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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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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/0260/A/96
Erection of a bus shelter with two advertising panels
West Main Street, Uphall
Received 10 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0260/FUL/95
Erection of a garage
40 Langside Crescent, Polbeth, EH55 8UW
Received 20 Apr 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0511/FUL/93
Extension to existing offices, extension to existing garage, and gatehouse relocated
Broxburn Bottlers Ltd Dunnet Way, Broxburn, EH52 5BU
Received 22 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0460/FUL/94
Install pitched roof to flat roof extension and create entrance area between buildings
North Bishopbrae , Torphichen, EH48 4LN
Received 23 Jun 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0460/FUL/93
Proposed extension
232 Springfield Road, Linlithgow
Received 7 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0462/A/95
Erection of projecting signs
Tailend Industrial Park Deans Road, Livingston
Received 28 Jun 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0462/FUL/94
Alterations and extension to house
3 Main Street, Longridge
Received 24 Jun 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0462/FUL/93
Installation of new doors and windows
2 St. Johns Place, Torphichen
Received 7 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0462/FUL/92
Siting of office block
Raw Camps Industrial Estate, East Calder, EH27 8DF
Received 29 Jun 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0461/FUL/96
Erection of 15 special needs flats
Mill Road, Bathgate
Received 4 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0461/FUL/95
Change of use to amusement arcade
6 Hopetoun Street, Bathgate, EH48 4EX
Received 27 Jun 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0461/FUL/94
Proposed office accommodation
Unit 43 Whitehill Industrial Estate, Bathgate
Received 24 Jun 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0461/FUL/93
Erection of a house
Woodend, Armadale
Received 7 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0461/FUL/92
Erection of a house and garage
Site At Ballencrieff Mill Balmuir Road, Bathgate
Received 29 Jun 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0460/H/96
Erection of a conservatory
17 Avontoun Park, Linlithgow
Received 4 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0460/FUL/95
Replacement of flat roof with pitched slated roof
Belsyde Lodge, Lanark Road, Linlithgow
Received 27 Jun 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0275/P/92
Outline planning permission for a residential development
West Calder Bowling Club Harburn Road, West Calder, EH55 8AH
Received 21 Apr 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0275/FUL/97
Repaint existing fascia sign with white logo and letters on blue (pantone 302)background - pick out window frames in white
109 High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7EQ
Received 18 Apr 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0460/FUL/92
Extension to residential home
Ayr Road Cottage Levenseat, Fauldhouse, EH47 9AD
Received 29 Jun 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0288/A/97
Erection of fascia signboard and projecting signs
Alldays Newyearfield, Livingston
Received 25 Apr 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0288/FUL/95
Formation of a driveway
53 Preston Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6HG
Received 4 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0288/FUL/94
Formation of livery, ancillary works and siting of residential caravans
- South Couston Liveries, Bathgate
Received 20 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0288/H/93
Extension to house and erection of a garage
Rosebank Cottages 1 1 Willow Brae Fauldhouse Bathgate West Lothian EH47 9HE
Received 11 May 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0288/FUL/92
Extension to house
5A Royal Terrace Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6HQ
Received 22 Apr 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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