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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.
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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0284/FUL/94
Erection of a garage
9 St Helens Place, Armadale, EH49 3EX
Received 20 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0284/FUL/92
Extension to house
37 Tippetknowes Road, Winchburgh
Received 22 Apr 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0283/P/96
Outline planning permission for three houses
Main Street, Blackridge
Received 12 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0283/P/93
Outline planning permission for a house
Ryelands Bridgecastle Road, Westfield
Received 10 May 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0283/FUL/97
Substitution of house types on plots 35,36,37 &43
7B Eliburn East, Livingston
Received 23 Apr 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0283/FUL/95
Erection of a house, shed for poultry and storage container
Plot 6 West Harwood Farm, West Calder
Received 2 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0297/FUL/94
Extension to house
135 Spottiswoode Gardens Mid Calder Livingston West Lothian EH53 0JY
Received 22 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0297/FUL/92
Proposed extension
9 Hope Park Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2QP
Received 24 Apr 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0296/H/97
Extension to house
79 Woodville Court Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5LU
Received 25 Apr 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0296/A/95
Erection of a bus shelter with two advertising panels
8 East Main Street, Whitburn
Received 10 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0296/FUL/96
Change of use to private garden ground and erection of a fence
79 To 85 Braeside Park, Mid Calder
Received 16 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0296/FUL/94
Proposed extension
106 Baronshill Avenue, Linlithgow
Received 22 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0289/FUL/96
Renewal of permission for office and drop in centre
6,7 & 8 Hazel Grove, Livingston
Received 15 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0289/FUL/95
Upgrading exterior of existing building
Baillie Street, Whitburn
Received 4 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0289/FUL/94
Revised access road layout
Site At Lanrigg Road, Fauldhouse
Received 22 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0289/FUL/93
Planning permission and Conservation Area Consent for alterations to existing out- buildings to extend house
Knightsbridge 35 West Main Street Uphall Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5DN
Received 11 May 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0289/FUL/92
Installation of roller shutter to shopfront
23 George Street, Bathgate, EH48 1PG
Received 23 Apr 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0283/FUL/94
Erection of detached garage
21 Traprain Crescent, Bathgate
Received 20 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0283/FUL/92
Construction of a driveway
5 Thomson Grove, Uphall
Received 22 Apr 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0282/FUL/97
Substitution of house types and increase in number of flats on plots 201-225
- Howden West R2, Howden, Livingston
Received 23 Apr 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0282/H/96
Erection of a double garage
Puppet Tree Cottage, West Calder, EH55 8LD
Received 12 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0282/FUL/95
Extension to house
22 Galabraes Crescent Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4DT
Received 2 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0282/FUL/94
Erection of a house
Kirkfield Harwood Road, West Calder
Received 19 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0282/FUL/93
Extension to and renovation of house
Preston Lodge Preston Farm, Linlithgow
Received 10 May 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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