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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26,348 approved · 2,543 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0237/FUL/94
Erection of a house
Plot 3 Polkemmet Lane, Harthill
Received 24 Feb 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0237/P/93
Outline planning permission for a house
Site At Front Street Mossend, West Calder
Received 22 Apr 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0237/FUL/92
Change of use from retail to restaurant
Unit 2 Redcraig Road, East Calder
Received 2 Apr 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0236/A/96
Erection of a signboard
- Mill Road, Linlithgow Bridge
Received 2 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0236/FUL/97
Erection of a house
12 Woodbank Crofts, Armadale, EH48 3DL
Received 4 Apr 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0236/FUL/95
Erection of 6 houses
Durhamtoun Whitburn Road, Bathgate
Received 11 Apr 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0236/FUL/94
Alterations to convert window into external door
Southfield Falkirk Road, Linlithgow, EH49 7BQ
Received 6 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0236/FUL/93
Change of use of shop to amusement arcade, coffee bar and shop
174 South Street, Armadale
Received 22 Apr 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0520/H/96
Erection of a double garage
9 Bankton Glade, Livingston
Received 19 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0470/FUL/95
Erection of a conservatory
4 Forkneuk Steadings, Uphall
Received 29 Jun 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0246/FUL/96
Erection of 2 houses
Wallace Road, Bathgate
Received 9 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0246/FUL/95
Erection of 45 houses
Former Bonded Warehouse Provost Road, Linlithgow
Received 12 Apr 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0246/FUL/93
Installation of dormers
4 Woodside Cottages, Armadale
Received 27 Apr 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0245/LBC/92
Listed Building Consent and planning permission for alterations to house
14 Royal Terrace, Linlithgow
Received 8 Apr 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0245/H/96
2 storey extension to house
11 Braehead Place, Linlithgow
Received 29 Mar 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0245/H/97
Extension to house
Muirhouse Dykes Farm Cottage , Loganlea
Received 9 Apr 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0245/FUL/95
Alterations to shopfront and installation of roller shutters
80 East Main Street, Broxburn
Received 12 Apr 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0245/FUL/94
Extension to house
9 Honeyman Court, Armadale, EH48 3RF
Received 6 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0363/FUL/92
Erection of a wooden garage
9 Kettilstoun Road, Linlithgow Bridge
Received 19 May 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0362/A/96
Erection of facia and projecting sign
14 George Street, Bathgate
Received 2 May 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0362/A/95
Erection of bus shelter with two advertising panels
Redhouse Road, Seafield
Received 23 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0520/A/95
Erection of an illuminated sign
Eastern Charm Regent Centre, Linlithgow
Received 21 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0239/H/96
Erection of 5 ft. fence
5 Henderson Crescent, Broxburn
Received 2 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0239/FUL/95
Change of use from video shop to hairdressing shop
48 Main Street, Stoneyburn
Received 11 Apr 1995
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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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