooms
St. Kentigerns Academy, West Main Street, Blackburn
Received 28 Nov 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0928/FUL/97
Variation of condition 3 of planning permission 389/96 to allow operation of 30 mini-buses, provision of additional servicing facilities and formation of a car park
- West Foulshiels Farm, East Whitburn, EH47 8AA
Received 4 Dec 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0946/H/97
Installation of replacement windows
132A West Main Street, Uphall
Received 4 Dec 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0934/FUL/97
Change of use to form hot food take-away
41 West Main Street, Broxburn
Received 3 Dec 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0925/FUL/97
Erection of an M.O.T. Station
180 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston
Received 3 Dec 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0872/P/96
Outline planning permission for conversion of farm steading to form four houses
- South Couston Farm, Bathgate
Received 2 Oct 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0872/P/92
Outline planning permission for residential development
Linlithgow Mains Mains Road, Linlithgow, EH49 6QA
Received 22 Dec 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0822/FUL/93
Concrete block storage, ash screening and associated landscaping
Precon Blocks Blackburn Road, Bathgate
Received 22 Nov 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0822/FUL/92
Formation of car parking area
Fairfield Service Station Edinburgh Road, Broxburn
Received 25 Nov 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0821/H/96
Erection of a conservatory
50 Herd Green, Livingston
Received 17 Sept 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0966/FUL/97
Change of use to incorporate land into golf course
Uphall Station Road, Uphall
Received 17 Dec 1997 - UnknownLIVE/0823/FUL/92
Erection of 2 houses
Site At Lochmill , Linlithgow
Received 25 Nov 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0822/A/94
Proposed projecting sign
33 West Main Street, Armadale
Received 2 Nov 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0822/FUL/96
Erection of gas regulator station housing
Livingston Road/Houston Road, Livingston
Received 17 Sept 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0822/FUL/95
Erection of a house
41 Ecclemachan Road, Uphall
Received 27 Nov 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0772/FUL/95
Change of use from public open space to garden ground and formation of a driveway
78 Parkhead Gardens, West Calder
Received 31 Oct 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0976/H/97
Erection of an attached garage
114 Fells Rigg, Carmondean, Livingston
Received 23 Dec 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0979/P/97
Erection of a bungalow
6B Houston Mains, Dechmont
Received 23 Dec 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0001/FUL/98
Proposed change of use from shop to bedsit
5A Union Road, Bathgate
Received 23 Dec 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0980/A/97
Various advertisements - canopy, pole, fascia, secondary
Lizzie Brice Filling Station Lizzie Brice Roundabout, Dedridge, Livingston
Received 22 Dec 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0977/FUL/97
Erection of a house with integral garage
Plot 12 Murieston South 1D, Murieston, Livingston
Received 22 Dec 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0985/FUL/97
Erection of a storage shed
Former Douglas Miller Yard Pentland View, Winchburgh
Received 22 Dec 1997
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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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