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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26,348 approved · 2,543 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0423/FUL/92
Proposed double dormer extension
266 Main Street, East Calder
Received 11 Jun 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0422/P/96
Outline planning permission for residential development
Cuthill Farm , Stoneyburn
Received 22 May 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0422/LBC/94
Listed Building Consent and planning permission for erection of a conservatory
4 The Stables, Linlithgow
Received 10 Jun 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0422/FUL/95
Erection of a house
Parkley Craigs, Linlithgow, EH49 6PJ
Received 16 Jun 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0413/FUL/92
Erection of a conservatory
34 Parkwood Crescent, Broxburn, EH52 5RA
Received 8 Jun 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0412/FUL/96
Erection of a house and garage
Harburn Road, West Calder
Received 20 May 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0412/FUL/95
Installation of air conditioning condensers on roof top
50 Hopetoun Street, Bathgate
Received 8 Jun 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0412/FUL/94
Extension to house
12 Hope Park Gardens, Bathgate
Received 3 Jun 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0412/FUL/93
Alteration of internal double garage to garage and bedroom
Plot 21 St. Magdalenes, Linlithgow
Received 21 Jun 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0412/FUL/92
Erection of a conservatory
9 Easton Road, Bathgate
Received 8 Jun 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0411/P/93
Outline planning permission for a house
- Main Street, Westfield
Received 21 Jun 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0411/M/96
Extension to existing opencast mining excavation
Rashiehill Opencast Coal Site Woodmuir, Forth
Received 16 May 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0274/FUL/94
Extension to house
58 Kettilstoun Mains, Linlithgow
Received 18 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0274/FUL/93
Demolition of existing hall and erection of mixed office and residential development
Victoria Hall High Street, Linlithgow
Received 6 May 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0274/FUL/92
Extension to public house
35 Main Street, Fauldhouse
Received 21 Apr 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0273/LBC/93
Erection of a conservatory
Twelvemile Lodge -, Winchburgh, EH52 6PY
Received 6 May 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0273/H/97
Erection of a conservatory
11 Ochiltree Court, Mid Calder
Received 17 Apr 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0716/FUL/93
Proposed extension
18 Queens Gardens, East Calder
Received 12 Oct 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0715/P/95
Outline planning permission for a house
11 Gardner Terrace, Stoneyburn
Received 27 Sept 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0715/H/96
Extension to house
60 Kingsfield, Linlithgow, EH49 7SL
Received 9 Aug 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0999/H/96
Extension to house
43 Bailielands, Linlithgow, EH49 7ST
Received 14 Nov 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0998/FUL/96
Temporary siting of storage container and construction of temporary access road
Simpson Parkway, Livingston, EH54 7BH
Received 14 Nov 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0682/A/94
Erection of 1 fascia sign and 1 projecting sign
51 Hopetoun Street, Bathgate
Received 19 Sept 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0797/FUL/92
Extension to house
18 Caroline Gardens, Mid Calder, EH53 0SX
Received 13 Nov 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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