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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26,349 approved · 2,543 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0540/P/94
Outline planning permission to convert steading to 4 houses
Selms Farmhouse , Kirknewton, EH27 8DQ
Received 21 Jul 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0540/H/96
Extension to house
16 Braekirk Avenue, Kirknewton
Received 21 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0540/FUL/95
Extension to house
50 Hardhill Road, Bathgate, Langfaulds
Received 26 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0580/FUL/93
Proposed extension
19 Craigrigg Cottages, Westfield
Received 20 Aug 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0580/FUL/92
Erection of a garage
45 Barton Terrace, Fauldhouse, EH47 9LL
Received 10 Aug 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0579/P/94
Outline planning permission for 2 house plots
Land At Blackburn Road, Bathgate
Received 8 Aug 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0756/H/96
Erection of pitched roof on existing flat roof
Rowantree Cottage Hillhouse, Linlithgow
Received 23 Aug 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0747/A/92
Proposed sign
Unit 9 Argyle Court, Broxburn
Received 22 Oct 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0747/FUL/95
Erection of dwellinghouse and garage, oil storage tank and temporary residential caravan
Plot 12 West Harwood Farm, West Calder
Received 18 Oct 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0747/FUL/93
Proposed demolition of existing building and the erection of 2 retail units
Bus Depot Whitburn Road, Bathgate
Received 25 Oct 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0746/A/95
Erection of signboards and flag poles
154 West Main Street, Whitburn, EH47 Oqr
Received 18 Oct 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0746/A/94
Erection of signs
Meadow Park Filling Station Glasgow Road, Bathgate
Received 6 Oct 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0746/A/92
Erection of 3 flagpoles
Site At Drovers Road, Broxburn
Received 22 Oct 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0746/FUL/96
Change of use from agricultural land to animal sanctuary
Site Adjacent To Ormiston House, Kirknewton
Received 22 Aug 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0746/FUL/93
Erection of signs
Safeway Petrol Filling Station Site Almondvale North, Livingston
Received 25 Oct 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0915/FUL/96
Formation of a used car sales business
49 Bishops Park, Mid Calder
Received 15 Oct 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0915/FUL/93
Proposed use of caravan as temporary accommodation
2 Sibbalds Brae, Bathgate
Received 30 Dec 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0914/FUL/96
Erection of a nursing home
Bridgend Park, Bathgate
Received 15 Oct 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0721/FUL/94
Installation of a new shop front
256 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 30 Sept 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0720/H/96
Extension to house
46 Roosevelt Road, Kirknewton, EH27 8AD
Received 9 Aug 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0720/FUL/95
Erection of external flue
29 Greendykes Road, Broxburn
Received 3 Oct 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0808/FUL/92
Extension to house to provide disabled accommodation
105 Preston Road, Linlithgow
Received 18 Nov 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0807/H/95
Erection of a fence
38 Deanburn Road, Linlithgow
Received 20 Nov 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0807/H/96
Extension to house
24 Park Place, Livingston
Received 10 Sept 1996
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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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