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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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0513/FUL/96
Erection of a gas regulator housing station
Houston Road, Livingston
Received 17 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0513/FUL/95
Erection of a general purpose shed
11 Humbie Holdings, Kirknewton, EH27 8DS
Received 20 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0269/FUL/93
Installation of replacement windows and doors
18 Priorscroft, Torphichen
Received 6 May 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0419/FUL/92
Extension to house
15 Hardy Gardens, Bathgate
Received 10 Jun 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0418/P/95
Erection of a garage
73 Cardross Avenue, Broxburn, EH52 6HF
Received 15 Jun 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0418/P/94
Outline planning permission for erection of a house
Coxydene Farm , Kirknewton, EH27 8BB
Received 8 Jun 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0418/LBC/92
Listed Building Consent for insertion of tie-bars in North-West side of railway viaduct
Viaduct Linhouse Water, Livingston
Received 9 Jun 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0418/A/93
Erection of signs
Avon Filling Station Falkirk Road, Linlithgow
Received 22 Jun 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0418/FUL/96
Change of use to a Class 3 hot food outlet and takeaway
10/12 King Street, Bathgate
Received 21 May 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0417/P/94
Erection of a house and garage
Plot 3 Falside Crescent, Bathgate
Received 8 Jun 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0417/FUL/96
Change of use from office to children's day nursery
12A Manse Road, Whitburn, EH47 Odh
Received 20 May 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0473/FUL/92
Erection of a porch
22 Belsyde Court, Linlithgow Bridge
Received 30 Jun 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0472/LBC/95
Installation of an advertisement
71 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 4 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0472/A/96
Erection of illuminated free standing and facia signs
Longridge Road, Whitburn
Received 10 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0472/FUL/96
Erection of a house
2 King Street, Bathgate
Received 7 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0472/FUL/94
Extension to house
63 Castle Crescent, East Calder
Received 29 Jun 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0472/FUL/93
Extension to club
Oakbank Bowling Club Oakbank Road, East Calder
Received 9 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0309/FUL/95
Formation of a driveway
16 Bathgate Road, Blackburn, EH47 7LW
Received 12 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0309/FUL/94
Erection of a house
32 Westermains, Armadale
Received 26 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0277/H/97
Erection of a garage
104 Foxknowe Place Eliburn Livingston West Lothian EH54 6TY
Received 22 Apr 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0277/H/96
Extension to house
6 Hailstones Row, Fauldhouse
Received 12 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0277/FUL/94
Change of use from retail shop to hot food take-away
1 Marrfield Terrace, Uphall Station
Received 18 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0277/FUL/92
Erection of changing/canteen unit
Ormiston Piggery , Kirknewton
Received 21 Apr 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0276/FUL/97
Proposed change of use and alterations to form house from existing office/store
52A Bridge Street, Fauldhouse
Received 22 Apr 1997
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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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