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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 · 28,889 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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0248/FUL/97
Erection of 3 additional houses at Equestrian Village
- Birchwood Grange, Ritchie Camp, Kirknewton
Received 10 Apr 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0248/FUL/96
Erection of 15 houses and associated roads and footpaths
- Murieston South 1F, Murieston, Livingston
Received 9 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0248/FUL/94
Installation of a dormer
81 Croftfoot Drive, Fauldhouse, EH47 9EH
Received 7 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0248/FUL/93
Erection of a house
Site On Main Street, East Whitburn
Received 27 Apr 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0248/FUL/92
Erection of 2 houses
Plot 8 And 9 Redmill Road, East Whitburn
Received 9 Apr 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0248/FUL/95
Erection of a garage and hut
78 Boghall Drive, Bathgate
Received 13 Apr 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0247/H/96
Granite roughcast rendering to rear elevation
42 West Burnside, Broxburn
Received 9 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0247/FUL/97
Conversion of farm outbuilding to a house
Strathmill Farm , Avonbridge
Received 10 Apr 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0247/FUL/94
Extension to house
6 Redcraig Road, East Calder, EH53 Oqh
Received 6 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0247/FUL/93
Erection of a porch
10 Laburnum Road, Whitburn, EH47 8JN
Received 27 Apr 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0247/FUL/92
Erection of a house
Plot 4 Redmill Road, East Whitburn
Received 9 Apr 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0247/FUL/95
Erection of a garage
3 Avon Road, Bathgate, EH48 4AH
Received 13 Apr 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0368/FUL/94
Erection of a garage and siting of an LPG tank
The Bellhouse Gowanbank, Avonbridge, FK1 2JY
Received 20 May 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0368/FUL/93
Erection of a commercial garage
Addiewell Work Yard Station Road, Addiewell
Received 7 Jun 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0368/FUL/92
Proposed extension
13 Linhouse Drive, East Calder
Received 21 May 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0367/FUL/96
Erection of a house and garage
Plot 5 Cuthill Crescent, Stoneyburn
Received 3 May 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0367/FUL/95
Erection of a house
Shiel Mill Farm, East Calder, EH53 Oht
Received 24 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0367/FUL/94
Erection of a Haggis production factory
Plot 2, Dunnet Way East Mains Industrial Estate, Broxburn
Received 20 May 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0367/FUL/93
Erection of a bungalow
Plot 12 Heatherpark, Seafield
Received 7 Jun 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0367/FUL/92
Proposed alterations and extension
13 Armadale Road, Whitburn
Received 21 May 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0366/FUL/96
Erection of a house and siting of temporary residential caravan and portacabins
Plot 5 West Harwood, West Calder
Received 3 May 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0366/FUL/95
Extension to house
37 Glenburn Gardens, Whitburn
Received 23 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0366/FUL/94
Change of use to hot food carry out
14 Main Street, Livingston
Received 16 May 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0366/FUL/93
Erection of extension
68 Ennis Park, Polbeth
Received 7 Jun 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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