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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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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/0358/A/95
Erection of a bus shelter with two advertising panels
Site Near Ellen Street Armadale Road, Whitburn
Received 23 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0358/P/96
Proposed storage of caravans
10 Milrig, Kirknewton
Received 3 May 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0358/FUL/94
Extension to house
66 Sheephousehill, Fauldhouse
Received 16 May 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0358/FUL/93
Proposed extension
9 Oakbank Cottages, West Calder
Received 2 Jun 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0358/FUL/92
Formation of a dormer
Nodsdale Falkirk Road, Linlithgow
Received 15 May 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0357/H/96
Extension to house
31 Avontoun Park, Linlithgow
Received 2 May 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0464/FUL/92
Erection of 50 houses
Site At Mains Farm, East Whitburn
Received 29 Jun 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0416/FUL/95
Proposed dormer extension
78 Redhouse Road, Seafield
Received 15 Jun 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0416/FUL/93
Extension to house
85 Spottiswoode Gardens, Mid Calder
Received 22 Jun 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0306/FUL/94
Erection of house
South Logie Nursery , Westfield
Received 26 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0306/FUL/93
Extension to house
22 Windyknowe Crescent Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2BU
Received 17 May 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0305/P/94
Outline planning permission for a residential development
Boghall Farm Steading , Bathgate
Received 26 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0305/FUL/96
Installation of new shop front
Unit 9 Almondvale Phase 2, Livingston
Received 17 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0305/FUL/95
Extension to commercial garage/workshop
'Bridgend' Longridge Road, Whitburn
Received 12 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0305/FUL/93
Extension to house
Burngrange Cottage , West Calder
Received 17 May 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0305/FUL/92
Erection of a house
41 Garden City, Stoneyburn
Received 27 Apr 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0304/H/97
Erection of a garage
18 Martin Brae Ladywell Livingston West Lothian EH54 6UR
Received 25 Apr 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0304/A/92
Erection of a hoarding
Site Adj Ladywell West, Livingston
Received 27 Apr 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0527/H/96
Installation of dormers
Plot 17 Braehead Park, Linlithgow
Received 20 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0527/P/95
Planning permission for the formation of 3 houses from existing building
Crofthead Garage Main Street, Stoneyburn
Received 24 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0473/H/96
Erection of a garage
22 Meadowhead Crescent, Addiewell
Received 10 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0473/FUL/95
Extension to house
23 Sheriffs Park, Linlithgow
Received 4 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0473/FUL/94
Erection of porch
45 South Park, Armadale
Received 29 Jun 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0473/FUL/93
Erection of fencing and alteration of existing access
Bathgate Road, Armadale
Received 9 Jul 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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