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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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0268/FUL/92
Change of use to a carry out hot food shop
2 Main Street Winchburgh Broxburn West Lothian EH52 6RT
Received 15 Apr 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0267/H/97
Extension to house
23 Cedar Crescent, Whitburn, EH47 8LN
Received 17 Apr 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0267/H/96
Extension of garage and installation of velux windows
24 West Main Street, Broxburn, EH52 5RH
Received 11 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0280/FUL/94
Development of remainder of site for serviced house plots
Site (M&S Homes) Priorscroft, Torphichen
Received 18 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0280/FUL/93
Extension to house
56 Overton Crescent East Calder Livingston West Lothian EH53 0RH
Received 10 May 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0280/FUL/92
Erection of a house
Plot 10 Redmill Road, East Whitburn
Received 22 Apr 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0279/P/94
Outline planning permission for erection of a house
Plot 2 Highrig, Torphichen
Received 18 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0279/H/96
Erection of a conservatory
25 Main Street, East Calder
Received 12 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0475/FUL/92
Erection of a house
Plot 5 Westermains, Armadale
Received 30 Jun 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0474/FUL/96
Extension to garage and formation of a flat
Lovat Lodge Seafield Road, Blackburn
Received 10 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0474/FUL/94
Extension to house and garage
11 Kettil'Stoun Grove, Linlithgow, EH49 6PP
Received 29 Jun 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0474/FUL/93
Alterations to frontage and extension
Hilcroft Hotel East Main Street, Whitburn
Received 9 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0474/FUL/92
Erection of a house
12 Westermains, Armadale
Received 30 Jun 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0426/H/96
Extension to house
56 Heatherpark, Seafield, EH47 7BX
Received 23 May 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0426/FUL/95
Erection of a garage
43 Braehead Drive, Linlithgow, EH49 6EG
Received 16 Jun 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0413/FUL/93
Extension to house and erection of a garage
2 Parkhead Holdings, Linlithgow
Received 22 Jun 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0319/H/96
Erection of a conservatory
18 Calderhall Avenue, East Calder, EH53 Odj
Received 23 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0319/A/95
Erection of a bus shelter with two advertising panels
St. Mary's Academy Edinburgh Road, Bathgate
Received 12 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0319/FUL/93
Erection of 3 houses and alterations to road layout
Site At Heatherpark, Seafield
Received 20 May 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0318/H/96
Extension to dormer
8 Albyn Cottages, Broxburn
Received 23 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0318/A/95
Erection of a bus shelter with two advertising panels
Site Opposite No. 36 Edinburgh Road, Bathgate
Received 12 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0318/FUL/94
Erection of 2 houses
Plots 24 And 27 Northfield Meadows, Longridge
Received 28 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0318/FUL/93
Extension to house
Cappers Farm , Armadale, EH48 3BH
Received 20 May 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0318/FUL/92
Extension to house
29 Mannerston, Blackness
Received 1 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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