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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26,348 approved · 2,543 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0469/FUL/96
Erection of a wall and formation of a covered yard
Unit 1 Murraysgate Industrial Estate, Whitburn, EH47 Ole
Received 6 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0469/FUL/95
Erection of a 1 metre high timber screen fence
11-17 Wallace Mill Gardens, Mid Calder
Received 29 Jun 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0469/FUL/94
Formation of a driveway
174 West Main Street, Broxburn
Received 27 Jun 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0469/FUL/93
Erection of a portal frame building
Houston Farm Riding School , Uphall, EH52 5HY
Received 9 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0469/FUL/92
Erection of house and garage
Plot 11 Houston Mains, Dechmont
Received 29 Jun 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0459/H/96
Erection of a garage and gardens walls
18 Abbotsford Rise, Livingston
Received 4 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0459/A/94
Proposed fascia sign
1 West Main Street, Uphall
Received 23 Jun 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0459/FUL/95
Erection of dormer
56 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston, EH53 Olw
Received 27 Jun 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0459/FUL/93
Change of use from public open space to garden ground
Hermand Gardens, West Calder
Received 6 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0459/FUL/92
Formation of mini coach depot and the erection of a garage workshop
180 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston
Received 29 Jun 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0520/FUL/94
Erection of a house
18 Redmill Court, East Whitburn
Received 13 Jul 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0520/FUL/93
Change of use of house to extend existing Police Station accommodation
69 West Main Street, Armadale
Received 26 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0520/FUL/92
Extension to house
The Old Smithy Hillhead, Avonbridge
Received 20 Jul 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0519/P/96
Outline planning permission for residential/flatted development
Laboratory Craigshill West, Livingston
Received 19 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0519/P/93
Outline planning permission for a residential development and infilling and landscaping of Raw Farm Quarry and Bing
Raw Holdings , East Calder
Received 23 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0519/LBC/94
Listed Building Consent and planning permission for erection of a conservatory
Burghmills House Burghmills Lane, Linlithgow
Received 12 Jul 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0519/FUL/95
Erection of 12 bed residential accommodation
Moore House School, Edinburgh Road, Bathgate, EH48 1EX
Received 21 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0235/NID/95
Temporary public toilet facilities (for approx 8-9 months)
Site Adjacent To 212 & 214 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 10 Apr 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0254/FUL/96
Erection of 3 houses
58 Sheephousehill Fauldhouse Bathgate West Lothian EH47 9ED
Received 10 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0315/A/95
Erection of a bus shelter with two advertising panels
Site Near 83 Glasgow Road, Bathgate
Received 12 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0315/FUL/94
Change of use from open space to childs play area
48-60 Norwood Avenue, Whitburn
Received 27 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0315/FUL/92
Proposed single bay extension to existing drying building
Giscol Etna Brickworks Bathville Road, Armadale
Received 30 Apr 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0314/A/95
Erection of bus shelter with advertising panels
Tesco Store South Bridge Street, Bathgate
Received 12 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0314/FUL/96
Erection of house and garage
Westfield Road, Torphichen
Received 19 Apr 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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