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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.
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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26,348 approved · 2,543 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0815/FUL/93
Erection of a garage
43 Kirkbrae, Longridge
Received 19 Nov 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0293/FUL/92
Erection of 2 houses and a funeral parlour
Site At Longridge Road, Whitburn
Received 23 Apr 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0292/P/93
Outline planning permisssion for the erection of a food retail unit and a non food retail unit
Site At Blackburn Road, Bathgate
Received 11 May 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0292/P/92
Outline planning permission for a house
Site At King Street, Bathgate
Received 23 Apr 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0292/FUL/97
Erection of an Industrial Building
Houston Industrial Estate Firth Road, Livingston, EH54 4DJ
Received 25 Apr 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0292/FUL/96
Installation of shopfront and ATM enclosure
Unit 1 (Clydesdale Bank Branch) Almondvale Boulevard, Livingston
Received 15 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0292/FUL/95
Extend club premises and greenkeeper's store
2 Main Street Deans Livingston West Lothian EH54 8BE
Received 4 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0266/FUL/97
Improvement of road and construction of a bridge over the Union Canal
Greendykes Road, Broxburn
Received 17 Apr 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0266/FUL/95
Manufacturing of manure compost
Hartwood Mains Farm Buildings, West Calder
Received 24 Apr 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0246/P/92
Outline planning permission for residential development
Site At Balmuir Road, Bathgate
Received 8 Apr 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0246/A/94
Erection of signboard
Junction Of A904 And B9109 Blackness Road, Linlithgow
Received 6 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0246/H/97
Formation of a driveway
72 Riddochhill Road, Blackburn
Received 9 Apr 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0303/FUL/92
Extension to house
13 Belfield Avenue East Calder Livingston West Lothian EH53 0QY
Received 27 May 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0302/H/97
Demolition of lean-to workshop and erection of a conservatory
91 Muir Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2QQ
Received 25 Apr 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0302/A/94
Erection of fascia signs
Unit 37 Almondvale Centre, Almondvale, Livingston
Received 26 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0302/FUL/96
Erection of a house with garage
Plot 12 Badger Wood, Dechmont
Received 16 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0302/FUL/95
Erection of a house
Champfleurie House, Linlithgow, EH49 6NB
Received 10 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0302/FUL/92
Construction of a dormer window
41 Lighton Terrace, Stoneyburn
Received 27 Apr 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0301/NID/94
Erection of 20 unit housing for the elderly complex with manager's house and associated communal facilities
Open Space Avenue Park West, Mid Calder
Received 22 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0301/FUL/97
Extension to Golf Course
- Bridgecastle Road, Armadale
Received 25 Apr 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0301/H/96
Alterations and extension to house
47 Harthill Road, Blackridge
Received 16 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0240/FUL/94
Replacement of asbestos slates with marley mendip double roman tiles
4 St Ninians Way, Linlithgow
Received 6 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0240/FUL/93
Installation of UPVC windows
3 The Loan, Torphichen
Received 26 Apr 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0239/H/97
Erection of a conservatory
10 Beechbank Crescent, East Calder, EH53 Odx
Received 7 Apr 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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