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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26,348 approved · 2,543 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0272/H/96
Extension to house
30 Murieston Drive, Livingston
Received 11 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0272/H/97
Conservatory over upper floor balcony
2 Glebe Road, West Calder, EH55 8DF
Received 17 Apr 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0272/FUL/94
Erection of a house and garage
Plot 16 Redmill Court, East Whitburn
Received 15 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0272/FUL/93
Erection of a porch
1 Charles Crescent Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1JF
Received 6 May 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0272/FUL/92
Proposed porch
61 Glasgow Road, Bathgate, EH47 2AQ
Received 21 Apr 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0271/H/97
Installation of dormer
10 Garden City, Stoneyburn
Received 17 Apr 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0271/H/96
Erection of a garage and formation of a driveway
53 Eastfield Road, Fauldhouse
Received 11 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0271/FUL/95
Extension to house
21 Burnhouse Drive, Whitburn
Received 25 Apr 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0271/FUL/94
Erection of a garage
27 St. Ninians Road, Linlithgow
Received 14 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0271/FUL/93
Extension to house
72 Caroline Park, Mid Calder
Received 6 May 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0468/LBC/95
Listed building consent for restoration of cottage/farm building to form a house
Gowanbank Steading, Avonbridge
Received 29 Jun 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0468/FUL/96
Change of use from public open space to garden ground
11-14 Crathes Gardens, Livingston
Received 6 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0526/A/96
Erection of illuminated facia and projecting sign
Unit 5 Almondvale Phase 2, Livingston
Received 20 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0526/A/95
Erection of a hoarding
Whitburn Road, Bathgate, EH48 2RB
Received 24 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0526/FUL/93
Erection of a double garage
16 Deanburn Park, Linlithgow
Received 28 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0526/FUL/92
Erection of house
Plot 1 Ennis Park, Polbeth
Received 21 Jul 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0525/H/96
Erection of a garage
18 Millbank Square, Whitburn
Received 20 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0525/A/93
Erection of illuminated sign
24 Glasgow Road, Bathgate
Received 28 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0525/FUL/95
Change of use from light industrial use to kennels/livery business
5A Houston Mains, Dechmont
Received 24 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0525/FUL/94
Erection of a conservatory
10 Holmes Farm Lane, Broxburn
Received 15 Jul 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0525/FUL/92
Erection of a house
Plot 3 Ennis Park, Polbeth
Received 21 Jul 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0524/P/96
Outline planning permission for the erection of a house at
Leyden Road, Kirknewton
Received 20 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0524/P/95
Outline planning permission for a house
5A Houston Mains, Dechmont
Received 24 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0518/P/93
Outline planning permission for change of use from motor breakers/coal yard to riding stables and proprietors house
Broadmeadow -, Harburn
Received 23 Jul 1993
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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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