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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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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/0262/FUL/97
Erection of 30 houses
- St Ninians Road, Colthill, Linlithgow
Received 17 Apr 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0262/P/95
Additional hardstanding/parking area
East Main Street, Armadale
Received 20 Apr 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0262/FUL/93
Erection of a car port
9 Grant Street West Calder West Lothian EH55 8AG
Received 4 May 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0262/FUL/92
Erection of a garage/workshop
180 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston
Received 14 Apr 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0261/A/96
Erection of a bus shelter with two advertising panels
East Main Street, Uphall
Received 10 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0528/FUL/92
Installation of a satellite antenna
16 Hopetoun Street, Bathgate, EH48 4EU
Received 22 Jul 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0513/FUL/93
Erection of a farm building
Wester Crosswoodhill Farm , West Calder, EH55 8LP
Received 22 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0311/FUL/96
Construction of a leisure club, formation of parking and tennis court and extension to former stable building
Houstoun House Hotel -, Uphall, EH52 6JS
Received 19 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0311/FUL/95
Erection of a house
50 Heatherpark, Seafield
Received 12 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0311/FUL/94
Form new access, install LPG tank, alter/extend existing farm house building and demolish outbuilding and barn
Glendale Newhouse Farm, Addiewell, EH55 8NP
Received 26 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0311/FUL/93
Erection of a house
6 Hillhouse Farm Steadings Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6PL
Received 17 May 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0311/FUL/92
Erection of double garage
3 Manse Place Boghall Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1NJ
Received 30 Apr 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0310/H/96
Extension to house
25 Hawthorn Bank, Seafield
Received 17 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0310/FUL/95
Installation of hut to house water tank for automatic watering system
Buchan Park Bowling Club Greendykes Road, Broxburn
Received 12 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0310/FUL/94
Erection of 21 houses
Site At Roosevelt Road, Kirknewton
Received 26 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0310/FUL/93
Erection of a house
7 Hillhouse Farm Steadings Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6PL
Received 17 May 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0310/FUL/92
Erection of a double garage
14 Deanburn Park Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6EZ
Received 30 Apr 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0309/H/96
Extension to house
16 Kingsfield, Linlithgow, EH49 7SJ
Received 17 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0416/FUL/96
Conversion of existing garden centre shop to form dwelling house
Swinabbey , East Whitburn
Received 20 May 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0365/H/96
Erection of a garage
7 Beechwood Park, Deans, Livingston
Received 3 May 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0407/FUL/92
Extension to house
7 Craigs Court, Torphichen
Received 5 Jun 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0406/H/96
Installation of a pitched roof to garage
18 Hoghill Court, East Calder
Received 15 May 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0406/FUL/95
Extension to house to form 'Granny Flat' and erect storm porch
39 Niddry Road, Winchburgh
Received 7 Jun 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0359/FUL/92
Extension to lounge
30-32 East Main Street, Whitburn
Received 15 May 1992
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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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