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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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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/0255/FUL/94
Formation of 3 serviced house plots
Site At Beechwood Grove, Blackburn
Received 8 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0255/FUL/93
Renewal of temporary planning permission for erection of an office building
- Blackness Road, Springfield, Linlithgow, EH49 7LR
Received 30 Apr 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0255/FUL/92
Construction of access road/footpaths
Burnhouse Industrial Estate, Whitburn
Received 13 Apr 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0254/FUL/97
Erection of a house and garage
1 Linview Lane Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9HQ
Received 11 Apr 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0250/FUL/94
Extension to existing house and change of use of steading to workshop
4 Raw Holdings, East Calder
Received 7 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0250/FUL/93
Installation of a driveway
4 Kirkhill Terrace, Broxburn
Received 28 Apr 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0250/FUL/92
Erection of an agricultural building
Learielaw Farm , Broxburn, EH52 5PG
Received 9 Apr 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0249/H/96
Rear dormer extension
218 Pentland View, Pumpherston
Received 9 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0249/P/97
Outline planning permission for factory extension and 7 house plots
New Calder Paper Mills , Livingston, EH54 6DA
Received 10 Apr 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0249/FUL/95
Formation of new entrance
16 Greendykes Road, Broxburn, EH52 5AG
Received 18 Apr 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0249/FUL/93
Proposed replacement shopfront
7/9 Sycamore Walk, Blackburn
Received 28 Apr 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0249/FUL/92
Erection of a house
Plot 11 Main Street, Stoneyburn
Received 9 Apr 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0257/A/92
Erection of signs
Houston Road, Livingston
Received 14 Apr 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0257/FUL/93
Formation of serviced plots and erection of houses on plots 2 and 4
Site At Polkemmet Lane, Harthill
Received 30 Apr 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0256/A/96
Erection of a bus shelter with two advertising panels
West Main Street, Broxburn
Received 10 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0256/A/95
Erection of signboard and spotlight
93 Main Street, Stoneyburn
Received 20 Apr 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0256/FUL/97
Erection of house and garage
Plot 31 Northfield Meadows, Longridge
Received 15 Apr 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0256/FUL/94
Erection of a conservatory
17 Parklands, Broxburn, EH52 5RB
Received 11 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0256/FUL/93
Erection of a house
133 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston
Received 30 Apr 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0256/FUL/92
Alterations and extensions to petrol filling station
Polkemmet Filling Station Baillie Street, Whitburn
Received 14 Apr 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0255/FUL/97
Erection of a house and garage
Plot 3 Murieston South 1D, Murieston, Livingston
Received 11 Apr 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0255/H/96
Alterations to facade to allow conversion of garage to living accommodation
20 St. Magdalenes, Linlithgow
Received 10 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0255/FUL/95
Erection of a conservatory
17 Auldhill Place Bridgend Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6NP
Received 19 Apr 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0368/FUL/95
Extension to house
85 Beechwood, Linlithgow
Received 23 May 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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