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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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0317/LBC/96
Amendment to proposals to rehabilitate redundant byre buildings to form house
The Byre Gowanbank Steading, Avonbridge
Received 19 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0317/A/95
Erection of a bus shelter with two advertising panels
St. Mary's School Entrance Glasgow Road, Bathgate
Received 12 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0317/FUL/94
Change of use of shop to part of house
74 Main Street, East Calder
Received 28 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0522/A/92
Erection of signs
274A West Main Street, Whitburn
Received 21 Jul 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0522/FUL/94
Extension to house
30 Drumcross Road, Bathgate
Received 14 Jul 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0522/FUL/93
Formation of a caravan storage yard
13 Pardovan Holdings, Philpstoun, EH49 7RX
Received 26 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0521/P/95
Outline permission for 3 houses
Site Redburn Road, Blackridge
Received 21 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0513/FUL/92
Extension to house
20 Grant Street, West Calder
Received 16 Jul 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0512/P/95
Outline permission for the erection of 11 houses and the conversion of existing buildings to form 6 houses and landfill and landscaping
Blackburn House Farm -, Seafield
Received 17 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0512/A/96
Installation of illuminated fascia and projecting sign
36 George Street, Bathgate
Received 17 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0512/FUL/94
Conversion of farm steading and formation of 5 houses
Braehead Farm , Fauldhouse
Received 11 Jul 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0512/FUL/93
Erection of a house
Whiteside Farm , Bathgate, EH48 2HW
Received 22 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0511/H/96
Erection of a double garage
Glenalmond Raw Holdings, East Calder
Received 17 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0511/FUL/95
Extension to house
48 Priory Road, Linlithgow
Received 17 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0511/FUL/94
Construction of access road
9 Hall Road, Broxburn
Received 8 Jul 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0267/FUL/95
Extension to house
103 The Glebe, West Calder
Received 24 Apr 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0267/FUL/94
Erection of front entrance porch
52 Glenburn Gardens, Whitburn, EH47 8NL
Received 14 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0267/FUL/92
Alteration and extension to form 2 houses
201/203 West Main Street, Broxburn, EH52 5LQ
Received 15 Apr 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0266/H/96
House extension and erection of a garage
Holm Cottage Main Street, Blackridge
Received 11 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0365/A/95
Erection of bus shelter with two advertising panels
East Main Street, Broxburn
Received 23 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0365/FUL/94
Extension to house and erection of garage
117 East Main Street, Uphall
Received 16 May 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0365/FUL/93
Erection of a conservatory
3 Macfarlane Place, Uphall, EH52 5PS
Received 7 Jun 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0365/FUL/92
Proposed conservatory
37 St Ninians Road, Linlithgow
Received 21 May 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0364/P/92
Outline planning for residential development
Stoneyburn Farm , Stoneyburn
Received 19 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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