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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 · 28,891 approved or refused records
2,543Refused applications
26,348 approved · 2,543 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0777/H/95
Erection of pitched roof on existing porch
123/125 Pumpherston Road, Uphall Station
Received 2 Nov 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0777/FUL/96
Erection of a house and garage
- Boghall, Linlithgow, EH49 6AB
Received 3 Sept 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0756/A/92
Erection of projecting sign
7 High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7AB
Received 27 Oct 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0756/FUL/95
Extension to house
109 Sheriffs Park, Linlithgow
Received 24 Oct 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0756/FUL/94
Formation of additional parking area to the vehicle distribution depot
Distribution Depot (Rover) Blackburn Road, Bathgate
Received 11 Oct 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0756/FUL/93
Alterations to shopfronts
1-7 West Main Street, Armadale
Received 27 Oct 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0938/FUL/94
Erection of a house
Plot 12 Willow Park, Fauldhouse
Received 14 Dec 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0937/FUL/96
Change of use from Class 1 shop to Class 3 food and drink
47-49 West Main Street, Whitburn, EH49 6AR
Received 24 Oct 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0937/FUL/94
Erection of 10 houses
Site At Lanrigg Road, Fauldhouse
Received 14 Dec 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0890/FUL/93
Change of use from offices to house with office facility and garage to car maintenance and servicing business
Craiglea, New Calder, Livingston
Received 17 Dec 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0889/H/96
Erection of a garage
Ayr Road Cottage Levenseat, Fauldhouse, EH47 9AD
Received 7 Oct 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0889/A/93
Erection of hoarding
Eliburn East 8B , Livingston
Received 17 Dec 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0889/FUL/94
Extension to garden centre shop/tea-room
Swinabbey , East Whitburn
Received 24 Nov 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0888/A/93
Erection of hoardings
Eliburn East 8B , Livingston
Received 17 Dec 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0839/FUL/92
Extension to house
8 Almondell Terrace, East Calder
Received 4 Dec 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0720/FUL/94
Erection of a garage
59 Kaimes Crescent, Kirknewton
Received 30 Sept 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0720/FUL/93
Erection of a conservatory
5 Nettlehill Road, Uphall Station, EH52 5PP
Received 13 Oct 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0720/FUL/92
Rehabilitation of dairy to form house
Calderbank Dairy Grange, Mid Calder
Received 8 Oct 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0719/LBC/93
Listed Building Consent and planning permission for installation of ATM and new shopfront
43A High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7ED
Received 13 Oct 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0668/P/95
Outline planning permission for residential and retail development
Fauldhouse Road, Longridge
Received 12 Sept 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0668/H/96
Erection of a garage
32 Durham Drive, Bathgate, EH48 2BY
Received 25 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0795/FUL/93
Renewal of planning permission for house
67 Honeyman Court, Armadale, EH48 3RF
Received 8 Nov 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0794/P/92
Outline planning permission for a house
Site 1, Ballencrieff Mill Balmuir Road, Bathgate
Received 12 Nov 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0794/H/96
Extension to house and installation of a ramp
9 Mowbray Rise, Livingston
Received 6 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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