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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 dates31,683Searchable applications
275Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 28,892 approved or refused records
2,543Refused applications
26,349 approved · 2,543 refused · 1,684 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Jan 1992 to 4 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0722/FUL/94
Erection of 29 flats
Corner Waverley Street/Mansefield Street, Bathgate
Received 30 Sept 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0722/FUL/92
Extension to house
26 Torbane Drive, East Whitburn
Received 12 Oct 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0721/P/95
Outline planning permission for 4 house plots
25 Newhouses Road, Broxburn
Received 3 Oct 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0721/A/93
Erection of a fascia sign
Paraffin Lamp Almondvale, Livingston
Received 15 Oct 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0721/A/92
Proposed illuminated signs
Regent Centre Blacknes Road, Linlithgow
Received 12 Oct 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0721/FUL/96
Demolition of Bathgate Baptist Church and erection of 22 flats
Mansefield Street, Bathgate
Received 9 Aug 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0847/FUL/92
Proposed west link road from car park to service yard area
- Easter Inch, Bathgate, EH48 2EH
Received 8 Dec 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0846/H/95
Erection of a garage
31 East Main Street, Broxburn, EH54 5PH
Received 7 Dec 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0846/A/92
Repositioning of existing pole signs (2), installation of illuminated poster sign
Fairfield Garage Edinburgh Road, Broxburn
Received 8 Dec 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0846/FUL/96
Erection of an electricity substation
Mill Road, Linlithgow Bridge
Received 23 Sept 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0846/FUL/94
Erection of office/vehicle maintenance building
- Standhill, Bathgate
Received 7 Nov 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0783/FUL/94
Erection of a house
9 Redmill Court, East Whitburn
Received 19 Oct 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0783/FUL/93
Erection of a garage
91 Falside Crescent, Bathgate, EH48 2DS
Received 5 Nov 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0783/FUL/92
Change of use of public open space to garden ground
131 Whitelaw Drive, Bathgate
Received 5 Nov 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0782/FUL/96
Erection of a warehouse
Pardovan Works, Philpstoun
Received 4 Sept 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0782/FUL/95
Erection of 2.6m high chain link fence with entrance gate at yard adjoining units 20 & 21 at former United Distillers complex
East Mains Industrial Estate Westerton Road, Broxburn
Received 7 Nov 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0782/FUL/94
Installation of an LPG tank
8 Holmes Holdings, Broxburn, EH52 5NY
Received 19 Oct 1994 - DecidedLIVE/1035/H/96
Erection of a porch
6 Telford View, Linlithgow Bridge
Received 2 Dec 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0589/FUL/92
Installation of a balcony
8 Ladeside Road, Blackburn
Received 17 Aug 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0588/P/92
Outline planning permission for a residential development
Site At Holygate, Broxburn
Received 13 Aug 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0588/LBC/93
Proposed replacement windows
96A High Street, Linlithgow
Received 20 Aug 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0588/H/96
Erection of a conservatory
86 Sheriffs Park, Linlithgow, EH49 755
Received 5 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0541/FUL/95
Erection of a house
Hermand, West Calder
Received 26 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0541/FUL/92
Extension to house
45 Belvedere Road, Bathgate, EH48 4AX
Received 27 Jul 1992
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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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