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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 · 28,891 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26,348 approved · 2,543 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0788/FUL/95
Installation of shop front
81B East Main Street, Broxburn
Received 9 Nov 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0788/FUL/94
Extension to house to form accommodation for adults with learning difficulties and change of use to residential institution
80 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston
Received 20 Oct 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0751/FUL/96
Change of use from public open space to garden ground
29-39 Crathes Gardens, Livingston
Received 22 Aug 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0751/FUL/95
Residential development, associated reclamation works and landscaping
Former NBSG Steel Foundary Lower Bathville, Armadale
Received 18 Oct 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0751/FUL/92
Erection of commercial unit
24-26 Glasgow Road, Bathgate
Received 23 Oct 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0750/NID/92
Change of use from offices to shared accommodation for single persons
60-62 & 64 Hopetoun Street, Bathgate
Received 22 Oct 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0750/FUL/96
Change of house type
Plot 818 Deer Park, Livingston
Received 22 Aug 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0750/FUL/95
Extension to existing building and change of use to form recycling centre
Unit 33B East Mains Industrial Estate, Broxburn
Received 18 Oct 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0750/FUL/94
Erection of a house
Plot 9 Badger Wood, Dechmont
Received 10 Oct 1994 - DecidedLIVE/1074/P/96
Outline planning permission for a supermarket with associated car parking
Falkirk Road, Linlithgow Bridge, EH49 7PN
Received 13 Dec 1996 - DecidedLIVE/1073/FUL/96
Extension to retail warehouse
Unit 1 Almondvale West, Livingston
Received 13 Dec 1996 - DecidedLIVE/1072/FUL/96
Installation of new shop front
35 North Bridge Street, Bathgate
Received 13 Dec 1996 - DecidedLIVE/1071/A/96
Illuminated fascia sign and non illuminated projecting sign
35 North Bridge Street, Bathgate
Received 13 Dec 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0867/M/95
Extension of time period of planning permission for reclaiming coal from bing
Woodend Washer -, Armadale
Received 19 Dec 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0867/FUL/94
Erection of 15m telecommunications mast, equipment cabin and associated apparatus
2 Holmes Holdings, Broxburn
Received 15 Nov 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0867/FUL/93
Erection of a house
Plot 5 Byreside Development, Seafield
Received 8 Dec 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0867/FUL/92
Installation of replacement windows
26 Bowyett, Torphichen
Received 22 Dec 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0866/P/92
Outline planning permission for serviced housing plots
Site At Blackburn Road, Bathgate
Received 18 Dec 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0866/FUL/96
Erection of 30 houses
Murieston South 1C, Livingston
Received 2 Oct 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0866/FUL/95
Change of use from Class 11 (Storage & Distribution) to Class 5 (General Industrial)
16 Drumshoreland Road, Pumpherston
Received 18 Dec 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0866/FUL/94
Erection of a house and double garage
Plot 2 Meadowhead Road, Addiewell
Received 15 Nov 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0866/FUL/93
Erection of house
Plot A Ballencrieff Mill, Bathgate
Received 8 Dec 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0815/FUL/96
Formation of equestrian village with 25 houses and garages
- Birchwood Grange, Ritchie Camp, Kirknewton
Received 12 Sept 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0815/FUL/94
Erection of a garage
4 Jubilee Road, Whitburn, EH47 Oas
Received 31 Oct 1994
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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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