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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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0281/FUL/94
Addition of a vestibule
Units G1 And G2 Regent Centre, Linlithgow
Received 19 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0281/FUL/93
Extension to house
145 Pumpherston Road, Uphall Station
Received 10 May 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0281/FUL/92
Proposed conservatory
58 Craiglaw Dechmont Broxburn West Lothian EH52 6LU
Received 22 Apr 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0280/H/97
Erection of 1.8m high fence
1 Carrick Gardens, Livingston
Received 23 Apr 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0280/FUL/95
Extension to house and erection of a garage
1 Simpson Crescent Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1BL
Received 27 Apr 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0463/FUL/92
Erection of workshop and offices
Site At East Mains Industrial Estate, Broxburn
Received 29 Jun 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0366/FUL/92
Proposed dormer extension
88 Pumpherston Road, Uphall Station, EH54 5PJ
Received 21 May 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0524/FUL/92
Erection of 4 houses
Plots 15, 17, 87 And 88 Raeburn Park, Polbeth
Received 21 Jul 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0523/P/95
Outline planning permission for housing development
- Mungle Street, West Calder
Received 24 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0523/LBC/94
Erection of a conservatory and alterations to window and door
2 Market Lane, Linlithgow, EH49 7AJ
Received 14 Jul 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0523/H/96
Erection of a garage
12 Murrayfield Terrace, Blackburn
Received 19 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0523/FUL/93
Change of use from shop to aromatherapy/reflexology health clinic
13 St Helens Place, Armadale
Received 27 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0523/FUL/92
Erection of a house
Plot 20 Eastfield Road Estate, Fauldhouse
Received 21 Jul 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0522/P/95
Outline planning permission for erection of two houses with garages
29 Pumpherston Road, Mid Calder
Received 21 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0522/A/96
Erection of a free standing signboard
Houston Road, Livingston
Received 19 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0294/H/96
Erection of a garage
2 Polkemmet Road Greenrigg Harthill Shotts West Lothian ML7 5RF
Received 15 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0294/A/95
Proposed fascia and projecting sign
29 North Bridge Street Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4PJ
Received 4 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0294/FUL/97
Erection of an entrance canopy
Nec Carnegie Road, Deans Industrial Estate, Livingston, EH54 8QX
Received 25 Apr 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0294/FUL/94
Proposed attic conversion
057 West Main Street, Uphall
Received 21 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0268/P/96
Outline planning permission for the erection of a house and garage
Loganlea House , Addiewell
Received 11 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0268/FUL/97
Extension of narrow-guage railway and associated footbridge
Millfield, Livingston, EH54 7AR
Received 17 Apr 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0268/FUL/95
Installation of dormer windows
5 Hillhouse Farm Steadings Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6PL
Received 25 Apr 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0268/FUL/94
Erection of conservatory
130 Forrest Walk Uphall Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5PW
Received 14 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0268/FUL/93
Extension to house
40 Beechwood Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6SF
Received 6 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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