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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 · 28,889 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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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/0271/FUL/92
Erection of a fence
73 Acredales, Linlithgow
Received 21 Apr 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0270/LBC/96
Planning Permission and Listed Building Consent for erection of a conservaatory
Westfield House Harburn, West Calder
Received 11 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0270/H/97
Installation of bay window
60 Croftfoot Drive, Fauldhouse
Received 17 Apr 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0270/FUL/95
Erection of a garage
7 Redmill Court, East Whitburn
Received 25 Apr 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0270/FUL/94
Change of use from agriculture to private garden
1 Clarendon Farm Steading, Linlithgow
Received 14 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0270/FUL/93
Extension to house
6 Craigs Court, Torphichen, EH48 4NU
Received 6 May 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0270/FUL/92
Alteration and extension to house
17 Tippetknowes Court, Winchburgh, EH52 6UW
Received 16 Apr 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0269/P/96
Erection of a house
Plot 9 Woodbank Farm, Armadale
Received 11 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0269/P/92
Outline planning permission for a residential development
Site At Old Station Yard, Winchburgh
Received 15 Apr 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0269/H/97
Alterations and extension to house
South Lodge Preston Farm, Linlithgow
Received 17 Apr 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0269/FUL/95
Extension to house
2 Glenalmond Court Dunn Street Broxburn West Lothian EH47 8PD
Received 25 Apr 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0269/FUL/94
Erection of a house
Plot 2 Willow Park, Fauldhouse
Received 14 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0282/FUL/92
Erection of a porch
2 Beech Avenue Mid Calder Livingston West Lothian EH53 0LB
Received 22 Apr 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0524/FUL/94
Extension to house
78 Springfield Road, Linlithgow
Received 14 Jul 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0524/FUL/93
Extension to garage and construction of utility room
7 Cunnigar Hill View, Mid Calder
Received 27 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0477/FUL/94
Erection of 2 houses
9 & 10 Beechwood Gardens, Blackburn
Received 29 Jun 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0477/FUL/92
Change of use of agricultural land to storage space for building materials
109 Sheephousehill, Fauldhouse
Received 30 Jun 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0476/M/95
Temporary soils and overburden storage and water treatment area
Rashiehill Opencast Coal Site Woodmuir, Forth
Received 4 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0476/A/93
Erection of a sign
Simpson Parkway Kirkton Campus, Livingston, EH54 7BH
Received 9 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0476/FUL/96
Erection of garage and store with staff flat and erection of sun lounge
Quentin Place, Livingston
Received 10 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0476/FUL/94
Erection of house
5 Main Street, West Calder
Received 29 Jun 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0476/FUL/92
Change of use to class 4 business use
Braehead Cottage Mossend, West Calder, EH55 9PX
Received 30 Jun 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0475/A/96
Erection of illuminated free standing and facia signs
81-95 East Main Street, Broxburn
Received 10 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0475/A/95
Gable sign and free standing sign
Whitburn Road, Bathgate, EH48 2RB
Received 4 Jul 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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