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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26,348 approved · 2,542 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0319/FUL/97
Erection of a house
72 South Street, Armadale
Received 15 May 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0368/FUL/97
Amendment to planning permission to reduce the number of houses from 79 to 73 and amend house types.
- Hunter Grove, Bathgate
Received 22 May 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0384/FUL/97
Installation of portacabins for office use and additional toilets
Toll Roundabout Wilson Road, Eliburn, Livingston, EH54 7DA
Received 22 May 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0385/FUL/97
Erection of 6 houses
Site To West Of Listloaning Cottage Mill Road, Linlithgow Bridge
Received 22 May 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0874/FUL/95
Erection of a house
41/43 Main Street, Stoneyburn
Received 28 Dec 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0874/FUL/94
Erection of a garage
11 Blairmuir Terrace, Broxburn
Received 17 Nov 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0873/NID/95
Outline planning permission for golf course development
Murieston Castle Farm , Livingston
Received 28 Dec 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0873/H/96
Erection of garage and store
6 Ashbank, Broxburn
Received 2 Oct 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0873/FUL/94
Proposed factory extension to form new office space and increased production area, and re-location of car parking with erection of new security fence
Whitehill Industrial Estate, Bathgate, EH48 2EZ
Received 17 Nov 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0873/FUL/93
Change of use from shop to tearoom
48B North Bridge Street, Bathgate
Received 15 Dec 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0873/FUL/92
Extension to house
10 Parkhead Road, Linlithgow
Received 23 Dec 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0916/H/98
Erection of a garage
Plot 5 Murieston Mews, Murieston, Livingston
Received 16 Nov 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0915/H/98
Extension to house
11 Westermains, West Main Street, Armadale
Received 16 Nov 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0914/FUL/98
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground and formation of a driveway
54 Alberta Avenue, Howden, Livingston
Received 16 Nov 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0866/FUL/98
Installation of a new shopfront
52 West Main Street, Whitburn
Received 21 Oct 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0850/H/98
Erection of a conservatory
61 Burngrange Cottages, West Calder
Received 21 Oct 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0862/LBC/98
Planning Permission & Listed Building Consent for the formation of additional window openings
Westcraigs, Craiginn Terrace, Blackridge
Received 21 Oct 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0853/FUL/98
Substitution of house types on plots 1-5, 25, 26, 34, 39-42 & 44
- Glenwood Drive, Armadale
Received 21 Oct 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0858/H/98
Erection of a conservatory
11 Beauly Drive, Craigshill, Livingston
Received 21 Oct 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0851/H/98
Erection of a garage, kitchen extension, sun porch and conservatory
1 Glen Court, Deans, Livingston
Received 20 Oct 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0852/FUL/98
Alterations and extensions at North East and South East corners
Block G, Freeport Shopping & Leisure Village, Westwood, West Calder
Received 20 Oct 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0854/FUL/98
Alterations and extensions to East and West wings
Block A, Freeport Shopping & Leisure Village, Westwood, West Calder
Received 20 Oct 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0856/A/98
Erection of a wall mounted advertising display unit
170 South Street, Armadale
Received 20 Oct 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0498/FUL/98
Extension to chill store area and formation of wash shed and fuelling area canopies
- Redmill Depot, Redmill, East Whitburn
Received 8 Jun 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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