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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 · 28,889 approved or refused records
2,544Refused applications
26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Jan 1992 to 4 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 8 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0467/FUL/92
Erection of a house
Plot 27 Heatherpark Estate, Seafield
Received 29 Jun 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0466/H/96
Extension to house
Rosend West Park Farm, Philpstoun
Received 6 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0466/FUL/95
Erection of a house
Rosebank Cottage Quarry Road, Fauldhouse
Received 29 Jun 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0466/FUL/94
Extension to house
13 Burngrange Gardens, West Calder
Received 27 Jun 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0466/FUL/93
Erection of a porch and garage
59 Riddochhill Road, Blackburn, EH47 7EZ
Received 8 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0243/FUL/93
Erection of a house
Plot 2 Pretoria Cottages, East Whitburn
Received 26 Apr 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0243/FUL/92
Extension to house
37 West Muir Road, West Calder
Received 8 Apr 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0242/FUL/92
Erection of a house
Plot 2 Boghall Farm, Bathgate
Received 7 Apr 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0241/H/97
Erection of a conservatory
16 Kirkfield East, Livingston
Received 8 Apr 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0241/A/94
Erection of signs
Meadow Park Filling Station Glasgow Road, Bathgate
Received 6 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0241/FUL/96
Temporary use of detached garage as sales office
Roosevelt Road, Kirknewton
Received 2 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0241/FUL/95
Installation of roller shutters
288 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 12 Apr 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0313/FUL/96
Construction of an access road
Houstoun House Hotel -, Uphall
Received 19 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0313/FUL/95
Erection of a 2m palisade fence
Westrigg, Blackridge
Received 12 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0313/FUL/94
Erection of conservatory
7 Craigs Court, Torphichen
Received 27 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0313/FUL/93
Erection of pitched roof over flat roof garage
20 Main Street, Dechmont
Received 18 May 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0313/FUL/92
Extension to house
12 Calderhouse Road, Mid Calder
Received 30 Apr 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0312/LBC/96
Listed building consent for formation of a new car park and tennis court within existing garden and extension to former stable building
Houstoun House Hotel -, Uphall, EH52 6JS
Received 19 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0312/A/95
Erection of a signboard
Lochmill, Linlithgow Bridge
Received 12 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0312/A/94
Erection of 27 flagpoles with bunting/flags flying on market days
- Whitburn Road, Bathgate
Received 27 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0312/FUL/93
Change of use to garden ground
9 Lion Well Wynd, Linlithgow, EH49 7EL
Received 18 May 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0312/FUL/92
Extension to house
'Beamish' Linburn Road, Kirknewton
Received 30 Apr 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0257/P/94
Outline planning permission for the erection of a house
174 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston, EH53 Opd
Received 11 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0257/A/96
Erection of a bus shelter with two advertising panels
South Bridge Street, Bathgate
Received 10 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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