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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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0242/H/97
Erection of a conservatory
14 Cameron Knowe, Philpstoun, EH49 6RL
Received 8 Apr 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0242/H/96
Erection of a garage and conservatory
10 Forrester Road, Armadale
Received 2 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0242/FUL/95
Installation of roller shutters
Health Centre Niddry Road, Winchburgh
Received 12 Apr 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0242/FUL/94
Erection of 9 houses
Craiglea Main Street, Blackridge
Received 6 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0242/FUL/93
Erection of a house
Plot 15 Seafield Farm, Seafield
Received 26 Apr 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0240/A/92
Erection of a sign
Unit 41 Houston Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 7 Apr 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0240/FUL/97
Erection of an exhaust chimney, installation of oil tanks, alteration to existing private road and associated works
1 Lister Road, Livingston, EH54 7BL
Received 8 Apr 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0240/FUL/96
Erection of a stores building
Factory (Dugan Engineering) Nasmyth Square, Livingston
Received 2 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0219/H/97
Dormer extension to house
128 South Village, Pumpherston
Received 27 Mar 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0219/FUL/96
Erection of a house and garage
174 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston, EH53 Opd
Received 29 Mar 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0219/FUL/95
Erection of a garage
17 Hamilton Avenue, Linlithgow, EH49 5DN
Received 29 Mar 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0219/FUL/94
Change of use to hot food take-away
14 Main Street, Livingston
Received 29 Mar 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0219/FUL/93
Formation of 17 serviced house plots
East Whitburn Mains Farm , East Whitburn
Received 16 Apr 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0219/FUL/92
Extension to house
2 Burnside Cottages, Threemiletown
Received 25 Mar 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0353/LBC/93
Listed Building Consent for alteration to form additional door and window openings
The Bellhouse Gowanbank, Avonbridge, FK1 2JY
Received 1 Jun 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0353/H/96
Proposed erection of a garage
21 Highfield Crescent, Linlithgow, EH49 7BG
Received 30 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0353/FUL/95
Extension to house
78 Barons Hill Avenue, Linlithgow
Received 22 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0353/P/94
Proposed vehicular access
5 Back Station Road, Linlithgow
Received 11 May 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0352/A/95
Erection of a sign
71 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 22 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0352/FUL/96
Erection of a double garage
Plot 12 Foxknowe Place, Livingston
Received 30 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0352/FUL/94
Erection of a double garage
55 Almond View, Seafield, EH47 7AZ
Received 10 May 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0514/FUL/93
Erection of a house
Halfway House Polkemmet Estate, Whitburn
Received 22 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0514/FUL/92
Extension and alterations to clubhouse and caretakers flat
Harburn Golf Club , West Calder, EH55 8RS
Received 16 Jul 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0513/LBC/94
Listed Building Consent and planning permission to fit replacement timber windows
Crossgreen Cottage , Uphall, EH52 6DS
Received 11 Jul 1994
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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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